Manipulating for "the good of the other": the paradox of benevolent influence
A balanced, caring human relationship presupposes that each person can retain power over his or her own life and responsibility for his or her actions. When we set out to help, educate or simply obtain something from another person, we can lose this balance.
Shaking up the codes of school architecture
Long corridors, identical classrooms, high windows to avoid distractions... This is the classic representation that we keep of schools. Many actors, pedagogues but also architects, are shaking up these schemes and trying to make the spaces consistent with a more active pedagogy. Among these actors, Mario Cucinella proposes original solutions, flexible, modular and open to the environment.
Pedagogical metaphors, orientation of meaning
When we talk about "the information superhighway", we see the uninterrupted flow of light and the imaginary regulation of traffic on the Internet. 9 functions of the metaphor to facilitate learning
Deployment, encoding: how is attention measured
How long can we stay attentive? What affects attention? What kind of attention is needed to learn to read or to solve an equation?
The causes of a decrease in attention can be multiple, but once you have a measure, you can already rely on something. 8 tests to measure attention.
In search of the desire to learn
What is the nature of the desire to learn? How do we situate it alongside other notions such as need, curiosity, wish, drive, motivation...?