We focus on the student because we believe true learning is what really matters.
For both kids and adults!
We reinforce the student’s current knowledge and expand it to ease their experience in the upcoming school year
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We take more time to work on interesting problems and subjects that may not be as tightly linked to the academic curriculum as in tutoring classes.
The goal is to spark the student’s interest and their joy for learning.
Target Audience: General
Format: In-person and online
We expand the student’s knowledge in any of the subjects listed on our website, including:
At any stage ranging from 4 years old up to the first years of university. In these classes, we offer challenging exercises and problems, complemented by theoretical explanations the student hasn't yet encountered in school.
Designed for more demanding students and parents who want to get ahead of their level or prepare for academic and professional challenges to improve their career prospects.
Target Audience: General
Format: In-person and online
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In the 9th century, in the heart of the Middle Ages, living as a woman with access to knowledge was highly unusual. In this context we find Duoda of Septimania, a Frankish noblewoman who lived approximately between 803 and 843 and who left an exceptional mark on the history of education.
Duoda was the wife of Bernard of Septimania, an important noble of the Carolingian Empire, and mother of two sons, William and Bernard. Her life was shaped by the political and family tensions of her time, but she found an extraordinary way to pass on her knowledge: by writing.
Between 841 and 843, Duoda wrote a work known as the Handbook for my Son, addressed to her son William. It is one of the oldest surviving educational texts written by a woman in medieval Europe.
What makes Duoda especially interesting is that she did not simply pass on rules or advice. Her book addresses ethics, religion, conduct, responsibility, knowledge, and how to act correctly in the face of life's difficulties.
Duoda wanted her son to learn how to think, make decisions, and become a responsible person. For this reason, her handbook combines reflections, advice, and exercises that invite reading, memorization, reflection, and the application of knowledge to everyday life.
At a time when education was mainly reserved for certain social groups, her text conveys a very powerful idea: educating is not just transmitting information, but helping a person grow.
Duoda's importance also lies in the fact that she was a female writer and educator in a medieval world dominated by men.
Her work allows us to understand how a 9th-century woman perceived education, family, responsibility and personal development. Thanks to her book, her voice has reached us today.
Duoda did not found a school or create an educational system as we know them today. Her impact is different: she left an exceptional testimony of medieval education and of the role that knowledge could play in shaping a person.
Today, more than a thousand years later, the name Duoda continues to represent an idea that remains relevant: education transforms people.
At Centre d'Estudis Duoda we understand education as a path of growth. It is not just about passing an exam, but about understanding, questioning, reasoning, building confidence, and learning to face new challenges.
Duoda wrote to help her son build his own path. We want to keep that same spirit alive: accompanying each student through their learning journey and giving them the tools to move forward.
Duoda's story reminds us that knowledge has no expiry date.
In the 9th century, a mother wrote a book so that her son could learn and grow. In the 21st century, we continue to share that same conviction: to educate is to sow knowledge, confidence, and future.
Duoda of Septimania: a voice from the past that still speaks to us about education.
