Qui sommes-nous lorsque nous ne sommes pas gouvernés par les autres? Engager les enseignants des contextes du nord et nordiques dans l’enseignement à partir d’une littérature jeunesse diversifiée

Auteurs-es

  • Teresa Strong-Wilson Université McGill
  • Dina Al-Madhoun Université McGill

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.26443/mje/rsem.v60i1.10363

Mots-clés :

littérature jeunesse, diversité, nord, nordiques, capital blanc ou blanchité, imagologie, pédagogie de l’inconfort

Résumé

À une époque où le néolibéralisme et le néoconservatisme incitent les enseignants à se concentrer étroitement sur leurs contextes, nous demandons comment des échanges transnationaux peuvent offrir des perspectives importantes pour un enseignement orienté vers la justice sociale. Nous amorçons un dialogue entre le Canada, en tant que pays du Nord, et les pays nordiques sur la question de l’enseignement à partir d’une littérature « diversifiée ». Si une question centrale consiste à déterminer comment nommer cette littérature, une question plus fondamentale porte sur la manière d’aborder sa présence en classe de façon critique, particulièrement dans des contextes où les identités nationales se sont construites autour d’un exceptionnalisme du Nord. L’imagologie et la pédagogie de l’inconfort constituent des pistes prometteuses.

Bibliographies de l'auteur-e

Teresa Strong-Wilson, Université McGill

est professeure à la Faculté d’éducation de l’Université McGill. Ses recherches ont principalement porté sur l’utilisation critique, par les enseignants, des histoires et des contre-histoires en classe. Elle a publié de nombreux articles sur l’autobiographie, les curriculums, la petite enfance, les études sur la mémoire et l’éducation à la justice sociale. Ses livres les plus récemment publiés incluent Teachers' Ethical Self-Encounters With Counter-Stories in the Classroom: From Implicited to Concerned Subjects (Strong-Wilson, 2021; Routledge) et un volume édité, Curricular and Architectural Encounters With W.G.
Sebald: Unsettling Complacency, Reconstructing Subjectivity (Strong-Wilson, Castro, Yoder, Crichlow, eds., 2023; Routledge). teresa.strong-wilson@mcgill.ca

Dina Al-Madhoun, Université McGill

est doctorante de troisième année et chargée de cours au Département d’études intégrées en éducation de l’Université McGill, et enseignante en éducation à la petite enfance dans le secteur postsecondaire à Montréal. S’appuyant sur une vaste expérience en enseignement et en formation des enseignants au Moyen-Orient et au Canada, ses recherches examinent le rôle des souvenirs d’enfance dans la formation de l’identité enseignante et la manière dont ces souvenirs orientent une pratique socialement responsable chez les enseignants, à travers le travail de mémoire et l’approche currere. dina.al-madhoun@mail.mcgill.ca

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2026-03-25

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Strong-Wilson, T., & Al-Madhoun, D. (2026). Qui sommes-nous lorsque nous ne sommes pas gouvernés par les autres? Engager les enseignants des contextes du nord et nordiques dans l’enseignement à partir d’une littérature jeunesse diversifiée. Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill / McGill Journal of Education, 60(1), 82–104. https://doi.org/10.26443/mje/rsem.v60i1.10363

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