A comparative approach of early disciplinary forms of culture at pre-school
Conference:
ECER 2010
Format:
Symposium Paper

Session Information

27 SES 01, Beyond Subject Specific Didactics : Elaborating Comparative Didactics as a New Research Field

Symposium

Time:
2010-08-25
09:15-10:45
Room:
M.B. SALI 10, Päärakennus / Main Building
Chair:
Florence Ligozat
Discussant:
Ingrid Maria Carlgren

Contribution

This paper deals with the functions of drawing & writing practices as a mean for young children (age 4/5) to engage into school forms of culture (Schubauer-Leoni, Leutenegger & Forget, 2007). A didactical design (Peres, 1984; Brousseau, 2004), involving the construction of a shared convention for designating a set of small familliar objects was implemented over several months in two distinct educational contexts, namely Switzerland - Geneva canton and France. In both cases, the teaching actions are analysed with respect to certain epistemological norms for coding the objects into a system of signs, either rooted in mathematical logics (symbols) or in linguistic forms (words). The comparison of teaching practices in both educational contexts allows to delineate the epistemic specificity of the teaching practice that is supported by the didactical design and the generic dimensions of the teaching practice that is related to the institutional frame. We claim that a comparative approach of the teaching practices across educational contexts unveils the co-determinants of the early disciplinary forms of culture being construed in the classroom.

Method

Switzerland & France

Author Information

Université de Genève
Faculté des Sciences de l'Education
Genève
Université de Genève
FPSE-SSED
Genève 4
ADEF, University of Marseille I
ADEF, University of Marseille I & INRP

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