Co-construction process and role of the bifacial object in collaborative research
Our study has two concerns. The first falls under the methodological aspect of collaborative research : how researchers and teachers introduce each other to the world of the other and at their respective referents ? What are the characteristics of their interactions , how do they facilitate mutual understanding ? The second falls within the terms of the partnership : how to negotiate the subject of mutual concern , that is to say what will become both object of research and object of training ? This study shows that professional development actors rooted in a negotiation - conversion process , through the involvement of bifacial objects. In this sense , collaboration takes shape around the same object , each actor takes care of one side of the bifacial object and needs the experience of the other to develop this side. We can then speak of reciprocal acculturation. This research shows that collaboration is established once it has acquired the characteristics of a work situation in which and by which the activity of each category of actors produces development.