Students’ Perceptions on the Process of Implementing Ignatian Pedagogy
Based on Table 4.1, the researcher acquired the information that 52 of the participants agreed that the lecturers made an effort to know their students
personally. In addition, there were 40 of the participants who strongly agreed with this first statement. At the same time, 6 as well as 2 of the participants disagreed
and strongly disagreed that the lecturers put an effort to know their students personally. In a word, the majority of the participants gave positive responses that
they clearly stated their agreement with this first statement. As can be seen from Table 4.1, 67 of the participants agreed that the
lecturers tried to relate students’ existing knowledge with the new material in the classroom, 29 strongly agreed with the statement, and 4 disagreed with this
statement. None of the participants strongly disagreed with this statement. Thus, most of the participants were in agreement that the lecturers put an effort to relate
stu dents’ existing knowledge with the new material in the classroom.
The result showed that there were 50 of the participants who agreed that their lecturers gave real life examples, which were relevant to the topic to learn. In
addition, there were 48 of the participants who strongly agreed with the third statement. Meanwhile, there were small number of the participants who disagreed
with this third statement, namely 2. None of the participants strongly disagreed with this statement. To be sure, more than half of the participants showed their
agreement that their lecturers gave real life examples, which were relevant to the topic to learn. The result also showed that there were 27 as well as 73 of the
participants who strongly agreed as well as agreed with the forth statement. All in
all, all of the participants had stated their agreement that their lecturers engaged them with the lecturers’ examples during the teaching-learning process.
The majority of the participants, which were 54, strongly agreed and 42 agreed that their lecturers made them realize that the knowledge they learned in
class was contextually meaningful for their lives. However, there were 4 of the participants who disagree with the fifth statement. None of the participants claimed
their strong disagreement with this statement. In general, the participants showed their strong agreement that their lecturers made them realize the importance of the
knowledge they learned. For the sixth statement, there were 50 of the participants who strongly
agreed that the lecturers asked them to reflect on what they had learned throughout the course. There were 48 of the participants who agreed with the sixth statement
as well. However, there were small number of the participants who chose to disagree with the sixth statement, which were 2. None of the participants chose
to strongly disagree. Generally speaking, the participants expressed their strong agreement that their lecturers asked them to reflect on what they had learned
throughout the course. Based on the questionnaire, which was distributed to the students who were
taking Critical Reading and Writing II course in the academic year of 20142015, the researcher acquired the information that 65 of the participants agreed that the
lecturers got them to do the exercises on their own. There were 33 of the participants who strongly agreed with that statement as well. However, 2 of the
participants disagreed with that statement and none of the participants chose to strongly disagree.
From the eighth statement, it showed that more than half of the participants, which were 54, strongly agreed that the lecturers gave them chances to express
their ideas in class. There were 42 participants who agreed with the eighth statement as well. In contrast, there were 4 of the participants who disagreed with
the eighth statement. None of the participants chose to strongly disagree. For this reason, it was true that most of the participants were in strong agreement that the
lecturers gave them chances to express their ideas in class. Based on the ninth statement of the questionnaire, the researcher acquired
the information that 56 of the participants agreed that the lecturers provided feedback for their reading quizzes. There were also 35 of the participants who
strongly agreed with this statement. However, 10 of the participants were in disagreement with the ninth statement. None of the participants chose to strongly
disagree with this ninth statement. Hence, it was obvious that most of the participants declared for the agreement that the lecturers provided feedback for their
reading quizzes. For the tenth statement, 65 of the participants chose to strongly agree that
the lecturers provided feedback for their writing drafts; 31 of the participants also agreed with this statement. On the contrary, 4 of the participants were in
disagreement with the tenth statement. On the whole, more than half of the participants strongly agreed that the lecturers provided feedback for their writing
drafts.