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Formative Assessment vs. Summative Assessment: The Golden Age of Differentiation
On the eve of the implementation of middle school reform in France, the debate over assessment has reignited between its supporters and opponents. In line with the stated goal of differentiating instruction, ongoing assessment—transformed into formative assessment—allows teachers to push both the weakest and the highest-performing students beyond their limits by tailoring lessons to each student’s specific needs. There can be no differentiation without ongoing assessment!
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Pedagogy: how to balance normative and creative constraints?
The educational world is made up of "normative constraints" (objectives, curricula, regulated learning times and places, etc.), while at the same time, digital possibilities exacerbate the possibility of imagining new forms of "creative constraints". It's interesting for an educator, teacher or trainer to strike a balance between norms and creativity, to offer enough dilemmas for learners to grapple with in order to learn.
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Influence and persuasion
Influence and persuasion are everywhere. To better deal with them, let's delve into the brain workings of our sensitivity to influence, in the light of the latest discoveries in cognitive neuroscience. A fascinating journey to the heart of our mental "black box".
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How do learners retain?
The mechanisms of memorization are complex, but it is known that the learning methods strongly influence the process.
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The contribution of the deaf to education
Taking a cross-language look at sign language and French, at the power of gesture and the contribution of the deaf to a more sensitive and inclusive pedagogy.
