Dimensions des représentations du concept de Temps dans treize classes du préscolaire et du premier cycle du primaire au Québec
Since September 2002, elementary schools in Quebec have to use a new series of programs with a new content. In the first cycle, in social universe, the competence that is targeted is "Building its representation of space, time and society" (MEQ, 2001). But we know that to build a teaching with the aim to guide an individual in the construction of his/her representation, it is necessary to be aware of the initial representations of the object. But what are the representations of time for students in kindergarten and in the first cycle in elementary school in Quebec? That is the question we are asking in this thesis. To answer this question, we sought to express the time by proposing a theoretical reflection on its essence and analyzing the sense that it takes in the program. Our methodology identified the dimensions of these representations in the verbalization of 164 subjects in kindergarten and in first and second year of elementary school, spread over 13 classes in Montreal. Through this research, we would be able to provide researchers and educators with a new list of dimensions of time representations adapted to the current educational system in Quebec as well as to express the representations of time from the classes that we have visited. Finally, thanks to these results, we will be able to suggest a few remarks and principals on how to teach time in classrooms.
time concept representation social universe