School7 minRethinking school: «If we don't change anything, we will lose the children»Many teachers are overworked, often because of pupils with behavioural problems. Our author has therefore turned his teaching upside down.
Learning33 minRethinking schools: Answers to the 20 most important questionsWhat makes a good teacher? How does school work in the age of AI? We answer the most pressing questions about the future of school.
School5 minAn Aargau school breaks new ground without gradesThe Aargau school Rütihof under the then headmistress Lisa Lehner dispenses with grades. With success!
School6 minIn dialogue with the chatbotChat GPT can answer questions, write essays and do homework. How should schools react to the text robot, which is based on artificial intelligence and is constantly learning?
Columns5 minNever write an essay yourself again?What are the opportunities and risks of Chat GPT? Can you blindly trust the text robot's answers? 7 questions - 7 answers.
Videos1 minWhat will the school of the future look like?Dieter and Nicolas Rüttimann explain how innovative pedagogy can support the thinking of children and young people both within and across disciplines.
Learning13 minWhat a child needs to learnIn recent years, a lot of research has been carried out on the subject of learning and schools are trying to implement the findings. How does good learning work?
Learning4 minThree learning methods put to the testThe human brain performs feats of learning that no supercomputer is capable of. How this works and what different learning methods there are.
Learning4 minDigital learning after the lockdownA robust and sustainable education system would combine digital and analogue learning opportunities. There are many ways to do this.
Family5 minChildren only learn what they wantThe private Zurich university intrinsic Campus focusses on self-motivated learning. Children should only learn what they really want to learn.
Dagmar RöslerFamily14 minDagmar Rösler: «Some parents arrive at school like warships»Dagmar Rösler, Switzerland's top teacher, demands more respect from parents. And the LCH President sees a great deal of catching up to do when it comes to day schools.
Thomas MinderFamily10 min«Mr Minder, why are there so few suitable headteachers?»Thomas Minder, Switzerland's top headteacher, in an interview about the acute shortage of headteachers, career changers and individualised teaching.
Columns5 minBans on mobile phones in schools are useless!Our columnist Thomas Feibel explains why banning mobile phones at school won't help our children.
Family12 minDaniel Burg, what's wrong with our school system?Headmaster Dani Burg has revolutionised the system at two secondary schools. He says: Our school system is sick. He explains why.
Family15 minThe digital schoolHow are Swiss schools preparing students for the digitalised world of work? Why is it so difficult to introduce digital learning? A search for clues.
Family12 min«Homework should be abolished»Lisa Lehner, Vice President of the Swiss-German School Principals' Association, dreams of a school without homework and with a child-orientated timetable. An interview