Psychologie Cognitive et Processus d’Acquisition des Connaissances

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L'Observation de classes et le paradoxe de l'observateur

In this paper, we try to determine the knowledge which can be drawn from classroom observations, and we consider what are the limitations and the powers of the different ways of using them. The most important limitations come from the observer's paradox (to look for what happens in a natural situation without any observer), and the subjectivity of witnesses. We analyze various pseudo-scientific methods and see that they have more inconveniences than the à l'oeil nu observation.In spite of these limitations, methodical observations (with video-tape, for instance) are a prodigious source of information for teacher-training and for educational research.     

L'homme de la reponse et l'homme de la question

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Les Droits de l'Homme et l'Education

The 21st century will, we hope, be the century of education or, as Jacques Delors put it in his report for UNESCO, the century of "lifelong learning". But this hope will only be realised if education is the subject and aim of a universal right. This right is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which ought to be recognised in all countries of the world as the set of principles that should guide human action. The recognition of these rights should lead to a functioning democracy within educational establishments, where the rules of life should be the same for all: pupils, teachers and administrators. It is no less essential that human rights should constitute guiding principles for educational practice. The United Nations Decade for Human Rights (1995–2004) is an outstanding opportunity for each state to establish a plan of action for a true programme of human rights education.     

L'institut facultaire de psychologie et de pedagogie de l'universite Lovanium (Kinshasa)

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Demarches de resolution et de simulation face au probleme de la ruine d'un joueur

Prior to large experimentations on the teaching of probability theory, it appeared useful to observe some students working for a fairly long time. This observation should make more precise the difficulties of an important aspect when solving probability problems: the modelling aspect. Does systematic use of simulation produce miracles as it is sometimes said? Are the students naturally sensitive to a frequentist approach of probability theory? This paper contains some results on these questions, for example we pointed out for some students an obstacle to the frequentist approach. The results permit to conceive how using simulation for teaching could contribute to an improvement of students' approach to probability.     

L'institut Supérieur Franco-Allemand de Techniques et d'Economie de Sarreguemines

La convention portant création de l'Institut Supérieur Franco-Allemand de Techniques et d'Economie de Sarreguemines (I.S.F.A.T.E.S.), passée entre le Gouvernement de la République Française et le Gouvernement de la République Fédérale d'Allemagne, a été signée le 15 septembre 1978 au sommet franco-allemand d'Aix-la-Chapelle.     

Orthographe Grammaticale et Justification Orthographique d’Enfants de 8 et 11 Ans

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Activites et problemes d'un laboratoire de pedagogie experimentale

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Représentations et Significations de Savoirs Scolaires

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La Femme dans le Monde de la Science et de la Technique∗

The author imagines a television programme relating to the education, training and professional life of a young woman engineer and she points out the differences with her male schoolmates. She suggests that the Associations of Women Engineers should undertake actions towards grants to help them to choose scientific and engineering studies and to convince them to make a career in new technical fields of activity. At the same time, employers should become aware that women engineers are a plus in the firm of the future.