Inanimate objects, do you have a soul? asked the poet. If they have a soul, it is ours. This is what the semiologist Roland Barthes demonstrated in his Mythologies , published in 1957. The intellectual indeed studied there the objects and the popular rites which revealed the spirit of an era and the collective affects of the country, thus […] … learn more→

Leisure and fun are part of contemporary society and are accepted as fundamental in social life. Young people need leisure time and fun to achieve complete personal development. In most societies, however, leisure is linked to alcohol consumption: alcohol is often used to celebrate an event or to separate work time from leisure time. Specifically, in Europe, […] … learn more→

Outdoor games are renowned for their significant educational benefits . By encouraging children to take on challenges and make decisions together, they help them develop technical, intellectual and social skills. In this category of activities, there are different forms of orienteering , the use of a climbing wall or cycle routes, as well as team activities, with problems to be […] … learn more→

The major health crisis we are experiencing with the Covid-19 pandemic has revived questions around well-being in education, with the observation that many children and adolescents have suffered psychologically from the situation. Isn’t there a need for a certain quality of life at school to ensure learning? Wasn’t it wrong for a long time to oppose the efforts […] … learn more→

The electric guitar has been one of the coolest instruments for many generations. Many people have loved playing it because of its versatility. But before reaching that level, every guitarist has to undergo a learning stage. Many people think it is easier to play the electric guitar than the acoustic because the strings used are […] … learn more→

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, in March 2020, different distance learning methods have been implemented in the country. The two main modes that have emerged are synchronous virtual teaching (live, on screen) and asynchronous virtual teaching (the teacher records his lesson in advance and it can be viewed at any time, or so it gives activities […] … learn more→

We all know that reading is good for children and for adults, and that we should all be reading more often. One of the most obvious benefits of reading is that it helps improve language skills. A major review of research on leisure reading confirmed that reading does indeed foster better verbal abilities, from preschoolers all the […] … learn more→

I often hear doctoral researchers asking this question. They’ve sent their supervisor some writing. It’s come back with feedback and suggestions and maybe actual corrections. The doc. researcher has attended to all of these and sent the revised text back to the supervisor. And then it comes back again with yet more feedback and suggestions […] … learn more→

An escape room ( escape room , literally, in Spanish) consists of one or more physical or virtual rooms from which the participants must escape by solving puzzles, mysteries or finding clues. Its current boom has been transferred to the educational context in all its areas ( nursery , primary , secondary , vocational training and university ) because it is an attractive and very playful experience that captures […] … learn more→

As a physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, one of the most frequent questions I am asked is “When are you going to find something?”. Resisting the temptation to sarcastically reply “Aside from the Higgs boson, which won the Nobel Prize, and a whole slew of new composite particles?”, I realise […] … learn more→