Thursday 18 June, 12:15

Education and Schooling

Free, Booking Required

Michele Poretti, sociologist and economist at the Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud, works on policies for children and youth with a focus on inclusion and citizenship. Martin Rueff, poet, translator and philosopher at the University of Geneva, is a Rousseau specialist.

Drawing on Rousseau and social sciences, the discussion examines how schools both welcome difference and reproduce socioeconomic and cultural inequalities. Speakers investigate tensions between inclusion ideals and performance-based assessment, explore consequences for disadvantaged pupils, and outline conceptual avenues to rethink educational aims and citizenship in schooling.

In English.

Grand-Rue 40,
1204 Genève
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