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Les pratiques éducatives en sciences et en technologie: Points de vue d'enseignants et d'enseignantes

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Pages 119-143 | Published online: 26 Jan 2010
 

Résumé:

L'enseignement des sciences et des techniques fait l'objet de préoccupations en raison de leur importance dans la formation des élèves du secondaire et de l'impact qu'elles ont sur leur orientation scolaire et socioprofessionnelle future. Les conceptions que les éducateurs entretiennent au regard des disciplines scientifiques et les pratiques qu'ils exercent influencent pour une bonne part celles des élèves ainsi que les apprentissages qu'ils font. Le présent article, qui s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une étude d'ensemble sur les représentations sociales des sciences et des technologies chez les différents acteurs éducatifs et chez les élèves du secondaire, fait état des postures spécifiques endossées par des enseignants de sciences en lien avec un tel enseignement et tente, sur la base des discours qu'ils produisent, d'en dégager les significations, les préoccupations sociales invoquées et le caractère médiateur de l'activité didactico‐pédagogique engagée nous intéressant particulièrement.

Abstract:

Science and technology education is the focus of numerous concerns, owing both to the important role it plays in the academic preparation of secondary students and to the impact it is likely to produce on their future. To a great extent, educators’ perceptions of scientific disciplines and their own teaching practices shape their students’ perceptions and learnings. This article, part of a comprehensive study on the social representations of science and technology among various educational actors and secondary students, describes the specific postures assumed by science teachers with respect to various topics relating to science education and attempts to bring out the implicit meanings of such positions. While touching on various social concerns, the statements of these teachers nevertheless contain a number of serious criticisms concerning the ways in which science education and academic success are viewed in society and at school. These statements also refer to a number of classroom interventions and evaluation procedures that must take into account numerous constraints, including the students’ lax work culture. Apparently, the science teacher, along with the codified knowledge prescribed by the curricula, occupy centre stage in science classes ‐ often to the detriment of students’ knowledge, despite attempts to implement strategies to promote greater student participation. Under Quebec's recent curriculum reforms, various alternatives have been put forward that have not, at this time, met with the approval of the teachers concerned, as they are yet somewhat unclear as to the intended purposes of these measures.

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