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Academic & cultural
Transmit, support, make accessible
Two fields united by a single question: how do you make a body of knowledge genuinely accessible to the person it is meant for? Train-the-trainer, study methodology, educational support and cultural mediation.
Context
Mastering a subject does not mean knowing how to teach it
An expert is not automatically a good trainer, and a cultural professional is not automatically a good mediator. In both cases an additional competence is needed: understanding how the other person learns, and building something that starts from where they actually are.
This field brings together two distinct audiences facing the same requirement. On one side, teaching teams and internal trainers, who must structure a progression and assess learning. On the other, professionals in museums, libraries, public authorities and associations, who must design activities suited to a diversity of audiences, including those furthest from cultural provision.
In both cases, method matters more than content: it is method that we teach.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Translate knowledge or know-how into observable learning objectives
- Design a structured progression consistent with those objectives
- Choose the methods and materials suited to the audience, the context and the time available
- Deliver a training sequence or a mediation activity while sustaining engagement
- Assess a learner's progress and give them useful feedback
- Design a cultural mediation activity adapted to a specific audience
- Build a programme accessible to audiences that are distant or unable to attend
- Support a pupil or learner in building their own working method
Who it is for
- Internal trainers, workplace tutors and subject leads responsible for passing on knowledge
- Teachers, teaching teams and educational support staff
- Cultural mediators, museum staff, librarians and heritage interpreters
- Local authority officers responsible for cultural and educational programmes
- Association leaders and community education professionals
Prerequisites
No prerequisites for the methodology and mediation modules. The train-the-trainer modules assume expertise in a subject the participant needs to pass on, or existing practice in facilitation.
Programme
The modules that make up this field
The modules below combine into short courses of one to three days, or into longer pathways. The final programme is agreed with you at the scoping stage.
Train the trainer — foundation level
Moving from expertise to transmission: learning objectives, sequencing, choice of methods, building materials and delivering a session.
Facilitating a group in training
Opening a session, managing speaking time, sustaining attention, handling objections and difficult situations, and closing usefully.
Designing a training programme
Needs analysis, pedagogical specification, scripting the pathway, combining face-to-face and remote delivery, and designing the assessment.
Assessing learning
Building an assessment consistent with the objectives, distinguishing formative from summative assessment, writing unambiguous instructions and giving useful feedback.
Study and working methodology
Organising personal work, note-taking, effective reading, memorisation, exam preparation and time management. For pupils, students and adults returning to study.
Individual educational support
Conducting an initial educational review, identifying learning difficulties, building an adapted pathway and involving the family or sponsor in the follow-up.
Foundations of cultural mediation
Purposes, forms and stances of mediation. Knowledge of audiences, designing an activity and aligning it with the mission of the institution.
Designing and running a cultural workshop
From intention to delivery: building the running order, preparing materials, facilitating and evaluating the activity with the audience.
Cultural accessibility and distant audiences
Building inclusive programmes for school, family, housebound and disabled audiences. Adapting materials and pathways.
Heritage interpretation and transmission
Building an accurate and accessible interpretive narrative, adapting register and reconciling documentary rigour with audience interest.
Key strengths
Method before content
We do not train people in the subject they teach but in the craft of passing it on. Participants work on their own material.
Accessibility as a requirement
A full module is devoted to distant and disabled audiences: transmission only has value if it reaches the person it is meant for.
A concrete output
Each participant leaves with a session, a programme or a mediation activity fully built and tested in the room.
Delivery
How the course runs
Each day alternates short sequences of structured input with periods of practice. The cases worked on are drawn from the real environment of the participants. Materials are issued in digital form and remain available after the course.
- Structured methodological input, illustrated with examples from the field
- Case studies and practical exercises built around your context
- Role play, drills and individual feedback
- Sub-group work and comparison of practice
- A written personal action plan at the end of the pathway
| Indicative duration | From 2 days (14 hours) to 5 days (35 hours) depending on the pathway |
|---|---|
| Delivery modes | Face to face · virtual classroom · blended |
| Formats | Open enrolment · in-company · bespoke |
| Languages | French · English |
| Group size | Small group; maximum headcount stated on the quotation |
| Access lead time | Initial response within 72 working hours; around 4 weeks between approval of the quotation and the start of an in-company course |
| Fee | On quotation — per participant for open enrolment, flat fee per group for in-company |
Assessment and recognition
- Placement
- A placement test is sent before the start of the course.
- Assessment of learning
- Formative assessment during the session (quizzes, practical cases, role play) and summative assessment at the end of the pathway.
- Satisfaction
- Immediate review at the end of the session, then a follow-up review some months later.
- Recognition
- A certificate of completion and an end-of-training attestation stating the objectives and the results of the assessment of learning.
- Accessibility
- The course can be adapted for participants with disabilities. Contact our disability adviser in advance; the access lead time is then reviewed with you.
Frequently asked questions
Our internal trainers are experts but have never been trained to teach. Is this the right module?
Yes — that is exactly the audience for the foundation train-the-trainer module. Participants work on their own content and leave with a session fully built, tested and evaluated in the room.
Does academic support fall under professional training?
No. Supporting pupils falls under a framework distinct from continuing professional training, with its own rules. In this field we mainly train the professionals who provide that support — teachers, tutors and educational teams — rather than the pupils themselves.
Can you deliver in our museum or library?
Yes. For the mediation modules, working in your own spaces and with your own collections makes the course considerably more effective: participants design activities they can use directly.
Interested in this field?
Tell us the number of participants, their level and your scheduling constraints. We will send you a detailed proposal.