La thèse s'attache à rendre compte des conditions pratiques et symboliques d'appropriation par les étudiants grévistes de la seconde moitié des années 2000 en France d'une forme d'organisation, l'assemblée générale (AG), qui fait partie de leur répertoire contestataire depuis les années 1960. Il s'agit ainsi de comprendre comment des formes d'action se reproduisent d'une mobilisation à l'autre, c'est-à-dire comment des acteurs en viennent à avoir recours à l'une plutôt qu'à d'autres qu'ils connaissent, comment ils en font l'apprentissage et comment ils la transforment à la marge en la pratiquant. Elle s'appuie principalement sur une enquête ethnographique menée sur les mobilisations qu'ont connu trois sites universitaires entre 2006 et 2010. Les usages des AG sont façonnés par les luttes internes aux groupes sociaux, politiques et syndicaux impliqués dans l'espace de ces mobilisations, de sorte que leur succès tient à la fois à une entreprise symbolique de justification de ces dernières au nom de la « démocratie » par des courants minoritaires, et à leur plasticité. Elles sont en effet investies de toute une palette de rôles – qui n'ont parfois rien à voir avec des normes « démocratiques ». Elles sont ainsi promues par des militants auxquelles elles permettent d'avoir le sentiment de peser sur une masse d'étudiants, et cela d'autant plus qu'ils appartiennent à de petites organisations qui sont loin de pouvoir mobiliser autant d'adhérents. / This dissertation illuminates the practical and symbolic conditions of appropriation of general assemblies (assemblées générales – AG) by striking students in the second half of the 2000s in France. This mode of organization has been part of their contentious repertoire since the 1960s. It tries to understand the recurrence of ways of action from a mobilization to another, that is, how actors come to resort to one of them instead of others they know, how they learn how to practice it and how they slightly transform it in the process. It is mostly based on an ethnographic investigation about the mobilizations of three higher education sites between 2006 and 2010. The uses of AG are shaped by internal conflicts among the social, political and union groups which are involved in the space of these mobilizations, so that their success stems from both the symbolic entreprise of justification of them in the sake of « democracy » by minority currents, and their plasticity. Indeed, they play a whole set of roles – which sometimes have nothing to do with « democratic » norms. They are promoted by activists to whom they give the feeling that they influence a mass of students, especially as they belong to organizations which are far from being able to mobilize as many members.

L'éducation sexuelle est d'abord culturelle, chaque culture a une définition de la sexualité qui se construit socialement et se pérennise au sein des familles. Si elle a longtemps été inexistante et silencieuse dans les familles de culture arabo-islamique, les filles de migrantes se sont vues remettre en question certains principes de leur culture d'origine et adopter une éducation sexuelle différente de celle de leur mère, alliant éducation religieuse et vision occidentale. Elles mettent en place des stratégies éducatives basées sur la quête de sens, la logique, la raison et la religion. Pour ce faire, elles transmettent une morale et se réfèrent bien souvent aux textes scripturaires pour convaincre leurs filles des bienfaits d'une sexualité axée sur la préservation. Elles insistent également sur la différence avec les « autres ». Afin d'appréhender au mieux l'éducation à la sexualité telle qu'elle a lieu dans les familles de culture arabo-islamique, notre enquête s'est étendue sur deux terrains de recherche : la France et la Kabylie. Ce choix a notamment permis de mieux saisir les évolutions à l’œuvre dans les familles françaises et de comprendre comment la trajectoire migratoire a transformé le rapport que les femmes entretiennent aux différentes formes de sexualités / Sex education is firstly cultural. Sexuality is a social construction which is being perpetuated inside families. For a long time, it has been inexistent and silent within Arab-Muslim families. Today, mothers are concerned about their culture and some principles. They adopted a new sex education, different from their mother's, combining religion and western vision. They are opting for educational strategies based on the quest of meaning, logic, reason and religion. That is why they transmit a morality and often refer to scriptural texts to convince their daughters about the benefits of a sexuality based on preservation. They insist on the “others” differences.

