[EDUCATION] Savanturiers News Flash #6

Education

April 27, 2020

EDITO

by Ange Ansour, Director of Savanturiers - École de la recherche

What are the indicators and conditions for successful educational continuity? Confinement places teachers in a paradoxical situation: agreeing to break with the usual interactions specific to learning in the classroom and, at the same time, relying on the strength of the pre-existing educational contract linking the child and his/her family to the educational teams.

To answer this question, join Savanturiers on Wednesday April 29 at 3pm for a round-table discussion on the occasion of the Ludoviales online conference from April 27 to 30. We'll be talking about two interpretations of successful school bonding. Firstly, Patrice Clair, Valentin Dulondel, Cédric Gance and Joëlle Lefort will talk about their practices as teachers in the Ligue des Savanturiers Creillois schools, which have relied on pre-existing dynamics and skills built with and by pupils, rather than on digital resources per se. Next, we'll analyze the Savanturiers' policy of prioritizing the maintenance of students' curiosity, scientific culture and critical thinking skills through activities and resources aimed at both families and educators.
We will conclude the round-table discussion with Isabelle Bonnet-Murray, director of the documentary Reenchanting the School which gives a glimpse of the school we want to see today, and in the world to come.

While we await the arbitrations and pragmatic clarifications on the takeover of schools, we continue to offer readings, activities and science challenges for families and teachers. Find out more this week:

a game on heredity and botanical activities,
challenges involving air, mechanics and languages,
a scientific summary by Damien Goutte-Gattat which refutes the theory that the Coronavirus was created in a laboratory,
the latest information on the MOOC Education through research: engineering at school and Savanturiers du vivant.