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Formation pour des cours CLIL en mathématiques à Tenerife

par Dominique Ortolé

Découverte de jeux mathématiques

Du 5 au 10 mai 2025, j’ai suivi une formation sur des méthodes alternatives pour enseigner les mathématiques à l’antenne de Tenerife de l’école Europass Teachers Academy.

Il s’agissait de découvrir des méthodes faisant intervenir des jeux, les réseaux sociaux, tout ce qui nous entoure dans une ville (bâtiments, fresques, etc.) ou encore des activités de la vie quotidienne (aller au marché).

Nous étions une dizaines de professeurs de mathématiques venant de Belgique, d’Italie, de Finlande de France et de Slovénie.

L’ambiance a tout de suite été chaleureuse, et les échanges, tant avec le formateur du séminaire, qu’avec les autres enseignants, ont été très fructueux. L’école a même organisé un jeu afin que de créer des liens avec les enseignants des autres groupes que celui concernant les mathématiques.

Activités lors d’une visite de la ville

Au final, j’ai pu atteindre les deux objectifs que je m’étais fixé en m’inscrivant à cette formation.

Le premier était de découvrir des méthodes innovantes pour enseigner les mathématiques. Ces méthodes me seront utiles non seulement pour mes cours en section européenne, mais aussi pour mes cours plus traditionnels. Outre le fait qu’elles seront plus attractives pour les élèves, elles m’ont donné des idées pour inciter les élèves de section européenne à s’exprimer en anglais. Par exemple, lors de l’élaboration d’un escape game, j’ai découvert qu’on pouvait demander à un élève d’en guider un autre qui a les yeux bandés. Cela demande beaucoup précision dans le vocabulaire.

Mon second objectif était de nouer des contacts avec des enseignants d’autres pays européens. J’ai été comblé au-delà de mes espérances. J’ai gardé le contact avec un professeur de mathématiques finlandais et des professeurs d’anglais néerlandaises (qui n’étaient pas dans mon groupe).

Cette formation a aussi été l’occasion pour moi de découvrir l’île de Tenerife, dans l’archipel des Canaries. C’est une île très similaire à La Réunion. L’école m’a été d’une grande aide pour cette découverte puisqu’elle a organisé plusieurs sorties au cours de ce séminaire.

Enfin, un dernier apport, et pas des moindres, de cette formation, a été la pratique de la langue anglaise. Spontanéité et improvisation ont été nécessaires pour échanger avec tous ces enseignants venus de toute l’Union Européenne.

Mesure de dimensions avec le corps et des théorèmes de géométrie

From 5 to 10 May 2025, I attended a course on alternative methods for teaching mathematics at the Tenerife branch of the Europass Teachers Academy.

The aim was to discover methods involving games, social media, everything that surrounds us in a city (like buildings, facades, etc.) or even everyday activities (going to the market).

There were around ten maths teachers from Belgium, Italy, Finland, France and Slovenia.

Guidage d’un partenaire aveugle

The atmosphere was immediately warm, and the exchanges, both with the seminar trainer and with the other teachers, were very fruitful. The school even organised a game to create links with teachers from the other groups (not about mathematics).

In the end, I was able to achieve the two objectives I had set myself when I signed up for this course.

The first was to discover innovative methods for teaching mathematics. These methods will be useful not only for my lessons in the European sections, but also for my more traditional lessons. Apart from the fact that they will be more attractive to the students, they have given me ideas for encouraging students in the European section to express themselves in English. For example, when designing an escape game, I discovered that you could ask one student to guide another who was blindfolded. This requires a great deal of precision in vocabulary.

My second objective was to make contacts with teachers from other European countries. Things turned out to go beyond my expectations. I kept in touch with a Finnish maths teacher and Dutch English teachers (who were not in my group).

This course was also an opportunity for me to discover the island of Tenerife, in the Canary archipelago. It’s very similar to Reunion Island. The school was a great help in this discovery, as it organised several tours during the week.

Last but not least, this stay enabled me to improve my English language skills. Spontaneity and improvisation were necessary to communicate with all these teachers from all over the European Union.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ERASMUS + :

A TEACHING JOURNEY IN DUBLIN (3 weeks in July – August 2025)

Vincent Hosotte, Philosophy teacher, Lycée Paul Vergès (Saint Paul, Réunion)

Trinity College, Dublin

As a teacher embarking on my first Erasmus + experience at Atlas Language School in Dublin, I approached this professional development opportunity with a blend of excitement and uncertainty. Eventually, this three-week intensive programme proved to be effective in terms of linguistic skills. I am also quite certain that it was transformative for both my teaching practice and cultural understanding.

Exploring CLIL Pedagogy

Along with other European teachers (from Italy, France, Hungary, Spain), I attended a course dedicated to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). It gave us a clear awareness of the delicate balance between subject content and language acquisition. Our training focused on crafting effective lesson plans with carefully constructed scaffolding techniques to support student learning. We explored various assessment methods whilst emphasizing the paramount importance of creating a supportive learning environment. The course highlighted how a benevolent approach to teaching facilitates optimal conditions for learning, allowing students to take risks and develop their language skills alongside subject knowledge.

Language Enhancement

The language improvement sessions were meticulously structured to enhance our linguistic skills : speaking, listening, reading, writing. Through engaging, activity-based instruction, we strengthened our command of English grammar and expanded our vocabulary. During this part of my experience, I was among young students (20-25 years old). Without denying the quality of this course, I would say it was more like a traditional interactive course. As a language course (C1), it was understandably less professionally oriented than the CLIL course. Nevertheless, this language session exemplified professional teaching methodologies, concretely showing how interactive approaches can be effectively implemented in my own teaching practice.

Cultural Immersion

The afternoon cultural programme provided very interesting insights into Irish heritage. We explored prestigious institutions including Trinity College, the Museum of Irish Literature, and the EPIC Museum, which chronicles Ireland’s emigration history and global cultural influence. A particularly innovative activity was the ‘walk and talk’ tour, where each participant became a guide for specific Dublin landmarks. This experiential learning approach demonstrated an excellent teaching technique that could be readily adapted for our own students.

Walk and Talk experience

European Educational Exchange

Perhaps most enriching was the opportunity to collaborate with fellow European educators. Through our interactions, we gained substantial knowledge about diverse educational systems and teaching traditions across Europe. A notable discovery was learning about Italy’s mandatory CLIL implementation in upper secondary education, explaining the significant Italian representation in our course. These connections have opened possibilities for future job shadowing and school twinning initiatives. Besides, teaching in an environment such as La Réunion aroused great interest among my European colleagues…

This Erasmus + experience has proven invaluable, enhancing both my professional expertise and intercultural competence. The programme has equipped me with new methodological approaches, strengthened my language skills, and established meaningful professional connections across Europe. Indeed, the friendship bond is an important factor to stimulate European educational projects. The combination of structured learning, cultural immersion, and professional networking has provided me a comprehensive framework for a renewed educational practice. Last but not least, through professional and informal conversation with colleagues from all over Europe, I think my European sense of belonging has really got stronger.

Graduation (Unlike most of my colleagues, I stayed 2 more weeks. I finally got my diploma 2 weeks later…)