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The precursors of secularism and co-education, Ferdinand Buisson and Paul Robin
The evolution of education in France is far from following a peaceful path. It was marked by numerous clashes and aborted attempts that resurfaced several years later. This is the case with the ideas of Ferdinand Buisson or Paul Robin around secularism and co-education in schools. Through several collaborations, these two precursors laid the groundwork for what leads us today to Civil and Moral Education, in schools that have become mixed since the 1950s.
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The individual and the collective facing the ocean of knowledge
A critique of collective intelligence theory and its implications for learning in virtual communities.
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Distance or face-to-face learning
Isn't there also a certain unconsciousness in considering that we can transmit skills involving exchanges between human beings and an engagement of the body using digital modalities?
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Trust, the currency of collaborative consumption
If there is one area in which the Internet has transformed practices, it is that of consumption. Alongside e-commerce is indeed growing an alternative mode of consumption, which uses peer-to-peer networks and is based on the capital of trust between sellers and buyers.
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Can education take the low-tech turn?
Technology makes our lives easier, but it also carries a heavy ecological burden. The "low-tech" movement seeks to do almost the same thing, but in a more frugal and sustainable way. This idea is making its way into engineering faculties. What about introducing it at elementary school level?
