The conative: what moves us to learn
Learning is made up of three dimensions: the cognitive, the socio-affective and the conative. But who really knows what the conative is? Spinoza reminds us of the power of conatus, the ability to set oneself in motion, to persist in effort, to maintain an orientation over time.
Recognition and reflection
Recognition in the sense of "thanks" puts us in a dependency on the look of the other. A subjective look oriented by others. How can we build recognition independently of the other's gaze?
Somatic coaching
The emancipation of the body first came about through personal development movements in the 60s, but the body is now being emancipated in the workplace and is even becoming the object of coaching.
The English language as Guardian of the Dominant Class Interests
Despite its global character, the English language still offers more advantages to its native speakers than to non-native speakers. Historically promoted by English-speaking countries, traditional English teaching has been questioned and more egalitarian alternatives are proposed.
The "young" talk: much deeper than it seems
Each generation claims that the next will "destroy the language" with new expressions and foreign borrowings. Yet French survives despite these supposed "assaults. For many linguists, the language practices of teenagers express a worldview of their time and some of the terms will eventually enter the lexicon.