The ‘anti-conference’, a collaborative way to create innovative teaching methods

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Julien Bobroff has received public funding from the Université Paris-Saclay, its Foundation and IDEX, the CNRS and the ANR. Université Paris-Saclay provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation FR. The Conversation UK receives funding from these organisations View the full list A series of recent events in France have shown that younger generations are increasingly dissatisfied with current science programmes. During a graduation ceremony on May 10, a group of students from AgroParisTech, an institution specialised in agricultural sciences, called on their fellow students to abandon their studies in light of the current ecological crisis. The following day, in an opinion piece published in Le Monde, students from France’s Écoles Normales Supérieures voiced their concerns about science not meeting today’s challenges. These and other initiatives show that while teaching students equations is still necessary, it’s no longer sufficient. Young people need to understand why stud

Participants at a Paris-Saclay workshop on educational innovation work on ideas for teaching in a forest. Author provided , Fourni par l'auteur https://theconversation.com/the-anti-conference-a-collaborative-way-to-create-innovative-teaching-methods-190504 https://theconversation.com/the-anti-conference-a-collaborative-way-to-create-innovative-teaching-methods-190504 Link copied Share article Share article Copy link Email Bluesky Facebook WhatsApp Messenger LinkedIn X (Twitter) Print article A series of recent events in France have shown that younger generations are increasingly dissatisfied w

The ‘anti-conference’, a collaborative way to create innovative teaching methods

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