Study Day
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Faculty of Education, University of Montpellier
Lecture Hall H
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Overview
The rise of dogmatic ideologies, the growth of social media, and the media’s constant pursuit of scoops—all of which accelerate the spread of alternative facts and conspiracy theories—along with the absence or refusal to prioritize information (etc.), are leading to a questioning of scientific knowledge and its construction within society. The Republican school system, designed to be secular in order to promote the emancipation of the individual, is by no means immune to the intrusion of beliefs into students’ education and to challenges to the knowledge being taught. It is precisely these pressing issues for schools and learning that our study day aims to explore.