Top 9 essential works on pedagogy (1/2)

Pedagogy is so fascinating that it is constantly being questioned and re-studied. We suggest some readings to help you see things more clearly, or to delve deeper into the subject!

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The Child, Maria Montessori

"Education is a weapon of peace". The Child remains Maria Montessori's reference text. In it, she addresses education based on "respect for the child's personality", that is to say, giving him the means to develop while respecting his nature.

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Learn differently with positive pedagogy, Audrey Akoun and Isabelle Pailleau

This positive teaching method aims to help children (and adolescents) rediscover their natural taste for learning, and to restore confidence in the adults who accompany them, through simple and effective techniques, all cheerfully illustrated!

For a happy childhood, by Dr Catherine Guegen

In this book, Dr. Catherine Gueguen draws on scientific discoveries about the child's brain, and wishes to demonstrate that an empathetic child-adult relationship is essential for its proper development. She illustrates her thinking with clinical cases, and offers educational advice for parents and professionals alike.

The great guide to alternative teaching methods: + 140 activities from 0 to 12 years old, Madeleine Deny, Anne-Cécile Pigache

The message conveyed by alternative pedagogies (with which we totally agree)? "To learn well, you have to enjoy learning!" This guide presents to parents and educators the origin of these pedagogies and offers the means to implement them through more than 140 activities and games that are easy to do at home.

And because pedagogy and communication can be worked on at any age: Words are windows, Marshall B. Rosenberg

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is "the language and interactions that strengthen our ability to give with kindness and inspire others to do the same." In this reference work in terms of NVC, the author and developer of this method explains it, then offers ways to implement it through exercises, example dialogues, etc.)

A second selection is coming soon... ;)

Happy reading!