Applying Cognitive Science to Education

Léa Combette is a PhD student at Paris Brain Institute and Energie Jeunes association. Her project focuses on why and how psycho-social interventions could be a reliable solution to fight against underachievement in underprivileged areas.

Elena Pasquinelli joined the team of “La main à la pâte” in 2010 and acts as a "Référent Métier Recherche et Évaluation". She also coordinates the actions around the project Esprit scientifique, Esprit critique, and is interested in the insights that cognitive sciences provide on learning. 

Adeline André is an IA-IPR (academic inspector) of the academy of Versailles. After a PhD in biology, she became an SVT teacher in junior high and high school. She then joined the “La main à la pâte” team. She has many years of experience conducting the academic and national experiments of the Learning Labs, which use the contribution of cognitive science to promote learning in all disciplines.

The DEC AltAc (Alternative to Academia) is a monthly seminar where individuals with a cognitive science background show researchers and students in cognitive science at the DEC the many ways their knowledge in cognitive science can be applied to the "real" (aka non-academic) world. 

The seminars can be taken by students completing the ENS diploma for credit. Credits will be attributed based on attendance. 

Seminars are only open to DEC members and Cogmaster students. If you would like to listen to the talk, please view the video recordings and contact the speakers directly if your questions were not addressed.”

DEC AltAc program 2020/2021