For parents, children and teachers, one of the most striking memories of the pandemic will be the sudden transition to online learning. Many educators, parents and children struggled with online education when schools were closed, and were relieved when classroom instruction resumed. While media often seemed to report on negative aspects of online schooling, this was not a […] … learn more→
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How some children prospered in pandemic online learning
On vacation, do children really forget everything they learned at school?
Are you worried that your children will forget this summer what they have learned at school during the year? In any case, academics have been studying this question for more than a century. When William White, a mathematics teacher from New York State, set out to assess, at the beginning of the 20th century , what his students […] … learn more→
What does “being friends” mean in the age of Instagram?
Adolescence corresponds to a period of profound changes, both biologically and socially, during which young people gradually detach themselves from their family to build a more personal world, separated from their parents, by integrating a new group of peers. Friendship in adolescence is then made up of intimacy, sharing feelings, communion of ideas and no […] … learn more→
Impostor phenomenon: a matter of inclusion and representation
Note: Links in this post with ‘[$]’ beside them indicate a paywalled article. This blog discusses the impostor phenomenon (also known as impostor syndrome) not as an individual problem to overcome, but rather as a situational and structural problem in the workplace. It emphasises the need for representation and an inclusive culture to minimise the impostor phenomenon […] … learn more→
How do we teach journalism today?
Traditionally, knowing how to write and having a good agenda were the main skills that a journalist who started working in a newsroom had to prove. The context has changed. Active audiences and multiplication of offers characterize the market. Journalism tries to adapt to the demands of new audiences, increasingly more dispersed. The media wants to capture your […] … learn more→
Is friendship always good for teenagers?
Adolescence is a period of individual transformation that poses many adaptation challenges for the adolescent, but also for those around him. It spans about a decade beginning with college entry. During this period when time spent with family members gradually decreases in favor of peer relationships, friendship plays a major role . It results from a reciprocal feeling of […] … learn more→
The Vivendi-Hachette operation : an illustration of the globalization of publishing
Finally, the announced merger between the publishing group Editis, owned by Vivendi, and Hachette, a subsidiary of Lagardère, should not take place. After months of various noises, Vincent Bolloré, the boss of the media giant Vivendi, has decided to sell the very Franco-French Editis to a foreign buyer so as not to have to face […] … learn more→
Learning artificial intelligence in high school is possible
Lucía is 16 years old and has been using her cell phone for almost everything for four years. But this year, in her Artificial Intelligence (AI) class at her high school, she has used it for something she never imagined was possible. Through the camera, microphone and touch screen of her own smartphone, and using a free […] … learn more→
Children’s fiction: do new heroines really break gender stereotypes?
The influence of fictional characters on the representation of norms of femininity and masculinity among young people is a subject often discussed from the point of view of literature aimed at them. In this category, with the exception of romance plots, female characters have long remained secondary. Publishing houses dedicated to a child audience have thus […] … learn more→
Women are better at statistics than they think
Women in statistics classes do better academically than men over a semester despite having more negative attitudes regarding their own abilities, according to our recent study in the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education. Using data from more than 100 male and female students from multiple statistics classes, my colleague and I assessed gender differences in grades over […] … learn more→
