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Abstract For over 50 years , the International Mathematical Olympiad has enabled students from a growing number of countries around the world to compete against each other in solving original and notoriously difficult mathematical problems. How do …
15:45 to 16:30
Jérôme Deauvieau
Teaching practices and school inequalities : the case of learning to read in France
Jérôme Deauvieau
Teaching practices and school inequalities : the case of learning to read in France
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Abstract At the end of the first year of primary school, almost 20 % of pupils have a very fragile reading level, and social inequalities in this area are already very marked. Why does the French education system fail to ensure that all pupils have a …
14:45 to 15:30
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16:00 to 16:30
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Abstract Thanks to brain imaging, what we're discovering today is how the learning brain* works. Yet this brain, " theater of education ", the site of all individual and social synthesis, is the blind spot of national education. We still too often …
14:00 to 14:45
Kevin G. Hatala
Prehistoric Motion Capture: Understanding Hominin Locomotion from Fossil Footprints
Kevin G. Hatala
Prehistoric Motion Capture: Understanding Hominin Locomotion from Fossil Footprints
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14:15 to 14:45
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Abstract The rationalist conception of public action, which aims to measure the performance of education systems and relies on facts and evidence to do so, is gaining ground. This concept is intended to legitimize public action, yet skepticism towards …
11:30 to 12:15
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Abstract In order to make informed career choices, the legislator wanted to establish a dialogue between families and the educational institution. A study of the stages (intentions, recommendations, wishes) of this dialogue at the end of secondary school …
10:30 to 11:15
Martin Andler
The teaching of mathematics in France : specificities, real and false debates
Martin Andler
The teaching of mathematics in France : specificities, real and false debates
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Abstract There is a general feeling that the teaching of mathematics in France is in crisis : international studies show that our students have an average, even mediocre level, and that it is in continuous decline. Social and gender inequalities weigh …
09:45 to 10:30
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11:25 to 11:55
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10:55 to 11:25
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On November 12 2025, the Collège de France will, as it does every year, award scientific prizes to researchers chosen for the excellence of their work : Collège de France Award for Young Researchers for Chloé Santoro , philosopher. The Claude-Antoine …
Published on 10 October 2025
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Esther Duflo Download the press release After a two year break in her lectures, due to the pursuit of her research work at MIT, Esther Duflo, professor at the Collège de France in the Poverty and Public Policies chair, announces that she will resume her …
Published on 10 October 2025
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Claudine Tiercelin New challenges for metaphysics In 2010, Claudine Tiercelin brought metaphysics to the Collège de France. In this book, she clearly and precisely describes the metaphysical approach she has developed. We thought metaphysics was outdated, …
Published on 9 October 2025
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16:30 to 17:10