UN DISPOSITIF D'EDUCATION PARENTALE SENSIBILISATION DES PARENTS A LEUR ROLE D'ACCOMPAGNATEUR DE LEUR ENFANT DANS LE CADRE D'UN MUSEE A CARACTERE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE

摘要

Taking into account the importance of the role of parents in accompanying their children (3-5 years old) through the discovery of an interactive scientific and technical exhibition, this research offers : (1) a typology of parents' practical attitudes according to their relevance to activities' context and children's capacities; (2) the elaboration of a Parents Training Scheme (PTS) aimed mainly at changing parents' attitudes towards their children, including a film to stimulate discussion and experience sharing among parents; (3) an evaluation of the PTS. The study was conducted within the "3-5 years old" exhibition of the Cité des enfants ("Children's corner") of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris). A total of 67 parent-child couples were observed (60 for the development of the typology of practical attitudes and 7 for the evaluation of the PTS) and their spoken exchanges transcribed and analysed in reference to different models (tutorial acts, conversational pragmatics, and parents' distancing acts). The hypothesis suggesting that previous awareness of their role as tutor modifies the way parents accompany their children is verified. Analyses show a sharp and individualised evolution from their first visit to the museum to their second one, in between which the PTS intervened. These data are discussed in relation to previous studies on parent training.