Cette thèse en Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication propose de repenser la question de la transmission des métiers manuels, dans le contexte contemporain de l’artisanat en France. Nous analysons le dualisme classique entre « manuel » et « intellectuel », pour le dépasser à l’aide d’une approche théorique de l’intelligence issue de Janet et Jousse. Nous nous basons aussi sur les travaux à propos de la socialisation, notamment ceux de Dubar, pour mobiliser un modèle non-déterministe de la transmission des métiers en milieu artisanal. Afin de donner toute sa place au travail des matériaux, avec les outils, dans la socialisation professionnelle, nous proposons d’envisager son déroulement comme un processus de médiation et d’en décrire le dispositif médiatique, à la lumière du travail de Davallon. Nous présentons ensuite deux études de cas fondées sur des récits de vie, qui mettent en lumière l’ensemble des dimensions de l’expérience d’apprentissage de la menuiserie, tant en école professionnelle qu’en entreprise. Ces parcours personnels s’étalent depuis les années 1970 jusqu’au début des années 2000. Pour modéliser les effets de cette socialisation, nous développons un modèle de la fabrication de soi à partir des concepts de la psychologie du travail (Clot) et de la psychologie sociale (Bandura). Nous décrivons également des processus de médiation expliquant ces phénomènes de construction identitaire, tant par des relations sociales que par l’immersion dans un environnement professionnel. Cette thèse conduit à un autre regard sur l’apprentissage dans l’artisanat, sur les représentations sociales concernant l’école, le travail et les évolutions technologiques. / This doctoral thesis in Communication Sciences offers to rethink the question of transmission of manual trades, in the context of contemporary craft industry in France. We analyse the classical dualism between “manual” and “nonmanual”, and go further with a theoretical approach of intelligence derived from Janet and Jousse. We also base our analysis on the studies about socialization, especially from Dubar, so we can involve a non-determinist model of transmitting manual crafts. In order to recognize the importance of working with materials, tools, in occupational socialization, we propose to look at its sequence as a “process of mediation” and to describe its communication device, inspired by the work of Davallon. Then we present two case studies based on life stories, which expose all the dimensions of the experience of learning joinery, in technical college as well as in a firm. These personal experiences spread between the 1970’s to the beginning of the 2000’s. In order to model the effects of socialization, we build a theory of “the making of self” from concepts of occupational psychology (Clot) and social psychology (Bandura). We also describe mediation process explaining these phenomena of building identity, by social relations as well by submersion in an occupational background. This doctoral thesis leads to a reappraisal of apprenticeship in craft industry, of social representations about school, work and technological changes.

L´objectif de cette recherche est l´étude de la relation entre le travailleur et son travail dans le cadre d´organisations de production de biens et de services qui se situent en marge du système capitalista et qui revendiquent l´originalité d´un travail plus autonome, plus juste et plus responsable : les organisations de l´économie solidaire. Que peut signifier, pour un travailleur, développer son activité dans ce genre d´organisations ? C´est la question qui fonde cette étude. Ou, en d´autres mots, l´expérience quotidienne vécue par le travailleur de l´économie solidaire peut-elle se manifester à travers des pratiques professionnelles et sociales révélatrices de nouvelles formes d´insertion dans le travail et dans la société ? Est-ce que cette expérience indiquerait une transformation en cours dans certains segments du monde du travail et également observable dans d´autres contextes économiques ou serait-elle à peine un reflet de la situation particulièrement fragile des trravailleurs brésiliens ? Il s´agira donc de comprendre la singularité de la participation des travailleurs à ce projet, son impact sur le développement de leur travail et d´étudier les transformations qui peuvent affecter les relations sociales qui se tissent à partir du travail dans l´organisation et en dehors d´elle. Le travail sera ainsi analysé sous une dimension subjective, comme expérience de construction identitaire, et sous une dimension institutionnelle, en tant que socialisation pour et par la solidarité. Le concept de « travail solidaire », qui réunit ces dimensions, sera analysé à partir, principalement, de l´optique de François Dubet, de sa théorie de l´acteur et de la socialisation. Cette étude s´inscrit ainsi dans une perspective de contribution à la Sociologie du Travail, sans aucune prétention de réaliser une sociologie de l´économie solidaire et de ses multiples relations avec la société. Ce qui intéresse ici est la transformation de la relation entre le travailleur et son travail. L´argument défendu dans cette recherche est que les relations qui naissent d´une expérience quotidienne