On April 22, the Learning Planet Institute and the Association Française pour l'Education par la Recherche (AFPER) have signed an agreement aimed at expanding Savanturiers projects outside the Institute.
Since its creation, the Learning Planet Institute initiates, prototypes and co-constructs public-interest projects, providing them with an ecosystem conducive to their development. A veritable gas pedal for these initiatives, the Institute helps them to grow and become autonomous. This desire to expand has met with the wish of’Ange Ansour, Program Director Savanturiers-École de la recherche, to lead the project within AFPER, which she co-founded. The association's ambition is to work with educators and students to promote their success, the development of their professional prospects, and their commitment to citizenship in the age of the Anthropocene.
A PROJECT BORN OF THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN RESEARCH AND TEACHING THAT HAS SUPPORTED 40,000 STUDENTS
Savanturiers-Ecole de la Recherche was born of the encounter between Ange Ansour's ideas and pedagogical experiments in the field of school education and those of François Taddei, in the fields of research and higher education. Spearheaded since 2013 by Ange Ansour and the CRI, which has since become the Learning Planet Institute, the Savanturiers project has gone from strength to strength: nearly 40,000 student researchers have set up research projects on topics as complex as neuroscience, astrophysics or the human and social sciences. Thousands of kindergarten, elementary and secondary school teachers have also changed their classroom practices by adopting the pedagogue-researcher posture, alongside hundreds of mentors, engineers and researchers, who have passed on their knowledge and opened up the world of research.
Building on the foundations laid at the Learning Planet Institute, Savanturiers-Ecole de la Recherche, supported by AFPER, will continue to develop education through research for all students, mentors and teachers in France and abroad. The Learning Planet Institute, for its part, is continuing its founding commitment to young people, and will continue to perpetuate and deploy its activities aimed at young people and educators.
ABOUT US
LEARNING PLANET INSTITUTE
The Learning Planet Institute is a player in the world of academia and social entrepreneurship. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the Institute combines research, teaching and technology to help individuals, groups and organizations build a learning society for a more sustainable world.
The Institute is a center for research and development, education and training from kindergarten to doctorate level, and throughout life. Its digital innovation hub opens up unprecedented perspectives for exploring and sharing knowledge, enabling the global community of change agents to collectively address societal and environmental challenges.
Since its creation, the Learning Planet Institute has benefited from the support of numerous partners, including the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, the Secrétariat Général pour l'Investissement, the City of Paris, Inserm and UNESCO.
We are convinced that youth, lifelong learning and collective intelligence are the best levers for change in our societies.
AFPER
The Association française pour l'éducation par la recherche (AFPER) federates and mobilizes the scientific and educational communities in the service of the success of all students, the development of their professional prospects and their enlightened civic commitment in the Anthropocene.
Education through research, combining scientific knowledge and professional expertise, underpins and defines AFPER's actions and ethics.
AFPER supports educational institutions and players in the creation and implementation of educational programs, and deploys scientific projects around the school in collaboration with teachers.
AFPER is also active in the extra-curricular and after-school environment, working with partner associations to provide all young people with a scientific cultural capital.
AFPER is chaired by Roland Lehoucq and has a Scientific and Strategic Council chaired by Marc Demeuse. Ange Ansour is AFPER's managing director.
