The Kaospilot programme in Aarhus used to run active class teaching five days a week, from nine to four. It now starts at half past nine and finishes at quarter to three, and a larger share of the reading and preparation is left for the students to place themselves. The change came from a student, Caroline Victoria Raundahl, who had watched a burnout culture take hold: the education was full of possibilities, but there was no surplus left to reach for them.
Team leader Alexandra Hasdorf says the students have more energy and are readier to take learning in. Camilla Kring, an engineer who studies the human body clock, is not surprised. Almost all young people are evening types, she says, and a later start hands them sleep, energy and better learning.
So…:
Whose body clock does your calendar assume, and who quietly pays for it?
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Kaospilot (press)