In 2000, scientists Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer used the concept of the anthropocene to describe the epoch we have reached, denoting the ever increasing effect of humans on earth. There is no part of the world that is unaffected…
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What is it? Used by nearly 20,000 schools around the world, the sensory material developed by Maria Montessori allows the child to distinguish, specify and generalize, from the concrete to the concept and from the concept to the abstract. It…
At Eden School, the Visual Arts are taught in the same way as Music or Maths. When teaching Visual Arts we must put in place a learning system that addresses the discipline as such as well as the interdisciplinary and…
In education, pioneering ideas are as much about intuition as they are about pragmatism. They are the reflection of a necessity. Their authors are passionate teachers, often dissatisfied with their practice. At first, they may question these ideas when confronted…
«All children learn their mother tongue naturally through listening and imitating.» Shin’ichi Suzuki This simple observation inspires and guides the great Japanese teacher Shin’ichi Suzuki- in mid-XXth century- to develop a method to learn to play an instrument based on…
Helping children to grow and blossom, give them the desire to understand, to construct who they are, to visit themselves internally, to be connected with others and the world… the desire to thrive … then learn to become serious, without taking…
“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.” Abraham…
A press review is a journalistic exercise centred mainly on radio journalism: news that can be regularly heard on the radio, both nationally and internationally. It brings to light the latest world news or a specific event that is commented…
Respect is a noble sentiment that is often worked on at school, however, this year we chose to go further with our students. The objective of our project “Getting to Know One Another” is to guide the children towards the…
The results of the latest research carried out by Dr. Michel Habib, president of Résodys and neurologist at the CHU Marseille on the effects of music on the brain, confirm what many musicians and scientists have been saying for a…
On a Quest to Understand Each Other For the second consecutive year, Eden School dedicates a space to the children who visit artgenève. This venue is part of an educational process conducted by the private bilingual primary schools of Geneva…
Learning the language of computers at the Primary school level is increasingly used all over the world. This skill can be applied across the curriculum and not only in Computer Science class as one might imagine. Nowadays, coding is not…
Society has witnessed a revolutionary shift in the teacher’s roles over the last century. As such, we have seen the emergence of, what some call, the ‘interactive teacher’ (Abrahamson, no date). This term simply designates a teacher who is attentive…