Smail Charif thesis defense
Smail Charif will submit his thesis on November 18, to obtain the title of Doctor in Education and Training Sciences from the University of Montpellier.
Thesis title:What curriculum for sustainable development education in elementary schools? Self-prescribed curriculum and territorial awareness.
The defense will take place from 10am in Amphi D of the Faculty of Education.
The jury is composed of
M. Joël Lebeaume, Professeur des universités, Université Paris Descartes (Paris 5), Chairman
Mme Angela Barthes, Professeur des universités, Aix-Marseille Université, Rapporteur
Mme Isabelle Harlé, Professeur des universités, Université de Caen-Normandie Université, Rapporteur
M. Frédéric Torterat, Professor, University of Montpellier, Examiner
Jean-Marc Lange, Professor, University of Montpellier, Director
Thesis summary:
This research questions the self-prescription of the ESD curriculum in elementary schools, and in particular the possibility of developing self-prescribed local curricula by combining a curricular and a territorial approach. The research methodology is based on qualitative empirical work carried out in two communes in the south of France. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirty-five local educational players (teachers, elementary school principals, associations, parent representatives, trainers, etc.). The corpus of interviews was analyzed by cross-referencing a thematic content analysis with a propositional analysis.