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The Introduction of Competence-Based Education into the Compulsory School Curriculum in France (2002-2017): Hybridity and Polysemy as Conditions for Change
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Clément, Pierre – Comparative Education, 2021
In France, the notion of competence began to be discussed in the early 1990s and was finally enforced in the Education Act of 23 April 2005. Since its emergence, this notion has been strongly opposed by a certain number of teachers, unions and researchers. To understand how competence-based education finally prevailed, I take into account the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
Teaching about the "Economic Crisis" Today. The Example of French "Economic and Social Sciences"
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Coléno, Yves-Patrick; Blanchard, Hervé – Journal of Social Science Education, 2017
Purpose: In France at the high school the subject matter "Sciences Économiques et Sociales" (economic and social sciences) deals with the present economic crisis. We study the ways it is taught about: words, and explanatory patterns. Design/methodology/approach: We use a specific approach, that we call "semantic holism",…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Economic Climate, Foreign Countries, Social Sciences
About the Use of the Word "Market" in the Teaching of Economics: The Lexicon at Work at the High School and at the University
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Blanchard, Hervé; Coléno, Yves-Patrick – Journal of Social Science Education, 2015
In France, syllabuses and teachings of economics have changed a lot in first degrees and at the high school as well since their creation. Wondering whether this imperceptible transformation does not lead finally the subject towards a regression as for its ambitions, by impoverishing it, we analyse these evolutions. Concentrating our work on the…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Lexicology, Educational Change, Educational Practices
An Analysis of Viewpoints on Education for Responsible Consumption in Higher Education
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Gombert-Courvoisier, Sandrine; Sennès, Vincent; Ribeyre, Francis – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to present the authors' views on education for responsible consumption (ERC) in higher education, and deals with major components to be considered to educate students for responsible consumption. Design/methodology/approach: There are three components that seem relevant for ERC in higher education: taught courses should be…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Behavior Change