Delegates at Lectra Education Congress reflect on change

03/03/2015
Textile technology provider Lectra recently hosted its seventh Education Congress in Paris, bringing together more than 60 professors, department heads and directors from 33 international fashion schools and universities. Discussions centred on the theme of change in the fashion industry.

“Students have changed a lot over the last 10 years,” said Chantal Fouqué, director of French fashion institute La Fabrique. “It’s our role as teachers to adapt to these changes and this new generation who no longer have same way of behaving vis-à-vis teachers and education in general. They are much more active in their learning; they challenge teachers’ knowledge, because with the internet, they feel that they can check everything the teacher says. Education and teaching has become more a concept of support and co-operative learning.”