83 Go Forth and Teach

(192) In its final form the Ratio Studiorum, or “Plan of Studies” for Jesuit schools, is a handbook to assist teachers and administrators in the daily operation of the school; it is a series of “rules” of practical directives regarding such matters as the government of the school, the formation and distribution of teachers, the curriculum and methods of teaching. Like Part IV of the Constitutions, it is not so much an original work as a collection of the most effective educational methods of the time, tested and adapted for the purposes of the Jesuit schools.