France prepares a guide for students about the attacks
The French Ministry of Education has just published on its website éduscol, the national portal for education professionals, a guide to talk about the Paris attacks on French students. This guide contains a series of pedagogical recommendations to advise education professionals, know how to act and what to say to your students before the doubts and questions about the violence of the attacks perpetrated on Friday, November 13 in Paris.
Among the premises included in this guide for teachers and teachers, "it is important to avoid looking for an explanation of the attacks in Paris on the personal, philosophical or convictions of the victims."
How to organize the dialogue in class from Monday, November 16
From the French Ministry of Education and through its website, the need to answer questions and questions that students can manifest during the classes. In this sense, the French Ministry of Education states that "listening to students must be one of the first missions" and offers on this page a series of resources available to pedagogical and guidance teams, among which you can find a series of cards to * feed in class discussions argued and carry out more long-term pedagogical work ".
Talk about what happened help students assimilate the facts and through the web they point out that "dialogue is part of the pedagogical work indispensable to support children and adolescents in the management of their emotions and in the complete assimilation of these violent acts ".
In addition to these recommendations, schools and schools in general will also have at their disposal psychological management groups in areas where students, family members and educational staff have been particularly affected. In the rest of the educational centers, universities and special education centers, the management groups aimed at giving psychological support to the students can also be deployed, always at the request of the school directors, as explained on this page.
Support for student families
The website of the French Ministry of Education begins by saying that "the deadly attacks perpetrated last November 13 in Paris have undermined the values on which our Republic and our School are based.essential responsibility: give security and an explanation to their students".
In relation to families and people close to students, the French Ministry of Education recommends acting in the same way, encouraging dialogue without trying to find explanations. "Everyone is part of humanity hit by grief," the page says. The educational staff must have "in mind the age and psychology of children that they have confidence to adapt better and that the children understand better what has happened ".
Marisol Nuevo Espín