THE CATHOLIC

COUNTER-REFORMATION

CHRISTINE MAE H. FRANCISCO

BPE 4-2N
Catholic
Counter-Reformation
Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
Ignatius of Loyola (1534)
 Jansenists
Cornelius Jansen (1598)
Brethren of the Christian School
Jean Baptiste De La Salle (1684)
Little School of Port Royal
Abbe de St. Cyran (1637)
 AIMS
 Religious Moralism
 Develop an unquestioning obedience to the authority of the
church.
Jesuit Schools:
 Train leaders
Christian Brothers:
 Teach the poor
Jansenists:
 To emphasized spiritual salvation
Convent Schools
 To prepare young women to perform their duties as
Christian members of society.
Catholics placed religious and moral
education above everything else.
Outstanding Contribution

Professional Education
Graduate Schools of Law
Medicine
Teacher Training
CONTENT
4 R’s
Revelation
Righteousness
Repentance
Redemption
AGENCIES
 Elementary
 (Christian Brothers)
Secondary
 Higher
 Jesuits and Jansenists
“Ratio Studiorum” (1599)
Ratio Studiorum
 Plan for the administration of schools.
 The program and courses of study.
 Selection and training of teachers.
 Methods of teachings.
 Supervision of instructions.
 Methods of discipline.
 METHODS
 Jesuits
a) doing a small amount of work at a time, doing it well,
and making sure it is retained;
b) two steps in the teaching method, prelection and
repetition;
c) adapting the lesson to the abilities and interests of the
children;
d) participation of pupils by question and answer;
e) a lot of repetition for mastery;
f) review;
g) motivation by rivalry and emulation.
Methods
 Christian Brothers
a) grade pupils according to ability;
b) adopt the method in which the pupil recited not to the
teacher but to the class.
 Jansenists
a) teaching of the vernacular by the phonetic method;
b) nothing is to be memorized unless understood;
c) use of textbooks.
References
 San Mateo, R. & Tangco, M.
Foundations of Education II (
Historical, Philosophical, and
Legal Foundations of Education)
3rd Edition, 1997.
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