Education: beanie for France, causes and solutions?
Nearly 200,000 of them have fragile and insufficient skills in reading, writing and numeracy. More than 100,000 students lack mastery of basic skills in these areas. In our country, primary school is the weakest link in the education system and therefore penalizes children for the future. Because these fragile or even nonexistent achievements will be a handicap in college or high school.
The causes are multiple
Are questioned the programs of the primary school that would not be enough refocused on spelling, grammar, conjugations and mental arithmetic, the absenteeism of teachers, the lack of means available to them, the days of school too long, summer holidays .... Indeed French school children have the busiest days. In France, the school year is too heavy and not adapted to the rhythms of children who are too often stressed and tired. In France, children aged 7 to 8 have only 140 days of class and 913 hours of classes. In Finland, which ranks highest in international comparisons, students have almost 50 more days a year, but 300 hours less. The transition to the four-day week is not ideal for toddlers.
What to do ? Are there solutions?
A week of four and a half days would indeed be preferable. Theeducation The National Council also plans to shorten the summer holidays. This last point makes cringe a lot of teeth. There is also the solution of classes in the morning and sports in the afternoon. Is this the miracle solution? Students who experience the rhythm of "morning classes, afternoon sports" feel "rather better in their bodies since the start of the school year". According to parents, the health of their child remained stable (72%) or improved (20%). They hydrate themselves better, have better appetite, sleep better and go to bed before 22:00. They are also more sociable and talk more about their activities with their families.
But there is a little problem! This experiment has not yet had an influence on their school results: punctuality, absences, sanctions ... according to a study of the Ministry of Education. This experiment does not affect the declared abilities of concentration, attention, memorization and effort. 50% of parents, whose children participate in this experiment, say that their child's academic performance is the same as last year, while 32% think they are better and 17% that they are worse. ". But this experimentation must be a whole: it must contribute to the success of students and improve their well-being and health "recalls the study of the Statistics Directorate of the Ministry of Education (Depp) revealed Tuesday by Le Figaro.
The experiment, which began in September 2010, involved more than 7,000 students in 120 voluntary colleges and high schools, which had benefited on average every week from 2h30 of sports practice and 2h00 of additional cultural practice in the afternoon. . It has been extended and concerns during the 2011-2012 school year nearly 15,000 students in more than 210 institutions.
For its part, the government has already implemented several reforms: reform of primary school programs, introduction of new devices to ensure student success (educational support after class, refresher courses for CM1 and CM2 free English courses for high school students, better training for teachers and high school reform.
The causes are multiple
Are questioned the programs of the primary school that would not be enough refocused on spelling, grammar, conjugations and mental arithmetic, the absenteeism of teachers, the lack of means available to them, the days of school too long, summer holidays .... Indeed French school children have the busiest days. In France, the school year is too heavy and not adapted to the rhythms of children who are too often stressed and tired. In France, children aged 7 to 8 have only 140 days of class and 913 hours of classes. In Finland, which ranks highest in international comparisons, students have almost 50 more days a year, but 300 hours less. The transition to the four-day week is not ideal for toddlers.
What to do ? Are there solutions?
A week of four and a half days would indeed be preferable. Theeducation The National Council also plans to shorten the summer holidays. This last point makes cringe a lot of teeth. There is also the solution of classes in the morning and sports in the afternoon. Is this the miracle solution? Students who experience the rhythm of "morning classes, afternoon sports" feel "rather better in their bodies since the start of the school year". According to parents, the health of their child remained stable (72%) or improved (20%). They hydrate themselves better, have better appetite, sleep better and go to bed before 22:00. They are also more sociable and talk more about their activities with their families.
But there is a little problem! This experiment has not yet had an influence on their school results: punctuality, absences, sanctions ... according to a study of the Ministry of Education. This experiment does not affect the declared abilities of concentration, attention, memorization and effort. 50% of parents, whose children participate in this experiment, say that their child's academic performance is the same as last year, while 32% think they are better and 17% that they are worse. ". But this experimentation must be a whole: it must contribute to the success of students and improve their well-being and health "recalls the study of the Statistics Directorate of the Ministry of Education (Depp) revealed Tuesday by Le Figaro.
The experiment, which began in September 2010, involved more than 7,000 students in 120 voluntary colleges and high schools, which had benefited on average every week from 2h30 of sports practice and 2h00 of additional cultural practice in the afternoon. . It has been extended and concerns during the 2011-2012 school year nearly 15,000 students in more than 210 institutions.
For its part, the government has already implemented several reforms: reform of primary school programs, introduction of new devices to ensure student success (educational support after class, refresher courses for CM1 and CM2 free English courses for high school students, better training for teachers and high school reform.
