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degree scroll Before an audience of more than 200 people composed of alumni, professionals from the world of Education, parents, and the general public, Catherine L'Ecuyer gave a lecture lecture which was titled"Educating in wonder and beauty". Following classical philosophers, the speaker, a Canadian living in Barcelona and mother of four children, said that wonder is the first step to knowledge, it is an opportunity to learn, "learning originates from within, that is, it is the child himself who must be the protagonist of this learning, not the external sources of stimulation, as the most mechanistic educational currents maintain", said L'Ecuyer.

The author of the books "Educar en el asombro" and "Educar en la realidad" and contributor to the group Mind-Brain of Institute for Culture and SocietyThe author of the books "Educating in Amazement" and "Educating in Reality" and contributor to "Mind-Brain", questioned the theories of early stimulation and all the business that exists around them and was more in favor of the "attachment theory", which maintains, simply put, that in order to have a better preparation for the cognitive process and a good development of one's own personality, the quality of the relationship that the child has with its main caregiver during the first years of life is fundamental. At this point, the speaker brought up a very significant example: "Do you know what the most repeated phrase in playgrounds is? It is: 'Look, mommy', because in order to know, children triangulate between themselves, reality and the caregiver". L'Ecuyer advocated collaborative interpersonal interaction, not excessive sensory stimulation, as core topic of a healthy development .

The consequences of overstimulation, the social consequences of the mechanistic model , (which consists of reaching milestones set from the outside), the importance of play, imagination, establishing and enforcing limits, not giving children everything - "the most effective way to kill a child's wonder is to give him everything before he even wants it"-, respecting his rhythms - "haste plays against us when it comes to educating"-, the importance of silence, or the risk of "multitasking" - "multitasking" - "the rush plays against us when it comes to educating"-, the importance of silence, respecting their rhythms - "rushing works against us when it comes to educating"-, the importance of silence, or the risk involved in "multitasking" - "people who multitask intensely are in love with irrelevance"-, were some of the issues addressed in a session lasting almost two hours with a very participative final question and answer session.