du travail dans des organisations de l´économie solidaire sont à la fois particulières et diverses et représentent un défi pour l´ensemble des relations sociales. Ainsi, le travail réalisé dans ces organisations serait peut être susceptible, malgré ses ambiguïtés, de stimuler de nouvelles formes de relations sociales au travers d´une socialisation fondée sur la solidarité. Trois types d´organisations qui serviront de référence ont été construits à partir de la production dominante, des valeurs et des objectifs qui motivent l´action des groupes étudiés :organisations de production, associations culturelles et organisations humanitaires. La comparaison Brésil-France, réalisée à travers des unités situées à Porto Alegre e à Paris, vise établir des homologies, c´est à dire des correspondances dans la construction de l´action individuelle et collective, malgré des contextes différents, et vise également la recherche de spécificités capables d´enrichir d´éventuelles interactions. Ce qui, au cours de la recherche, est apparu autant au Brésil qu´en France, c´est, d´une part, un discours « officiel » (dirigeants, militants de l´économie solidaire et chercheurs) qui decrit la tâche que se propose l´économie solidaire : la responsabilisation de tous pour transformer la société. D´autre part, ce que l´on trouve dans le discours des travailleurs, c´est la présentation d´une réalité quotidienne faite de tensions et de contradictions. Comprendre cette apparente incompatibilité supposait recréer les mécanismes de construction du travail solidaire : dans quelle mesure peut-on parler d´expérience sociale et dans quelle mesure la socialisation pour et par la solidarité est-elle ou non réussie ? Pour ce faire, il était nécessaire de recomposer le processus de construction des relations sociales dans et hors travail, révélé par les stratégies des travailleurs qui essaient de se situer face aux logiques d´action développées par les organisations. Après quoi a été analysée la possibilité de trouver des ressemblances et des différences dans la construction de ce travail solidaire,entre le Brésil et la France. Finalement, on a cherché à répondre à la question qui était à l´origine de la recherche : est-ce que le travail solidaire peut vraiment donner naissance à de nouvelles relations sociales dans le travail et, de façon plus ample, dans la société ? / O objetivo desta pesquisa é o estudo das relações que se estabelecem entre o trabalhador e seu trabalho em organizações não convencionais, isto é, que não se identificam com o modo capitalista de produção e que reivindicam, pelo contrário, a criatividade e a originalidade de um trabalho mais autônomo, mais justo e mais responsável: a economia solidária. O que significa, para o trabalhador, atuar nestas organizações? É a pergunta que orienta este estudo. Dito de outro modo: a experiência vivida no trabalho cotidiano pelo trabalhador da economia solidária manifesta-se mediante práticas profissionais e práticas sociais reveladoras de novas formas de inserção no trabalho e na sociedade? Seria essa experiência fruto de uma transformação que ocorre em alguns segmentos do mundo do trabalho e observável em outros contextos econômicos ou um reflexo da situação particularmente fragilizada dos trabalhadores brasileiros? Tratar-se-á então de entender a singularidade da participação dos trabalhadores a este projeto, seu impacto sobre o desenvolvimento de seu trabalho e das relações estabelecidas com a organização e de estudar as transformações que podem ocorrer nas relações sociais a partir do trabalho. Este será analisado sob uma dimensão subjetiva, como experiência de construção identitária, e sob uma dimensão institucional, como socialização para e pela solidariedade. O conceito de “trabalho solidário”, que reúne essas dimensões, será analisado apoiando-se, em grande parte, na obra de François Dubet e sua teoria do ator, da estrutura social e da socialização. A pesquisa se inscreve numa perspectiva de contribuição à Sociologia do Trabalho e das relações de trabalho sem a pretensão de realizar uma sociologia da economia solidária, nas suas múltiplas relações com a sociedade. O que está em foco é a transformação das relações entre o trabalhador e seu trabalho. O argumento defendido pela pesquisa é que as relações que nascem de uma experiência cotidiana do trabalho nas organizações da economia solidária são peculiares e diversificadas, mas interpelam e desafiam o conjunto das relações sociais. Portanto, o trabalho realizado nessas organizações talvez seria, apesar de suas ambigüidades, suscetível de estimular novas formas de relações sociais por meio de uma socialização assentada na solidariedade. Três tipos de organizações “referências” (tipos ideais) são construídos a partir do tipo de produção dominante e dos valores e objetivos que motivam a ação: organizações de produção, associações culturais e organizações humanitárias. A comparação Brasil – França, através das organizações investigadas em Porto Alegre e Paris, procura homologias, isto é: correspondências na construção da ação apesar de contextos diferentes, assim como a reconstrução de processos e procura de especificidades que possam enriquecer as interações. No decorrer da investigação, o que se