In the heart of school form, the discipline. The example of spoken French

Abstract

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.