The researcher’s role in accompanying teachers in Freinet pedagogy: questioning about self-confrontation interview
The article examines a specific time of a collaborative research which analyzes the practices of three teachers of a primary school claiming to Freinet pedagogy. These practices concern students coaching in documentary research for the first time experienced by teachers. The analysis focuses on the moment of self-confrontation interview and offers two lines of reflection: a reflection on the researchers questions and their effects on the construction of subject knowledge of teachers; a reflection on the controversies that appear during the time of the interview. The article shows that these controversies constitute both the research object of this collaborative group and the professional challenge of this innovative device.