Rethinking educational assessment to enhance invisible skills
PISA ranks education systems according to scores in maths, science and reading, influencing policy, but limiting the value of education to measurable knowledge. Soft skills remain invisible. Yet schools cultivate them through exchanges and projects. To make the most of them, we need to make a collective effort towards a more human vision of education.
Librarians in the age of AI
The use of algorithms in libraries is still in its infancy. Few are actually using them. While not all professionals agree on their place, some have realized that it's better to jump on the bandwagon and take advantage of the possibilities.
Vox populi, vox dei
Thinking together is not about collecting ideas or extracting the best one. Thinking together is the fruit of a confrontation, a spark that springs up like that of flints being rubbed together.
To want to avoid confrontation is to deprive oneself of the fruits of cross-fertilization.
How you get to the information determines how you process it.
Apparently, what you get through effort (intellectual) or commitment (emotional) is more valuable than what you get without looking for it. A study by the Missouri School of Journalism. Asking a problem or a question makes learners more active.
Work and students in 2021
From an early age, most children see their parents go away to "work. They quickly understand that there is necessity, importance and reward in working. How and to what extent?