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• 12 avr 2013

  13 avr 2013

  Geneva

  Conference, symposium - History

  Women in Educated Elites of Pre-Socialist and Early Socialist East Central European Societies

  The opening up to modernity of East Central Europe since the late 19th century was marked – among other things – by a triple process generating structural transformations of established post-feudal societies and affecting often radically the status of women. Due to post-feudal conditions of competition for social standing, positions of influence and prestige, hitherto unknown forms of inequalities appeared in the very process of accumulation of political, economic, professional, cultural an educational assets henceforth necessary for the access to the elites. Female professionals, though they could rarely achieve advanced careers in the ruling elites in the old regime, so much so that they often encountered even various forms of public rejection and discrimination on intellectual markets, significantly participated in the framing of the way of life of the new middle class. This workshop will adopt a gender-focused perspective cocentrating on the place of women (training, education, professions) and bringing to light the differences and inequalities existing between male and female members of educated elites.

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• 24 jan 2013

  25 jan 2013

  26 jan 2013

  Geneva

  Conference, symposium - Education

  Autonomous schools

  The rhetoric of governance and the ambivalence of actors

  L’idée n’est pas neuve d’accorder une plus grande autonomie aux établissements sous différents aspects. Mais l’autonomie des établissements n’a jamais fait l’unanimité. Certains privilégient les raisons de la favoriser :  souplesse, adaptation aux situations locales, plus grande efficacité, plus grande cohérence, empowerment et plus fort investissement des professeurs, stabilité du corps enseignant, condition pour développer un projet substantiel, espace pour une négociation de décisions importantes, meilleur climat ; d’autres signalent les raisons de craindre l'autonomie préconisée : confiscation par la direction, communautarisme, repli, fermeture, conflits internes ou avec l'environnement, perte de temps en débats sans fin, compromis médiocres, pratiques sélectives ou peu novatrices, absence de contrepoids syndical à l’échelle locale, influence exagérée des associations de parents, concurrence entre les établissements. Au final, les avantages priment-ils sur les inconvénients ? Quel est l’état des lieux ?

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