If we are to believe the media and the French political class, schools, teaching and, more broadly, education are in crisis in our country. There are countless press articles that relay this idea; the same thing on social networks and on television. The program Zone interdite on the M6 channel broadcast, for example, in November 2023, a […] … learn more→
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Education in crisis: real shipwreck or false alarm?
School in the 21st century: a space for emancipation or control?
A geographer attached to an educational sciences laboratory, Pascal Clerc has been working on learning spaces for over ten years. He is particularly interested in the organization of classrooms, but also in playgrounds and open-air schools. Entitled Emancipate or Control? Students and School in the 21st Century , his essay published on August 28, 2024 by Autrement, […] … learn more→
Innovation and Communication Technologies are not unstoppable, nor do they need to be at odds with books
We start from a recent event that occurred in the Swedish elementary education system. After decades of investing in a public education policy based on the use of digital and virtual tools – which has made the country a global reference in the sector – the Swedish government is now striving to convince the current […] … learn more→
Simple and free digital tools for learning and teaching
Whether we teach in person or remotely, whether for direct work with students in the classroom or for meetings or day-to-day management, there are some tools and platforms that usually come to mind easily. These include Google Classroom or virtual classrooms developed specifically by the education departments of each autonomous community or educational center. However, we have […] … learn more→
Does it matter if students do tests on computers or on paper?
Australian students are increasingly taking tests on computers. This includes major tests used to check national progress on literacy and numeracy. The idea is this prepares students “for the future”, because “technology is everywhere”. But as our two recent studies suggest, the way students respond to test questions on computers may not be the same as on paper. This is […] … learn more→
‘Not my boy.’ When teachers are harassed by students, some schools and parents fail to help
Since the start of this school year, we have been surveying teachers in South Australia about sexist views among students. This is part of our research into how online worlds are shaping Australian schooling. In May, we reported the first round of our research. We found South Australian teachers were experiencing a rise in sexist and […] … learn more→
The mystic and the mathematician: What the towering 20th-century thinkers Simone and André Weil can teach today’s math educators
Like most mathematicians, I hear confessions from complete strangers: the inevitable “I was always bad at math.” I suppress the response, “You are forgiven, my child.” Why does it feel like a sin to struggle in math? Why are so many traumatized by their mathematics education? Is learning math worthwhile? Sometimes agreeing and sometimes disagreeing, André and Simone […] … learn more→
AI pioneers want bots to replace human teachers – here’s why that’s unlikely
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy envisions a world in which artificial intelligence bots can be made into subject matter experts that are “deeply passionate, great at teaching, infinitely patient and fluent in all of the world’s languages.” Through this vision, the bots would be available to “personally tutor all 8 billion of us on demand.” The embodiment of […] … learn more→
Education in the Anthropocene: addressing the environmental crisis means learning about our place in Earth’s history
Education should prepare young people to face the challenges of their time. To keep up with the changing world, this means that education has to keep adjusting. But unfortunately, our education systems have fallen out of sync with the times. Environmental decay is arguably the greatest challenge facing humanity today. However, education systems are failing to […] … learn more→
Why inclusive education is a win-win situation for everyone
People share common traits; however, as unique beings, it is normal for us to be different. During childhood and adolescence, these differences can become enormous and that is why each course and each classroom are a miniature world : no two students are the same, nor are there two groups of students the same . But diversity is not a scourge of the […] … learn more→
