This article attempts
to show that the teaching process in compulsory school relies
on a form of systematic socialization, i.e. the school form
of socialization. This form of socialization is organized
by teaching contents which in turn are structured into school
disciplines that cross the entire schooling. Therefore we
assume the school form should be unique. To test the relevance
of this hypothesis, we try to show that this school form
of socialization already appears in the infant school (kindergarten
school).
For this purpose, we rely on the definition designing
school discipline and school form as a form of socialization
to discipline children by teaching disciplines. Using the
example of French, in particular one of its component, i.e.
spoken French, we analyze teaching sessions in three infant
school classrooms of Geneva; results reveal that a school
form disciplining and instructing discipline already emerges
in these early school degrees.
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