Playing teacher in a virtual environment, to prepare for the job
A classroom is a complex environment, and field placements are irreplaceable in learning how to navigate it. In the United States, the first virtual classroom environments have emerged that prepare future teachers to face real students.
Seduction versus attention deficit
Captivation is the goal of seduction; hence the idea of contrasting it with attention deficit. If we can be seduced with a blink of an eye, there's a whole context to that blink of an eye for it to become so effective and acquire such a disturbing significance... We teach and learn for a reason, the one that seduces us.
Becoming familiar with death to be reborn in consciousness in the present
An extraordinary learning experience for volunteers. We educate about sexuality, why not also about death?
20 methods to acquire knowledge
Twenty simple methods for memorizing and engaging learning
Immerse students in history with role-playing
Few teachers in the French-speaking world use simulation or games, including role-playing games, to teach history. Yet in the United States, the use of this type of pedagogy is very common and has become part of the mores. What is it that attracts Americans to this method, and what lessons could teachers learn from it?