encontrou, tanto no Brasil quanto na França, foi de um lado, um discurso “oficial” (mentores, militantes da economia solidária e pesquisadores) que descreve a tarefa que se atribui a economia solidária: a responsabilização de todos para transformar a sociedade. Por outro lado, encontrou-se, através do discurso dos trabalhadores, o relato da realidade quotidiana que aparece como um mundo de tensões e contradições. Para entender essa aparente incompatibilidade, foi preciso recriar os mecanismos de construção do trabalho solidário: em que medida pode-se falar de experiência social e em que medida a socialização para e pela solidariedade é bem sucedida. Para tanto, foi necessário recompor o processo de construção das relações sociais dentro e fora do trabalho, manifestado mediante estratégias dos atores que precisam se posicionar frente às lógicas de ação desenvolvidas pelas organizações. A seguir, analisou-se a possibilidade de encontrar semelhanças e diferenças entre o Brasil e a França na construção deste trabalho solidário. Enfim, procurou-se responder à pergunta que originou esta pesquisa: seria mesmo o trabalho solidário gerador de novas relações sociais no trabalho e no âmbito mais amplo da sociedade?

Le sujet d’étude de ce mémoire est le processus d'engagement militant. Plus précisément, on fait l’investigation des conditions et des mécanismes qui expliquent les différentes formes d'engagement chez les jeunes. La recherche a été menée auprès de deux organisations distinctes: le Levante Popular da Juventude et projet de bénévolat Tribos nas Trilhas da Cidadania, tous les deux situés dans la ville de Porto Alegre / RS. De la discussion théorique de la contentious politics et de la sociologie française du militantisme, on a élaboré un modèle d'analyse du processus d'engagement, en le décrivant et en le décomposant en ses conditions et mécanismes de base. En effet, le point de départ est l'argument qui dit que l'engagement est constitué comme un processus relationnel, à partir d'un ensemble de conditions qui demande de celui qui est engagé certaines dispositions qui impliquent les intérêts, les croyances et les valeurs et qui permettent l'identification à une «cause», outre les compétences, les ressources et l'accès aux possibilités de mobilisation. L’analyse commence d'un point de vue individuel pour expliquer l’engagement de manière non-individuelle. On a choisi l'étude comparative avec la réalisation de douze entretiens en profondeur avec des jeunes participants, avec un coordinateur de chaque organisation et l'observation participante dans des actions, des rancontres, des réunions et de la recherche documentaire. En conséquence, il a été observé que les jeunes s’engagent à partir de mécanismes similaires, mais la diversité des formes d'engagement est due à de différentes caractéristiques de l'organisation, tels que les structures de mobilisation et des répertoires d'action et des frames. La compatibilité entre le «stock» de dispositions, capacités et ressources de ces personnes et les caractéristiques organisationnelles est fondamentale pour le rapprochement entre les jeunes et les organisations. En conséquence, des différences significatives ont été observées lors de l'analyse de l'interaction associative, de la socialisation militante et la connexion structurelle de chacun des groupes. Ainsi, bien que les mécanismes étudiés étaient les mêmes dans le mouvement social et dans le bénévolat, les combinaisons entre les différentes caractéristiques organisationnelles et individuelles ont rendu possible l'expérience de l'engagement à partir de cinq dimensions: pour les jeunes participants des TTCs, l'engagement a été du type altruiste, consensuel, ponctuel, individuel et de continuité. La capacité construite chez les jeunes du LPJ et l'organisation a eu lieu à partir d'un engagement désintéressé, conflictuel, global, collectif et de rupture. Avec cela, les TTCs jouent leur rôle en montrant aux jeunes la situation d'inégalité sociale, la production d'un malaise face à la situation vécue dans notre société et en encourageant les actions de bienfaisance, sans toutefois identifier un ennemi ou disputer des ressources spécifiques. À son tour, le LPJ, à partir d'un fort processus militant de socialisation forte, concentre l’indignation des jeunes, en offrant une possibilité d'insertion dans l'organisation et dans les actions de contestation, en disputant des ressources spécifiques à partir de l'identification d'un ennemi commun. / A presente dissertação tem como tema de estudo o processo de engajamento militante. Especificamente, investigam-se condições e mecanismos que explicam diferentes formas de engajamento entre os jovens. A pesquisa foi realizada junto de duas organizações distintas: o Levante Popular da Juventude e o projeto de voluntariado Tribos nas Trilhas da Cidadania, ambos localizados na cidade de Porto Alegre/RS. A partir da discussão teórica da contentious politics e da sociologia do militantismo francesa, elaborou-se um modelo de análise do processo de engajamento, sendo o mesmo descrito e decomposto em suas condições e mecanismos básicos. Com efeito, parte-se do argumento de que o engajamento se constitui como um processo relacional, a partir de um conjunto de condições