Abstract
The Ratio consisted in the systematization and ordering of studies which was unique worldwide. Even if some of the characteristics of the educational methodology, followed by the first Jesuits, appeared to be rather simple, or even elementary, it is still applicable nowadays. The emulation has been one of the main drivers of Jesuit’s pedagogy: Honesta aemulatio called by Ratio or Sancta aemulatio called by Constitutions. The emulation, as one of the key components of Jesuit pedagogy, led its learners to have an active role and consequently to participate with enthusiasm in the teaching-learning process. The development of this study contributed to conclude that this model is still maintain great contemporaneity.
Keywords:
inatian Institutions; Ratio Studiorum; education; motivation