Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Église St. Michael, Schwäbisch Hall, Bade Wurtemberg (Allemagne). Diaporama de 36 photos. Plus...
Sciences Po Reims, 10 ans
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Sciences PO Reims, 10 ans. En 2009, j’habitais Reims, c’était ma première année de retraite et la première année du blog Histoires d’universités. Plus...
Manitoba’s Curious Election
From the archive: The formation of the Open University, 1970
It’s been 50 years since the formation of the Open University, now one of the largest universities in Europe. The Observer Magazine of 15 November 1970 looked ahead to the start of operations in January 1971 when ‘25,000 ordinary men and women’ were about to realise ‘the promise of belated academic qualifications’. More...
Le boom des profs non titulaires, un tournant pour l’Éducation nationale ?
Si cette intensification du recours aux contractuels est sensible, il faut prendre conscience qu’elle n’est pas sans précédent historique. Dans les années 1950 (à partir de 1955 plus précisément), les postes créés en réponse à la vague démographique ont été couverts par des remplaçants à raison de plus de 10 000 chaque année (Rapport de la commission de l’équipement scolaire, universitaire et sportif, Paris, 1961).
Les instituteurs étaient alors formés dans les écoles normales primaires. Entre 1951 et 1964, on peut estimer qu’environ 70 000 normaliens ont été recrutés contre environ 90 000 de profils venus d’autres horizons : la voie « a-normale » l’a donc emporté alors sur la voie « normale » de recrutement. Plus...
The problem with the push for more college degrees
Based on my work as a historian of education and a book I wrote recently on the purpose of college, I argue that a focus on degree attainment discounts the value of what a true college education provides. It places more emphasis on the piece of paper and less on the experience of college. More...
How the pain of 9/11 still stays with a generation
As an applied social psychologist, I study responses to natural and human-caused adversities that impact large segments of the population – also called “collective trauma.” My research group at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has found that such exposures have compounding effects over the course of one’s lifespan. This is particularly relevant for children who have grown up in a post-9/11 society. More...
Evaluating the Genuine Fake
Scott McLemee reviews Lydia Pyne's Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff. More...
The Evolving Role of the University Registrar
Matthew Pittinsky explores what the rise of academic computing teaches us about a 500-year-old position that could increasingly transform higher education. More...
Carnival of the Mobilists, Edition 56
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leonard Low[Edit][Delete]: Carnival of the Mobilists, Edition 56, Mobile Learning [Edit][Delete] December 6, 2006
The Carnival of the Mobilists is well known, having been bouncing around the ether for some time now. What caught my eye in this edition was Leonard Low's remark, "My fellow edubloggers may also be interested in my preparation for launching a Carnival of the Edublogs early next year (so that the lull of the holidays doesn't slow the momentum of the event getting going). I've already set up a blog for tracking each week's installment at http://carnival.edublogs.org." More...