Good online courses help students succeed. But what helps them?
You can't expect everything from a course. Its objectives must be clear and its pedagogy must adhere to them, but other conditions are also necessary for an online course to promote student success. What 28,000 online students can teach us. The conditions for success can also be put in place around an online course.
LaTex and the basis of mathematical communication
As it would be utopian to learn a language without knowing its alphabet and grammar, it seems equally utopian to attempt to understand math without mastering its symbols, syntax, and terminology.
Review evaluation grids with learners
The evaluation grid, often perceived as a simple table, nevertheless concentrates technical, symbolic and political stakes. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu, Foucault, Vygotski, Honneth and Sen, this article shows how the co-construction of criteria with learners redefines the pedagogical contract: it exposes power relationships, nurtures intrinsic motivation and paves the way for evaluative justice based on capabilities.
Metaphors in pedagogy
A plea for metaphors in education, with practical advice
Mental training at school
If mental training helps to keep morale up despite adversity, it should be noted that the real effects of this practice are mainly based on certain qualities of the individual such as self-confidence, knowing one's limits, knowing what one aspires to