Joséphine Vigouroux
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Selecting an alternative school in Paris for your child requires careful research and consideration of your family's needs and values. You can read our article to help you choose a school for your child, but here are also some thoughts to keep in mind during this process:
Think about what you expect from your child's education, and what educational values you hold dear. Is it the Montessori approach, Freinet pedagogy, democratic education, or something else?
Do some online research to identify the different schools and see their websites, with their pedagogical project, projects, history of the school, etc.
This will give you the information you need to select the schools that interest you most. You can also visit ecoles-libres.fr , which lists all the alternative schools in the world.
Make an appointment to visit schools that match your criteria. This will allow you to see the school environment, meet the teachers, and ask questions.
The Freinet school, based on the pedagogy of Célestin Freinet, favors the active involvement of students in their own education. It emphasizes individual expression, cooperation and experiential learning. Students are encouraged to express themselves freely, to work together, to pursue projects they are passionate about, and to evaluate themselves. This approach fosters autonomy, creativity and critical thinking, and aims to make learning relevant to real life. To learn more about the Freinet pedagogy, we invite you to listen to the podcast La Buissonnière , which explains the various aspects of this pedagogy in detail.
We hope this article will help you find the right school for your child. In the meantime, please feel free to like this article if you found it useful, and we'll see you soon on theécole M blog.
