International Bureau of Education

Gaston Mialaret was born on 10 October 1918 in Paris, France. He holds degrees in mathematics, psychology, and psycho-pedagogy and has a Certificate of Aptitude for the Inspection of the primary schools and the Management of the Teacher training schools. Mialaret was put in charge of organizing the first class of “sixième nouvelle” before becoming a professor of mathematics at the modern and technical college. After his time at the higher teacher training school in Saint-Cloud, he was responsible for organizing the first laboratory of psycho- pedagogy of the E.N.S. in addition to teaching in the University of La Sorbonne, at the Institute of psychology, the E.N.N.A. of PARIS. In 1953, Mialaret was appointed to coordinate the Psychology BA at the University of CAEN. It is at this university that he set his career and developed his studies in psychology.

After his retirement in 1984, he was called by UNESCO to become the director of the International Bureau of Education in Geneva. Mialaret held this position from 1987-1988. Gaston Mialaret received the prestigious Comenius medal for his outstanding commitment and achievements in the field of education.