School, an essential pillar in precarious environments
School as a protective, structuring space in a chaotic daily life. When a child finds at school a listening ear, a sincere attention, a benevolent presence, it can make all the difference.
Is going faster and faster good for your health?
Time as we think of it is a social yoke. We are capable of creating our own time.
The importance of teacher recognition
Recognition drives motivation and boosts self-esteem. Teacher recognition is vital.
From individual learning to collective learning
Four inputs to help us understand collective learning: interest or desire, motivation, flow and attitude
Making and repairing: the intelligence of the hand
Manual work seems to be of little interest compared to mental work. Repetitive, routine and devoid of reflection on its aims, it would even lead to an impoverishment of the intelligence. On the contrary, authors such as R. Sennett and M. Crawford demonstrate the richness and interest of working directly with objects! Repairing objects, or making our own, can even give us greater freedom.