Conjuguer des recherches sur les pratiques enseignantes et sur la formation des enseignants : une double fonction scientifique et sociale des Sciences de l’éducation

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Teaching Biodiversity: Towards a Sustainable and Engaged Education

“…Social representation is a key concept in the study of perceptions and attitudes [25]. In addition, it notes in some studies that teachers' representations can be important in shaping learners' representations [26,27]. Therefore, it is possible to infer that teachers' social representations can influence the perceptions and attitudes of their students.…”

“…Being aware of the pedagogical importance of different learning methods in the construction of knowledge relating to biodiversity must be inculcated by the professional training of teachers in both cycles [20,41]. Moreover, the socio-professional characteristics highlighted by this survey of the target population show that the vast majority of surveyed teachers have undergone pedagogical training during their training cycle, which allows them a professional qualification [27].…”

“…However, it has been noted that despite this professional training and the presence of a call for the adoption, in the new pedagogical reform of our education system, of an educational trend based on active pedagogical methods instead of those of traditional pedagogy [27], transmissive learning still dominates our teaching-learning process. This is reflected in the priority given by the surveyed teachers to transmissive methods to the detriment of participatory methods in the construction of the biodiversity concept and associated notions.…”