que requerem do envolvido certas disposições que envolvem interesses, crenças, valores e que possibilitem a identificação com uma “causa”, além de competências, recursos e acesso a oportunidades de mobilização. A análise parte de um ponto de vista individual para explicar de forma não individual o engajamento. Optou-se pelo estudo comparativo, com a realização de doze entrevistas em profundidade com os jovens participantes, com um coordenador de cada organização e observação participante em ações, encontros e reuniões e pesquisa documental. Como resultado, observou-se que os jovens passam a engajar-se a partir de mecanismos similares, mas a diversidade de formas de engajamento dá-se em função de características distintas da organização, tais como estruturas de mobilização, repertórios de ação e frames. A compatibilidade entre o “estoque” de disposições, capacidades e recursos dos indivíduos e estas características organizacionais é fundamental para a aproximação entre os jovens e as organizações. Por consequência, perceberam-se diferenças significativas ao se analisar a interação associativa, a socialização militante e a conexão estrutural de cada um dos grupos estudados. Assim, embora os mecanismos averiguados fossem os mesmos no movimento social e no voluntariado, as combinações entre diferentes características organizacionais e individuais oportunizariam a vivência do engajamento a partir de cinco dimensões: para os jovens participantes das TTC, a de um engajamento altruísta, consensual, pontual, individual e de continuidade. Já a possibilidade construída entre os jovens do LPJ e a organização deu-se a partir de um engajamento altruísta, conflitivo, global, coletivo e de ruptura. Com isso, as TTC cumprem um papel ao mostrarem aos jovens a situação de desigualdade social, produzindo um incômodo com a situação vivenciada em nossa sociedade e incentivando ações beneficentes, sem, no entanto, identificar um inimigo ou disputar recursos específicos. Já o LPJ, a partir de um forte processo de socialização militante, canaliza a indignação dos jovens, oferecendo uma possibilidade de inserção na organização e nas ações contestatórias, disputando recursos específicos a partir da identificação de um inimigo comum. / This subject study of this thesis is the militant engagement process. Specifically, the conditions and mechanisms that explain different forms of engagement among youth have been investigated. The research was conducted with two distinct organizations: the Levante Popular da Juventude and the volunteer project Tribos nas Trilhas da Cidadania, both from the city of Porto Alegre / RS. From the theoretical discussion of contentious politics and the French ativism sociology, an analysis model of the engagement process, describing it and breaking it down into its basic mechanisms and conditions, was drawn up, with its description and decomposition in its conditions and basic mechanisms. Indeed, the starting point argument is that the engagement is constituted as a relational process, from a set of conditions that require from people involved some dispositions concern interests, beliefs, and values enabling the identification with a "cause", besides some skills, resources and access to mobilization opportunities. The analysis starts from an individual point of view to explain the engagement in a non-individual way. It was chosen the comparative study with twelve in-depth interviews with youth participants, with a coordinator from each organization and participant observation in actions and meetings and documentary research. As a result, it was observed that young people become engaged from similar mechanisms, but the diversity of forms of engagement occurs due to different characteristics of the organization, such as mobilization structures, repertoires of action and frames. Compatibility between the "stock" of dispositions, capabilities and resources of these individuals and organizational characteristics is fundamental to the approach between youth and organizations. Consequently, significant differences were noticed when analyzing the associative interaction, militant socialization and structural connection of each of the groups. Thus, although the investigated mechanisms were in the same in the social movement and volunteering, the combinations between different organizational and individual characteristics would make possible the experience of engagement based on five dimensions: for the young participants of the TTC, there is the altruistic, consensual, timely, individual and continual engagement. The possibility built among the youth of LPJ and the organization took place from a selfless, conflictive, global, collective and rupture engagement. With this, the TTCs play a role in showing young people the situation of social inequality, producing a discomfort with the situation experienced in our society and encouraging charitable actions, but without identifying an enemy or fight for specific resources. By the other hand, the LPJ, from a strong socialization militant process, focuses the indignation of young people, offering a possibility for inclusion in the organization and in the contesting actions, disputing specific resources from the identification of a common enemy.

