The monograph aims to outline the main directions of the changes introduced to pedagogy by André Giordan which today, from a different angle, but without losing their innovative edge, acquire a broader meaning, and introduce the new paradigm of "pedagogy of change".

Foreword  Daniel Raichvarg List of Figures and Tables Introduction 1 The Theory of Positive Disintegration in the Considerations of André Giordan’s Scientific Achievements: A Special Emphasis on the Charlotte Bühler Method in the Context of Giordan’s Work 2 How the Milestones of André Giordan’s Personal Experience of the World Shaped His Pedagogical Vision of Education  1 Milestones in André Giordan’s Life and Their Significance from the Point of View of Experiences and Achievements 3 André Giordan’s Scientific Work as a Result of Positive Disintegration  1 Didactics of the Experimental Sciences  2 Science and Society  3 Experimental Science and Key Skills Formation  4 The Social Importance of Knowledge  5 Criticism of Nature Education  6 How Can We Increase the Level of Scientific Literacy?  7 The New Role of the Teacher  8 Experimental Approach  9 Educational Strategies and Methods, and Pedagogical Innovation  10 State of Knowledge Transmitted to Learners  11 Students’ Knowledge  12 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Sections 3.1–3.11  13 Students’ Concepts in the Light of the Representation of Knowledge  14 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 3.13  15 The Allosteric Model  16 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and Development of the Creator in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 3.15 4 André Giordan’s Pedagogical Ideas as a Core of the Pedagogy of Change  1 Towards an Optimal School  2 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of the Creator’s Development in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 4.1  3 Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE)  4 Relationship between the Clusters of Questions Analysed during the Search for Sources and the Creator’s Developmental Pattern in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 4.3  5 Museum Education  6 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Pattern of the Creator’s Development in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 5.3  7 Education for Sustainable Development  8 Relationships between Groups of Issues Analysed during Source Research and the Creator’s Development Scheme in the Context of the Questions Described in Section 7  9 Interpretations, Research, and Practical Applications 5 André Giordan: A Teacher in the Society of the Spectacle or the Implementation of the Idea of Structuralism  1 The Idea of the Society of the Spectacle versus the Didactics of Yesterday and Today  2 Homo Spectator and the 21st Century Society of the Spectacle  3 André Giordan’s Scientific Achievements and the Roles He Has Played in Popular Science Shows, That Is to Say, on the Two Dimensions of His Pedagogical Achievements  4 Work-Life Balance 6 On the Difficulties and Meaning of Life and the Goodness of Fate… 7 Instead of an Ending … References