Every Friday, the pupils of Catherine Clivio’s CE1-CE2 class, at the Prévert elementary school in Brunstatt-Didenheim, hold their council meeting. Sitting in a circle, they alternately address praise, thanks or criticism, in scrupulous respect for the agenda. One appreciates having found help or salutes the progress of a classmate in writing, another criticizes a little girl for having sulked during common activities. When discussing a recent argument in court, the protagonists deliver their point of view in turn.
In such a “cooperative class”, the learning of citizenship, highlighted in the programs of National Education, “is lived on a daily basis”, according to the principle that “it is with several people that we learn everything Alone “. “Everyone has a say, everyone has a voice,” says the teacher. You have to see with what seriousness, the little ones exchange and seek the most accurate words. Lise is…
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