This study sought to uncover gender bias in selected Shona novels and examine the manner in which authors present the subject. The major objectives were to identify the effects of hostile gender relations and assess Shona novel authors’ commitments to promote healthy gender relations which are pre-requisites for national development. The study adopted the dual approach by fusing feminism with Afrocentricity as the literary tool of analysis. These theories served as lenses for exploring gender biases in selected Shona novels. The liberal feminism was the most relevant feminist theory to this study because it advocates more about inclusion and unrestricted participation of women in all spheres of social life. The research was anchored on the qualitative design. The methodology used to gather data for analysis involved interviewing three out of four authors of this research’s selected Shona novels, eight Shona literature lecturers from teachers’ colleges and universities in Zimbabwe as well as five accomplished scholars who have also written their own Shona novels. Questionnaires were administered to thirty two students, twenty from teachers’ colleges and twelve from universities in Zimbabwe. The total number of all participants in this study was forty-eight and purposive sampling was used to come up with the sample. Data was analysed in descriptive form. This study has established that most Shona novelists are not gender neutral. While some authors are championing the emancipation of women others are perpetuating their marginalisation. Basing on the findings of this study, the researcher recommends that Shona authors should be sensitised through workshops, seminars or conferences on the need to pen gender balanced novels if national development is to be realised. This would help the societies who are the consumers of such novels to be gender neutral through emulating the positive portrayal attributed to characters. The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC), teachers’ colleges and universities should approve gender neutral Shona novels so that students can have appropriate role models to emulate. It is envisaged that this research will be of great benefit to all those who will have the privilege to access it. Gained knowledge will help to extricate women from marginalisation and also promote healthy gender relations. / African Languages / M.A. (African Languages)

The South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) Nursing College offers a four-year integrated nursing programme leading to registration as a professional nurse at the South African Nursing Council (SANC). Student nurses assume a dual role when entering the SAMHS to commence with nurse training – that of a soldier and a nurse. Because student nurses have to assume dual roles, hidden aspects of military culture may influence the professional socialisation of student nurses in one way or another. With a view to determining whether the military environment does indeed impose any influence on student nurses’ professional socialisation, this study set out to explore the multifaceted context in which these students find themselves. Given the organisational and locational complexity of the SAMHS Nursing College, its campuses and the three military hospitals in South Africa, the population was narrowed down to an accessible target population comprising nurse educators and student nurses of the SAMHS Nursing College (Main Campus). Included in the two samples were nurse educators at the SAMHS Nursing College who had at least three years’ experience as nurse educators and who were registered with the SANC as nurse educators, and student nurses registered at the SANC for the fouryear Integrated Nursing Programme and who were in their fourth year of training. A qualitative constructivist grounded theory study was conducted based on the researcher’s philosophical assumptions. The researcher made use of focus groups and critical-incident narratives to collect data. In keeping with the constructivist paradigm adopted for this study, Charmaz’s (2014) data-analysis approach was followed. Concepts derived from the qualitative data were used to develop a substantive model to create an awareness of the existence of a hidden curriculum, to guide role players through the impact of the hidden curriculum on students’ professional socialisation and to help them to understand how their contribution could improve the outcome of the professional socialisation process / Health Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Health studies)

