Eat your landscape, green your school, beautify and refresh your neighborhood: inspiring initiatives
The smallest spaces in Todmorden are occupied by fruit trees, vegetable plants, herbs and flowers. Don't think that this was done by itself, everyone put their hands in the ground and that's the genius of Pamela Warhurst: no need to wait, people are ready.
The octagonal recipe for gamification
Gamification is one of the trendy tools for engaging students or workers. While it sounds simple in theory, practice often reminds us that there are several keys to making a gamification approach work. A few years ago, a researcher came up with an octagon-shaped analysis grid. Use it without restraint.
Teaching the Thorny Algerian War
The Algerian war was a real trauma for the Maghreb country as much as for France. For decades, no one mentioned it in education on French territory. Even today, it is a taboo and a controversial subject. Yet, as the historian Benjamin Stora reminds us, education about this history could bring the two countries together rather than divide them.
The power of being influenced
The entire network structure is important, not just a handful of influencers.
Encouragement 2.0
The subject of motivation obsesses the world of education. Yet there's one detail that's often omitted from the conversation: the place of encouragement. Students rarely feel overly encouraged by their teachers, and they need it. So it's important that teachers know how to motivate learners by going beyond the simple "very good" in the report card.