Gifted, intellectually precocious (EIP) or high potential (EHP) children: these names are increasingly common in discussions about education. This goes from the observation of a not insignificant number of pupils concerned in France, to the criteria of detection and support of this profile with particular need. This subject comes up at school: in the teachers’ room […] … learn more→

Email is the lifeblood of university communications: quick, easy, painless… and so very easy to get wrong. We humans are a curious lot. We are highly social creatures but idiosyncratic. There is a lot of love, but also a lot of jostling for status and power. Academia, with its deeply middle class, coded language and […] … learn more→

With the creation of a specialty in digital and computer sciences in high school, the National Education launched in 2020 a sector of Capes dedicated to the recruitment of teachers responsible for these courses. And now, from 2021, students who so wish will also be able to prepare for the external aggregation in computer science, so […] … learn more→

It is a question that not only high school graduates ask themselves when they have to choose their future: Are you from science or literature? it is also heard in many professional fields. The short answer would be that some strive to explain physical and natural phenomena and others to understand what human beings do. Both are ways […] … learn more→

Nurseries can be noisy places. A clutch of three-year-olds gathered round a book shout excitedly. Across the room, a small committee of toddlers negotiates over stickers and string. Outside, key workers encourage pairs of miniature gymnasts while others sing to drowsy babies. And through the cacophony, children’s use of language develops. For parents collecting their […] … learn more→

As someone with a keen interest in technology, you know you want a job in this rapidly growing industry. After considering your many options, you’ve decided to pursue computer networking as a career. If you’re not already familiar, computer networking involves setting up, developing and maintaining computer networks, including both hardware and software. This type […] … learn more→

Setting goals to try to outdo your previous best effort is known as growth goal setting or personal best goals. It is fundamentally focused on self improvement, such as investing more time or effort in a task than before or striving to achieve a higher result in the next test than the previous one. Research […] … learn more→

Can we advocate modesty in a society dominated by competition? Triumphant neoliberalism favors performance. To be successful, you have to be more efficient than others. And social networks, on which young people are so present, encourage a lot of self-staging. How could education, in such a context, propose to value modesty? By advocating modesty, aren’t we condemning those we […] … learn more→

Gap talk. You know, the “this research fills a gap in the literature” line. Most of us have made this statement at some point in our academic life. It’s the most common starter for journal papers, proposals and theses, according to genre researchers. They’ve identified three moves in the game of what they call CARS, Create a […] … learn more→

For acclaimed actor Phylicia Rashad, July 1, 2021 was the official first day on the job as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. But some hoped it would also be her last. The day before, Rashad had sent out a controversial Tweet in support of her onetime “TV husband,” Bill Cosby, after a court overturned his […] … learn more→