Cette recherche qualitative, conduite dans un cadre épistémologique socioconstructiviste, a pour objectif d’explorer la construction des identités professionnelles de jeunes professeurs des écoles issus des immigrations. Les données de l’enquête ont été recueillies à l’aide d’entretiens semi-directifs auprès d’une population de 20 professeurs des écoles de la région Aquitaine âgés de 30 à 35 ans (10 issus des immigrations – 10 d’ « origine française »). Une analyse de contenu thématique du verbatim des entretiens a ensuite été réalisée. Des comparaisons entre les 2 groupes ont mis au jour des points communs et des différences au niveau : de l’éducation familiale reçue, des valeurs, du rapport à la religion, du choix du métier (désirabilité relative), des représentations et postures professionnelles. L’analyse du discours des enseignants issus des immigrations a révélé l’apport primordial des relations interpersonnelles dans la construction de leur Soi professionnel : c’est dans les interactions et dialogues avec les autrui significatifs de leurs contextes de vie (notamment familial et scolaire) que ces sujets se sont orientés, ont élaboré et concrétisé leur projet professionnel. Si en tant que descendants de parents immigrants, ils ont à relever des défis spécifiques (se construire dans une identité biculturelle, faire face à la discrimination, etc.), la diversité de leurs parcours d’intégration psychosociale et de leurs processus de personnalisation se manifeste par la construction d’identités professionnelles plurielles. Celles-ci se traduisent notamment par 2 manières d’être au métier : s’investir d’une mission professionnelle interculturelle en jouant un rôle de médiateur auprès d’élèves issus de familles défavorisées et/ou immigrées ; ne mettre en œuvre aucune pratique volontariste. / This study, conducted from a socioconstructivist framework, used qualitative methodology to explore the construction of minority teachers’ professional identity. Data collection consisted of in-depth semi-structured interviews with 20 primary school teachers aged from 30 to 35 years old (10 descendants of immigrants – 10 of French origin). The verbatim was analyzed using content analysis methodology. Comparisons between the 2 groups have shown differences and similarities in their: familial education, values, relationship to religion, career choice, professional representations. The analysis of minority teachers’ interviews has revealed the primordial contributions of interpersonal relationships in the construction of their professional Self (with significant others from family and school contexts, in particular). As descendants of immigrants they have faced specific challenges (face racism and discrimination, build an ethnic identity, etc.), the diversity of their psychosocial integration paths occurs in the construction of contrasted professional identities. Some of them are motivated by a desire of social justice, the goal of creating a bridge between mainstream culture and minority cultures becoming a career mission. Others, don’t do anything in particular for disadvantaged pupils or for those belonging to ethnic minorities.

The critical role of children’s play in the development of peer relationships, social and communicative skills is reviewed and discussed. The difficulties experienced by a pre-school learner in engaging in peer relationships, communicating successfully in a classroom situation and constructively using play materials was explained. This was done through the use of anecdotal records, checklists, questionnaires, photographic evidence and a semi-structured interview with the learner’s parent. A pre-school play programme, using blocks, dough and puppets (BDP Programme) was devised and used to assess its influence on the acquisition of social and communicative skills by a non-social and non-communicative learner. The study found the BDP Programme to be very successful in assisting this learner to develop peer relationships and communicative skills in the peer group and thus played a critical role in the social development of this learner. / Psychology of Education / M. Ed. (Psychology of Education)

This study sought to critically investigate the contribution of the ordinary people in the creation of a language policy and its subsequent implementation in Zimbabwe. The study was prompted by the realisation of the near-absence of a coherent language policy framework in Zimbabwe. The language policy situation in Zimbabwe is not clearly stated. A hotch-potch of statutes support the status, creation and implementation of languages that are spoken by the citizens of the country. The country’s supreme law, the constitution is silent about the necessity of a broad-based language policy in Zimbabwe. Only three languages Shona, Ndebele and English are considered to be major in a country with 16 known languages. This situation does not support the development of languages particularly the indigenous languages. Indigenous languages are not considered as a suitable medium of instruction from the third year of primary schooling up to tertiary level. Indigenous languages play a critical role in culture, economics and politics. The study argued that ordinary people have creative ways of contributing to the development of a language policy because these people are constantly creating new words and vocabulary that they implement in their day to day struggle with nature and other social classes. Authorities in Zimbabwe are yet to view the role of indigenous languages in development as a cornerstone of socio-economic and political progress. African languages, particularly the Shona language that was the main unit of analysis in this study revealed its capacity to handle complex ideas. It was recommended that when Shona and other indigenous languages are accorded the status of official languages of the country and then provided with the financial resources and linguistic expertise to develop them then, a coherent language policy can become a living reality in Zimbabwe. / Africam Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)