Key Texts on Jesuit Education 
Michael Ivens SJ (edited by Joseph Munitiz SJ)
(Way Books, Campion Hall, Oxford; 2008; ISBN 978 0 904717 31 0)
An excellent and brief (68 pages) introduction to the life, writings and spirituality of St Ignatius.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Personal Writings
Translated with Introductions by Joeph Munitiz SJ and Philip Endean SJ
(Penguin Classics; 1996; ISBN 0 14 043385 6)
Includes the full text of the Autobiography, the Spiritual Diary, excerpts from the Letters, and the full text of the Spiritual Exercises.
James Brodrick SJ
(1940; reprinted by Loyola University Press 1986; ISBN 0 8294 0522 4)
An easily accessible story of St Ignatius and the founding of the Society of Jesus.
James Brodrick SJ
(1946; reprinted by Loyola University Press 1986; ISBN 0 8294 0523 2)
A sequel to The Origin of the Jesuits which picks up the story at Ignatius' death in 1556 and takes it forward to 1579.
John W O'Malley SJ
(Harvard University Press; 1993; ISBN 0 674 30313 X)
A scholarly and readable introduction to the story of the founding of the Society of Jesus with particular interest in the origins of Jesuit schools and education.
Ignatian Humanism
Dr Paul Lakeland interviews Dr Ronald Modras (Fairfield University 2006)
An interview exploring the tradition of Ignatian Humanism which underlies Jesuit education.
Available online:Part 1 (8m 13s)
Part 2 (6m 44s)
Part 3 (7m 20s)
Part 4 (7m 39s)
Jesuit Education
Robert Schwickerath SJ
(Classic Reprint Series www.forgottenbooks.org; original publication 1903; ISBN 978 144007866 8)
The classic study of the origins, principles and practices of Jesuit education.
Edited by Vincent Duminuco SJ
(Fordham University Press; 2000; ISBN 978 0 8232 2047 2)
Published to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Jesuit Ratio Studiorum (1599), the book is a collection of papers and responses from a seminar of Jesuit educationalists at Fordham University in 1999. This book contains the full texts of The Characteristics of Jesuit Education (1986) and Ignatian Pedagogy (1993).
Edited by George Traub SJ
(Loyola Press; 2008; ISBN 978 0 8294 2722 6)
Contemporary writings on the Jesuit mission in education, principles, issues of Catholic identity, and practical applications of the Ignatian way.
(British and Irish Provinces of the Society of Jesus; 1987; privately published)
This statement of the principles and characteristics of Jesuit education followed consultation across all the Jesuit schools in the world. It is the contemporary statement of what Jesuit education is about. This book is currently out of print but the text may be downloaded from the Jesuit Education Secretariat Rome.
(International Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education, Rome 1994)
A contemporary Jesuit methodology of teaching based on the principles of Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises.
Ignatian Pedagogy - A Practical Approach (1994) 
Edited by Damian Howard SJ
(British Province of the Society of Jesus; 2004; privately published)
A collection of short essays by Jesuits and lay teachers and academics reflecting on the application of Ignatian spirituality and values to classroom teaching in various subject areas.
A film by Dominic Hartley (DVD 2007)
From Loyola in Spain to Cape Town in South Africa, and from Glasgow in Scotland to Georgetown in Guyana, Dominic Hartley meets Jesuits of the British Province and their co-workers in parishes, schools and spirituality centres, among university students, the poor of Johannesburg and the Amerindians of the Guyanese interior. This 40-minute film gives a flavour of the British Jesuits' lives and ministry.
Please contact for more information.
This film is also available online:Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Growing into Silence
Edited by Paul Nicholson SJ
(British Province of the Society of Jesus 2010; ISBN 978 0 904717 34 1)
A small book of practical guidance and spiritual exercises in the Ignatian tradition to accompany the BBC television series The Big Silence.