Sport

In Lapland, the specialty of outdoor lessons in -15 degree weather

By Yves Di Cristino · 06 April 2023

Physical education in Finnish schools is often regarded as a model in Europe. While several postulates on the subject have been submitted to the Vaud Grand Council in recent years, we take a look at the reality of schools in Lapland.

Society

No, ChatGPT isn't smart!

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · March 30, 2023

ChatGPT software doesn't analyze or synthesize, nor is it creative, but generates «a credible follow-up to a given text». The result can then be adorned with the trappings of human intelligence. This is enough to arouse fears and anxieties.

France

Vincent Peillon: «Schools must assume their moral function».»

By Matthieu Levivier · 23 March 2023

Schools are the focus of much debate. Vincent Peillon, Minister of National Education from 2012 to 2014 under President François Hollande, details his vision for this important institution of the Republic - a vision that has been the subject of fierce criticism.

Literature

Clément Bénech, national repudiation

By Quentin Perissinotto · March 17, 2023

Fresh out of the «Institut» mold, young Romain d'Astéries is about to start his first school year, his mind full of pioneering pedagogical concepts that he's just waiting to apply. When a bug turns everything upside down.

Philosophy

Beware of educational sciences!

By Antoine-Frédéric Bernhard · March 13, 2023

Today's schools, under the rule of the educational sciences, wander at random. Like a headless hen, it rushes along according to fashions and intellectual currents. To save it, we urgently need to answer the question of the purpose of education.

History

The school, a political issue through time

By Olivier Meuwly · 10 March 2023

Everyone dreams of a school free of political influence. But isn't that just wishful thinking? History reminds us that it is through schools that the future of a society is at stake. In Switzerland, it was even through politics that peace was achieved.