Playing and experimenting: alternative approaches to music education
Music is one of those areas where the school seems to take only one approach. In general, this consists of learning the scale, sheet music and then technique for different instruments. However, there are active methods that can be used from an early age to familiarize students with the language of music.
Stress and performance
How can we overcome the fear of failure experienced in situations of performance stress? What are the concrete steps to success for athletes, students and professionals?
Banning suspensions from school: a positive effect
"Zero-tolerance" disciplinary policies in the education sector are being called into question by a number of research studies that demonstrate the real effects of these exclusionary policies and contradict most of the arguments that led to their introduction.
Resisting the pressure to study
If the university environment is not the least anxiety-provoking, students must learn to regulate themselves emotionally in order to gain a little robustness.
How to counteract teacher dropout?
A significant portion of new Quebec teacher candidates drop out in their first year, sometimes even during teacher training. What is it that makes young teachers feel that they will no longer make a career of it? Is it the gap between theory and classroom reality? Or a lack of support from experienced staff?