Abstracts
Résumé
Différents auteurs reconnaissent la pertinence de renouveler la conception scolaire des sciences la plus courante, ainsi que les stratégies d’enseignement qui y sont liées. Pour plusieurs, s’inspirer de travaux de sociologie des sciences représente une avenue intéressante en ce sens. Dans ce qui suit, nous décrivons comment des chercheurs en éducation ont interprété ces dimensions sociales des sciences, nous soulignons la fécondité de certaines propositions pour renouveler les conceptions des sciences de futurs enseignants et présentons, à titre illustratif, la position d’une enseignante du primaire en formation initiale.
Mots clés:
- didactique des sciences,
- dimensions sociales des sciences,
- conceptions des sciences,
- école primaire,
- enseignant en formation initiale
Summary
Diverse authors are increasingly recognizing the import of renewing current scholastic conceptions pertaining to the nature of science and the associated pedagogical practices. Many are inspired by work undertaken in the sociology of science. In this paper, we briefly describe : 1) how some educational researchers have interpreted various social aspects of science ; 2) the relevance of such proposals in light of pre-service teachers’ conceptions of science ; and 3) how these illustrations figure in the case of a student teacher at the elementary level.
Key words:
- science education,
- sociology of science,
- conceptions of the nature of science,
- elementary school,
- pre-service teacher
Resumen
Diferentes autores reconocen la pertinencia de renovar la concepción escolar más común de las ciencias así como las estrategias de enseñanza relacionadas con ella. Para varios, inspirarse de los trabajos de la sociología de las ciencias representa en este sentido una vía interesante. A continuación, describimos cómo algunos investigadores en educación interpretaron estas dimensiones sociales de las ciencias, recalcamos la fecundidad de algunas propuestas para renovar las concepciones de las ciencias de los futuros docentes y presentamos, como ilustración, la posición de una maestra de la primaria en formación inicial.
Palabras claves:
- didáctica de las ciencias,
- dimensiones sociales de las ciencias,
- concepciones de las ciencias,
- escuela primaria,
- maestro en formación inicial
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