Axis 3 : ED2-ECMS

Research in this area is “on” and “for” action, in the field of education/training/mediation and on themes linked to socio-ecological issues.

 

They address these issues at the level of inhabited areas, and focus on issues related to change in landscapes and socio-ecological systems as well as the relationship between humans and "nature" as part of a sensitive approach.
To achieve this, an interdisciplinary approach is used, taking into account the complexity and uncertainty inherent in these issues.

The work is organised into two sub-themes :

ST 1 :  Research for schools


With five teacher-researchers based at INSPE Toulouse Occitanie-Pyrénées, the work already underway on ‘education for ...’ in schools will be continued. It will, however, be broadened to include not only environmental education and sustainable development, but also risk education and health education.
With this in mind, the work on educational engineering will be continued and enriched by taking into account two new complementary objectives :

1/ To place pupils' activities more at the heart of research (in particular the use of debates and digital technology) and to take better account of the link with parents.
2/ Transformation of teaching practices in terms of “education for...” in a research-training approach. To this end, the work will draw on the expertise of the members of the axis in the didactics of geography and science, as well as on epistemological and sociological dimensions.

ST 2 : For extra-curricular audiences


It's about learning to think of scientific activity as embedded in the logic of players, at the heart of social and political dynamics. This is all the more true when the uncertainties are great and the stakes are high. Understanding how science is constructed and used does not mean calling it into question, but rather giving it an opportunity to be useful to society.
Faced with current socio-environmental issues, scientists are increasingly called upon to present their work to an audience other than the scientific community. Researchers themselves feel the need to communicate, to create links with society and to develop relations between science and society, for example by setting up participatory science programmes.
On several scales (from local to international), Scientists are no longer expected to provide scientific expertise alone, and some researchers themselves are moving towards scientific outreach activities disseminating knowledge while creating social links. These actions take a variety of forms: exhibitions in museums, discovery hikes in the mountains, participatory seminars, etc.
The term ‘scientific practice’ is used here in the broadest sense of the term, encompassing not only the work carried out by researchers, but also the engineering and scientific expertise provided by major government bodies, local authorities, environmental associations and other consultancies.
The research envisaged involves analysing researchers' popularisation and mediation practices, as well as analysing processes at territorial level in relation to various issues.

Scientific objectives


The research carried out is “involved” and, as far as possible, “collaborative”. In this sense, the questions raised by local stakeholders are taken into account in the formulation of research issues. Similarly, stakeholders can be involved in defining working protocols and in the construction of results.
The work carried out over the last five years by Axis 3 is a key point of reference for the future. The multi/transdisciplinary collaborative research carried out on education for sustainable development (ESD) in schools has made it possible to produce benchmarks for educational engineering and involved research as well as a reflection on the levers for transferring approaches from one area to another.
Without undermining research into the dimensions of schooling, it is proposed that understand the diversity of players in the local area (young people outside the school context, adults - local residents - stakeholders, tourists) and to broaden the scope of the environmental themes considered in order to strengthen the cross-disciplinary nature of the research area. With this in mind, in addition to work specific to this area, collaboration will be initiated with the other two areas of the GEODE laboratory, in particular through joint operations.

Main members :

Secondary members :

Projects led by Axis 3 members :

  • Project : E.D.G.E. (Éducation à l’environnement et au Développement durable sur la Grande muraille vertE) as part of OHMI Téssékéré (Sénégal). Supported by D.Bédouret.
  • "Adenanc : notre village idéal" supported by the Haute Ariège community of communes (CCHA) : work with schools. Supported by J.-Y. Léna.
  • Project EI2P « Espèces invasives et pollinisateurs, entre contraintes et potentiels » (Research and Society Projects, Occitanie Region), 2020-2022. Supported by S. Guillerme
  • Project ELFES « Éducation à L’environnement par la Forêt : de l’École à la Société » (GEODE emerging project, 2021). Supported by D. Bédouret and S. Guillerme
  • Project EEDD-B3T « Education à l’Environnement et au Développement Durable : Bifurcations et Trajectoires dans les Temporalités d’un Territoire », OHM Pyrénées Haut-Vicdessos, 2020-2022. Supported by R. Chalmeau et M. P. Julien

Participation of Axis 3 members :

  • DiagnOSE Diagnostique territorial spécifique dans le cas du bassin versant de l'Orbiel (Aude, Occitanie). Supported by Ph. Behrat
  • ANR Bendys « The last European old-growth (“subnatural”) fir-BEech forests: a loNg-term and global stuDY for their better understanding, conServation and management » (ANR JCJC), 2020-2023. Supported by Vanessa Py
  • Econect. Ecosystèmes connectés Sentinelles de l'Environnement. FEDER (2020-22). Supported by Arnaud Elger. Sash « Sciences participatives » Supported by M.-P. Julien
  • TCV-PYR, Thermalisme, Culture, Villégiature dans les Pyrénées. European Union, Pyrenees Interregional Operational Programme – FEDER. 2017-2021. Supported by Nicolas Meynen
  • Projet MINOR : Viunérabilité aux risques d'inondation et de pollution MINière dans la vallée de l'ORbiel (Aude) : multi-temporal and participatory approach. Labex SMS. Supported by Anne Peltier (participants : David Bédouret et Christine Vergnolle-Mainar)

Key words


environment, sustainable development, territory, education, teaching, mediation, involved research, collaborative research, support for change.