Classes closed, students absent ... what pedagogical continuity after five weeks of lessons?

Their return to school may have been "almost normal" , as the Minister of National Education has endeavored to describe it, in September, "pedagogical continuity" was quick to remind the good - and bad - memories of teachers. In addition to the threat of returning to distance education in the event of very active circulation of Covid-19, teachers are also invited to provide their lessons for five weeks when a class closes temporarily or when students are absent due to suspicion of contamination.

“We barely had the time to meet, to lay the foundations with the students who had been away from school for six months, that rebel. From the second week of September, a 1st class had to close for ten days, ” says Sophie Audoubert, literature teacher at the Lycée Voltaire in Paris.

Video-conference courses, transmission of session content, resources and exercises on the Pronote school management software… the confinement habits are back, with the same questions. “At home, everything depends on the relationship of each student to school, observes Ms. Audoubert. Some need significant support, others don't. We cannot individualize apprenticeship for 35 young people. ” Especially since it is necessary to ensure in parallel the face-to-face lessons for the other students.

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