Teaching Beyond the Curriculum
Abstract
For about ten years, many schools proposing coding or digital courses have emerged in France. These initiatives are promoted by a public policy developed by the French government to meet growing needs of these competencies in our new digital world. In France, as in many other countries, there is a lack of people trained to answer the high demand of this sector. In this article, we will introduce some of the best-known schools created, and we will study their differences with traditional universities’ programs, the profiles of their students and their professional opportunities. As we will see, these schools propose programs ranging from a few weeks to several months, or even several years. We will see that these schools are great opportunities for unqualified people to enable them to access the job market.
Delphine Billouard-Fuentes spent almost 20 years in business in the fields of Information Systems, Accounting and Management. During these years, she carried out teaching activities and wrote a Doctoral thesis. she teaches Information Systems, Data Management and VBA Programming in initial training and continuing education. Her research is focused on the integration of digital tools in teaching.