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creators_name: Ruankool SJ, Nopparat
title: A ‘learning community’ as a social justice model for Catholic education in Thailand
ispublished: inpress
divisions: B14
divisions: J80
divisions: B16
divisions: UCL
keywords: learning community, social justice, Catholic education, conversion, fraternal and sororal relationship, discernment
note: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, This is an Open Access
article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
abstract: Inspired by Paul VI’s Octogesima Adveniens regarding the Church’s urgent response to social issues, in his speech to Jesuit alumni in Valencia in July 1973, Fr. Pedro Arrupe reflected on the concept of ‘social justice’ and its implications for Jesuit schools. He spoke about how Jesuit education could assist students to become ‘men and women for others’, men and women who can bring about change for the better in their societies. Since then, promoting ‘social justice’ has become one of the Jesuit educational priorities and has brought about significant reform within Jesuit educational institutions worldwide. This includes the newly established institution of a ‘learning community’ that addresses educational inequality for poor indigenous students in Thailand. This research paper reflects on how this institution can be a model that promotes justice in education and forms our students to become ‘agents of change.’ This paper begins by revisiting Fr. Arrupe’s concept of ‘social justice’ and philosophically analyses the learning formation of a new Jesuit institution, called the Xavier Learning Community (XLC). Drawing from this analysis, I argue that the model of ‘learning community’ may also inspire other Catholic schools to address common social issues in Thailand based on the Christian values of continual conversion, fraternal and sororal relationship, and discernment.
date: 2022-08-08
date_type: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/19422539.2022.2104555
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
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doi: 10.1080/19422539.2022.2104555
lyricists_name: Ruankool, Nopparat
lyricists_id: NRUAN50
actors_name: Ruankool, Nopparat
actors_id: NRUAN50
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full_text_status: public
publication: International Studies in Catholic Education
pagerange: 1-14
citation:        Ruankool SJ, Nopparat;      (2022)    A ‘learning community’ as a social justice model for Catholic education in Thailand.                   International Studies in Catholic Education     pp. 1-14.    10.1080/19422539.2022.2104555 <https://doi.org/10.1080/19422539.2022.2104555>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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