Publish at April 30 2025 Updated April 30 2025
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Re-learning to be silent to regain our attention
In an increasingly noisy world, keeping our attention on the essentials is no easy task. By relearning to be silent, and by appropriating the virtue of discretion, we can become attentive again.
A plea for the contribution of silence in facilitation practices. Add more breath to a speech by leaving moments of silence.
The theory of learning styles covers some obvious realities: learners do not all learn the same way, you don't need a degree in psychology or neuroscience to know that; but what is being strongly challenged today is the use made of this theory in the design and delivery of training, whether in-person or online. Educators are therefore the first to be affected, and invited to update their knowledge.
Perseverance: avoiding school dropout
Dropping out of school is seen as a huge waste. It is sometimes perceived as a fatality. People are resigned to the idea that some children are not "made for school". Others see it as a guarantee of quality: a pathway where all succeed is suspect. But the actors of education are becoming aware of its economic and human cost. Studies, experiments and associative actions suggest some ways forward.
Fragility is not weakness, it offers beyond our strengths an unsuspected resource to act and learn
