Paris · Families & companies
L’Étude Polymathe teaches families and companies in Paris. Family teaching begins at 16. The work takes the form of discussion, debate and writing.
Family teaching follows the same timetable for one subject or several: two two-hour sessions each week, making four teaching hours. The polymathic programme also includes a piece of independent written work each week.
Family teaching begins at 16, with no more than five families at any one time. Children from the same family or household may attend together. Fees are charged per person, per hour. The company offer is separate.
Teaching in one subject, according to the pupil’s questions and aims. The Philosophy Cvrricvla, for example, cost €100 per person, per hour. Several subjects require the Polymathic Cvrricvla.
Study across several subjects, at €250 per person, per hour. The Polymathic Cvrricvla consider the connections between them. The programme also includes complementary teaching, such as etiquette.
Five working hours, at €4,000 per company. The subjects and purpose of the session are agreed beforehand.
State what is meant, give reasons for it and consider a serious objection.
Consider a question from another discipline when that helps to understand it.
Distinguish what is known from what is assumed; reconsider a position when there is reason to do so.
The programme uses debate, recall and written reflection. This account draws on the L’Étude Polymathe research review; it explains how published findings inform the teaching, and where their application remains uncertain.
Read the research and sourcesWrite to Aaron Cohen-Sinclair to discuss the subjects and the arrangements for teaching.
