Étude sur les repères de stagiaires finissants en formation initiale à l'enseignement au secondaire permettant de soutenir le développement de leur compétence éthique
To follow in the footsteps of the movement of professionalisation, the professional ethical teacher is characterized by a professional competence, more precisely by the ethical competence, which is presented in the reference system of professional competence (MEQ, 2001a). Even if the ethical competence comprises an ambiguous character, as it is stated in the ministerial reference, it is marked by a successful obligation, more particularly by the graduating student teachers.  In view of the ambiguity surrounding the meaning of the ethical competence, we have conducted a census of records on this competence in order to verify what it means to be competent on the ethical plan. We have therefore established that the ethical competence has a close link with reflection. From now on, by means of a review on the concept of reasoning, we have put forth the hypothesis that the professional reasoning established by the discourse and by the indicators can support the development of the ethical competence. Therefore, three intentions were specified : to showcase the personal reference points (personal values) and institutional (to target legal and regulatory , norms and theoretical knowledge) which includes the professional reasoning of student teachers the matter of ethical behavior and that would result in the contribution of pratical training in relation to the transmission of these indicators as well as the initial training to the transmission of these indicators. To achieve this, we have carried out two phases of data in which two quality tools were favored in order to collect data of qualitative nature. During the first phase, we conducted partly directed interviews with the student teachers, their cooperating teachers and their supervisor of their respective practice teaching session. Our findings suggest that student teachers make use of their references to support their reasoning in the matter of ethical behavior as well as their personal values and certain professional values since the words to evoke these are not explicit. However the institutionnel references which constitutes the legal and reglementary framework, the norms and theoretical knowledge are slightly present in their discourse. However the feedback of the cooperating teachers and stage supervisors concerning these indicators is confirmed modestly even though it passes principally by feedback. The results concerning the contribution of teaching activities in the initial training suggests that ethical behavior is particularly as a caution. Our results show that professional reasoning, with the aid of discourse and reference points can act as a lever of ethical competence on condition that progressively, the future teachers have been formed in this manner.
Student teachers Teacher training Professional reasoning Feedback by cooperating teachers Feedback from stage supervisors Ethical competence