On Tuesday 15 September, Lieutenant-General Hervé de Courrèges, Director of the IHEDN, and Anne-Sophie Beyssac, Director of the ENG, signed an agreement allowing the Institute to use and adapt the «serious game » Andragoquest, which focuses on andragogy – that is, methods of adult education – for its own purposes.
Andragoquest is an educational game designed by the ENG for trainers to explore alternative ways of learning. Using a game board, «skill» cards, role-play scenarios and voting amongst participants, it places players in real-life situations that encourage them to draw on different skills and compare their answers with those of the group.
The principle is therefore based on exchange, role-play and the comparison of practices. Participants are not merely spectators: they are encouraged to reflect, propose solutions, present arguments and take on board the views of the other players.
A tool tailored to the needs of the IHEDN
The signing of this charter now enables the IHEDN to use Andragoquest as part of the in-house training programme for its own staff (heads of departments, operational managers, project managers, etc.). In particular, the Institute will be able to adapt the questions relating to the game’s ten skills to link them to its own professional environment and the situations encountered by its teams.
This opportunity presents a genuine educational benefit for IHEDN: it will enable the organisation to offer more interactive and participatory training formats, encouraging the sharing of experiences, collective reflection and learning by doing. This initiative forms part of IHEDN’s commitment to developing its teaching practices and trialling new tools to support its trainers.
It also illustrates the value of sharing experiences and cooperation between public authorities: by making its tool available, the ENG enables the IHEDN to adopt an approach developed in a different context and to adapt it to its own training needs.
With Andragoquest, the aim is therefore to continue to provide training in a different way, to encourage peer-to-peer exchanges and to place the collective experience at the heart of the learning process.
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