The “La main à la pâte” (Learning by doing) pedagogic methodology isexpected to be applied across primary schools in Vietnam by 2015 astraining courses are underway.
Created by aFrench Nobel Laureate in Physics (1992) Georges Charpak, thisinquiry-based science technique allows teachers to help their studentsacquire and approach a range of knowledge and information in an activemanner. It is popular in France.
On August 14,some 54 officials and teachers from teachers’ training universities andcolleges nationwide began learning this methodology in central Binh Dinhprovince.
They are coached by French expertsMaryvonne Stallaerts and Elisabeth Plé during the course, which has beenjointly organised by the Ministry of Education and Training and theAssociation Rencontres du Vietnam.
As many as 1,500officials and teachers across the country have been trained in the “Lamain à la pâte” method since it was introduced to Vietnam in 2002.-VNA