Le respect d’autrui, un des « savoirs fondamentaux » ?
Blog Educpros de Jean-Michel Zakhartchouk. Le ministre Blanquer, dont on est bien obligé de commenter les interventions tant elles sont nombreuses et pas toujours aussi limpides qu’il n’y parait de premier abord, vient d’ajouter au trop fameux triptyque lire-écrire-compter un quatrième terme : le respect d’autrui. Plus...
Marche en avant ou néosarkozisme ?
Blog Educpros de Jean-Michel Zakhartchouk. A mesure que se dessine la politique suivie par le ministère Blanquer, on ne peut qu’être inquiet, car de nombreux signes convergent vers une résurgence des recettes essayées sous le quinquennat Sarkozy plus que vers une vraie rénovation du système éducatif, vraiment pragmatique et « progressiste ». Suite...
« En même temps » , vraiment?
Blog Educpros de Jean-Michel Zakhartchouk. L’expression est à la mode, mais on remarque au passage qu’elle est en fait très employée par nombre de commentateurs dans tous les domaines. « En même temps » peut représenter le refus de la pensée binaire, symboliser la pensée complexe, exprimer les « tensions fécondes » qui nous éloignent du simplisme et du manichéisme. Suite...
Halifax, We Have a Problem
By . Passing through Halifax airport on Thursday, I realised that I have been remiss in not yet having covered the party platforms for tomorrow’s provincial election. So, I set about reading the party platforms and then immediately wished I hadn’t because they’re basically a tidy encapsulation of most of what’s wrong with higher education policy in Canada. More...
Turning 50 hoping for cards or letters, will reply. Inge
#OEB_midsummit Surviving Digital Darwinism Tony Driscoll @wadatripp #corporate
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Why the future does not need us’ was an article that changed Tony’s life. He realized then that he was a techno positivist, but what would happen when something does not turn out positively, what really goes on in this intersection with technology. What will the technological effect be for current children, and what can we do in order to make them ready for the future. More...
#OEB_midsummit Audrey Watters on personalization & pigeons
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Very excited to see Audrey Watters in action in real life after having read her posts and keynotes on many occasion where my mind was in need of critical analysis of contemporary learning and society. She is wearing some fabulous boots (!) and looks fierce as ever. More...
Very excited to see Audrey Watters in action in real life after having read her posts and keynotes on many occasion where my mind was in need of critical analysis of contemporary learning and society. She is wearing some fabulous boots (!) and looks fierce as ever
The 2017 Student Academic Experience Results: Teaching is improving but students want better value for money
The 2017 Student Academic Experience Survey, published today by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) reveals:
- how hard students are working;
- how satisfied they are with their lives; and
- what they think of recent government policies.
Over 14,000 full-time undergraduates took part in the survey this year. More...
The Comprehensive University: An Alternative to Social Strati cation by Academic Selection
In this hard-hitting paper, Tim Blackman, a serving Vice-Chancellor, calls for a much less hierarchical higher education sector.
He shows how this will benefit students, the quality of learning and social mobility and, most importantly, he shows how to get there. More...