Publish at May 11 2022 Updated May 16 2022
We know them, we see them in our homes, these schools from elsewhere. Most of them have even been established in our respective countries of origin for a long time, which means that we hardly feel that they are foreign any more. What are they like? What are their assets?
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The proponents of old-fashioned educational systems are utopians in the face of the major transformations taking place in society, which require new realities.
Adopt the competency-based approach
The issue of competency-based knowledge is increasingly present in higher education. Rather than asking students to be dumb copiers of the material, they must prove that they can use it. This poorly thought-out approach can do great harm.
Today's school: an educational project or an administrative construction site?
The increasing bureaucratization of schools is making administrative tasks more onerous for teachers, distancing education from its primary mission. Simplifying procedures, supporting teachers and encouraging innovation are essential to refocus schools on their educational role.
From far-flung adventures to educational and entrepreneurial action
Our relationship with adventure has been turned upside down. The notion of static adventure has become natural. All that's left of the great adventures of yesterday is the feeling we experience today in the pedagogical adventure from which entrepreneurial action springs. This pedagogy breaks with the conception of school as a place where rules must be obeyed, in favor of a representation of school as a territory of adventure.
Since the HIV pandemic, child labor has increased for the first time in 20 years in the world. This situation can be explained by the precariousness caused by the health crisis. While Africa has suffered the most, Quebec is seeing more and more young people between the ages of 11 and 15 taking jobs in sectors with a shortage of personnel. A situation that raises some concerns.
