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Posted by Pénélope Venskus on
What parents have never spent endless and painful evenings at the kitchen table studying with their children the day before an important evaluation? And of these, which ones do not want to see their young people experience success? What student does not experience pride when he arrives home in the evening with a good mention in a job? Academic success is a concern for both learners and their parents, and it is possible to achieve it in addition to promoting school perseverance. To do this, it is necessary to establish...
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A complete education is much more than just learning theoretical concepts. Educating children is also teaching them to live in society, it is teaching them to be part of the world. It means transmitting the fundamental values of our society to future generations. In our democratic society, we value peace education. Educating for peace is not like teaching mathematics. Peace is not a set of knowledge to remember, but a guiding principle, a moral orientation that guides our actions. It is rather a question of transmitting a know-how that promotes...
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Failure is never final. It's how you recover from failure that matters. It is often said that when it's easy we don't learn and when it's harder we grow. You must first take a step back and realize that your child is not the only one to fail and that many students have already been there. Next, it is important to identify why your child is failing. Is it because he doesn't understand the material well? Is it because he lacks motivation? There may also be other factors such as...
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Posted by Camille Nadeau, étudiante à la maîtrise en orthopédagogie on
In the world of education, we count two types of success: academic success and educational success. The first type, academic success, is well known. In fact, it is a matter of meeting the requirements of the Education Program by obtaining good academic results, earning a diploma, acquiring skills and developing skills. (Lapostolle, 2006) For its part, educational success, just as essential to ensure a complete education for the student, is not estimated quantitatively, but rather qualitatively. It includes the personal and professional accomplishments of the learner. (Lapostolle, 2006) It goes...
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What student hasn't felt a certain amount of stress before an oral presentation or an evaluation? It is totaly normal. Good stress can even be good. However, some students are so concerned with success and high achievement that it causes them excessive stress known as “performance anxiety”. Good stress vs bad stress The right stress can promote performance, memory and increase alertness and attention according to Sonia Lupien, full professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Montreal. It remains normal as long as the stress ends when...
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