AJCU-East Asia Oceania DIALOG LEARNING PROGRAM

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AJCU-East Asia OceaniaDIALOG LEARNING PROGRAM

• Education for Constructive Dialog
• July, 2009
• Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Introduction

1. Being located in the largest Moslem country in
   the world, Sanata Dharma University (SDU) as an
   AJCU-EAO member has a special context where
   Jesuit mandate in the field of interreligious
   dialog can be pursued by the AJCU-EAO members.
2. Inter-religious and cross-cultural dialog in the
   perspective of Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm,
   should be understood as providing Context,
   Experience, Reflection, Action, and Evaluation to
   the AJCU-EAO students through which they can be
   formed toward future leaders with Ignatian
   characters.

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. Introduction

• Education for Constructive Dialog can be chosen
  as a program that fits properly the main
  orientation of constructive learning models under
  the inspiration of Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm.
  

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GOALS

• Immersion and social involvement with people of
  other religions and cultures enhances sincere
  understanding and develops the students
  character building
• Working together with people of other religions
  and cultures to produce a piece of art works or
  educational works enriches life experiences
  within the context of Ignatian Spirit.
• The promotion of international brotherhood and
  solidarity based on mutual respect increases
  among different nations and religious beliefs.

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Benefits

1. Helping Jesuits Universities and Colleges be
   involved in global Jesuit networkings for
   humanistic developments in East Asia as well as
   in the world.
2. Strengthening international experiences and
   networking for all students.

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Program Development Alternatives of Program
Coverage

• Participants may experience concentration of
  program contents as follows
• Package A (Religions),
• Package B (environment),
• Package C (Culture).
• (e.g. 40, 30, 30 respectively, dependent on
  the focus takes).

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Program Development
General Orientation
Context
Social Context of Indonesia and Yogyakarta
Lectures on Education for Constructive Dialog in
the perspective of Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm
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Program Development
Teaching English/ Mathematics for rural children
Alternatives of getting Experiences
Accompanying SDU Students during the learning
process in field study
Kognitive, motoric, and afective aspects
Drama, gamelan, teaching aids production, other
creative works
Producing art performances or educational pieces
of work with local people (rural)
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Program Development
Facilitated by peer group to draw meanings
Reflection
Formulate constructive dialogue
Action
Evaluation
Peer Group
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Program Development

• Excursion
• Borobudur Temple,
• Prambanan Temple,
• Sultan palace,
• House of culture Rumah Tembi, Bantul,
• Parang Tritis Beach

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Challenges

• The members may come ony for the rich
  institutions or families, thus reducing the
  participating members.
• Program for Inter-religious dialogues may be less
  interesting than that of cross-cultural or
  environment program for students
• AJCU Joint funds can be generated to cover the
  expenditures

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Partners

• 1. Moslem Schools in DIY
• 2. SDUs Moslem students from English Department
  and Mathematics Education Department.
• 3. Some Kiais (Moslem leaders) and their
  Pesantrens (boarding schools)
• 4. Regional Office of Education .
• 5. SAV (Audio Visual Studio)
• 6. Radio Masdha dan Community Radio
• 5. Others.