The Culture of the Jesuit Teacher 1548–1773

The culture of the Jesuit teacher consisted of his daily pedagogical attitudes, habits, and practices. In 1560, General Laínez decreed that the schools were the most important ministry and that all Jesuit scholastics and priests must teach. All taught grammar and humanities classes in the lower scho...

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Published in:Journal of Jesuit studies
Main Author: Grendler, Paul F. 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Diego Laínez schools culture competition decurions Jesuit civic humanism elite students poor students Tommaso Termanini
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Summary:The culture of the Jesuit teacher consisted of his daily pedagogical attitudes, habits, and practices. In 1560, General Laínez decreed that the schools were the most important ministry and that all Jesuit scholastics and priests must teach. All taught grammar and humanities classes in the lower school for three to five years, and some Jesuits spent most of their careers teaching in the upper school. Learning to manage a classroom of fifty to one hundred boys with the aid of student helpers called decurions was part of teacher culture. Jesuit teacher culture strongly emphasized competition. It rewarded good students and punished weak students. A major purpose of Jesuit teacher culture was to educate boys to be good future leaders of the state and the church. Jesuit teacher culture gave preference to well-born students. It also urged teachers to help lowborn and academically weak students.
ISSN:2214-1332
Contains:In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00301002