The school of tomorrow is already underway. In the documentary “Happiness at school”, to be discovered on Wednesday, October 27 at 9 p.m. on the Canal + Docs channel (and available on myCANAL), director Martin Meissonnier sets out to meet those who seek to reinvent the transmission of knowledge in the digital age.
At a time when digital technology is disrupting the world, schools must meet the new needs of students and the challenges they will have to face, whether economic, social, or environmental. Rather than listing the potential dysfunctions of the current education system, the documentary “Happiness at school” traveled to the four corners of the world to report on the many projects that are being carried out there in order to adapt schools to technological changes, and thus involve students in their education through more stimulating educational tools, while also giving pride of place to manual work, creativity, and initiative.
Beyond the documentary, Martin Meissonnier wishes to create in the process an open access platform – a project which relies on crowdfunding – where teachers, parents and students will be able to make proposals, share their experiences and/or ideas, and engage in dialogue in order to keep schools moving with the times.
The goal is multifaceted, starting with reducing school dropout rates, but also combating screen addiction by instilling good digital practices at school, combating bullying at school, and putting the pleasure of learning back at the heart of teaching. These are results that can be obtained by allowing children to be active participants in the education system.
Happiness at school, a documentary to be discovered on October 27 on Canal + Docs and myCANAL.