Managing the Constraints in a Multiethnic Classroom : the Angle of Teaching Activity

Managing the Constraints in a Multiethnic Classroom : the Angle of Teaching Activity

• Rola Koubeissy, Université de Montréal, Canada

• Geneviève Audet, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

doi : 10.18162/fp.2022.613

Résumé

This article aims to study teaching activity in a multiethnic context. Data were collected in the context of a research project in Québec about reconstruction of teachers’ stories of practice in a multiethnic environment. More specifically, the article explores the reasons that induce three teachers to make their decisions to face a problematic situation with an immigrant student, by virtue of the prescriptions and the context of their class. The results show three ways of implementing the teaching activity: complying with the prescriptions, manipulating the prescriptions and acting on the prescriptions.

Abstract

This article aims to study teaching activity in a multiethnic context. Data were collected in the context of a research project in Québec about reconstruction of teachers’ stories of practice in a multiethnic environment. More specifically, the article explores the reasons that induce three teachers to make their decisions to face a problematic situation with an immigrant student, by virtue of the prescriptions and the context of their class. The results show three ways of implementing the teaching activity: complying with the prescriptions, manipulating the prescriptions and acting on the prescriptions.