Within the framework of Organizational Communication, there is an increasing interest in knowledge and knowing that will not soon fade (Kuhn 2014). In line with this interest, the present research used the method of Discursive Psychology (Potter & Wetherell, 1987), aiming at studying trivialization in an organizational context, as a strategy to know about knowing. The cancer research lab was targeted for our case study. Starting from Latour & Woolgar (1979)'s description of how scientific facts are "sociologically (rather than logically) determined", our research used Garfinkel (1967)’s breaching experiment as a technique to open black-boxed scientific facts and examine the trivializations they encompass. Through participant observation, we ultimately singled out 3 cases of trivialization. Semi structured interviews and discourse analysis were conducted to understand the dynamic of trivialization around the 3 cases. The study was then able to describe how such scientific matters happen to be trivialized, at three levels: a) (inter)organizationally; b) individually and c) in group. The research was able to outline the consequences of the studied trivializations on cancer research. It also detailed the outcomes of the detrivialization triggered by our research. Finally, the research suggested that studying (de)trivialization can be an effective strategy to know about knowing.
Introduction
France Merhan ............................................................................................... 5
La formation à la littératie professionnelle : une étude de cas en CAP de maintenance automobile
Laurent Veillard ........................................................................................... 17
Biographies professionnelles des éducateurs en formation en alternance
Loredana Abeni, Livia Cadei & Domenico Simeone ............................................ 39
Engagement dans l'apprentissage par alternance en contexte de formation universitaire professionnalisante
France Merhan ............................................................................................. 53
Accompagner le développement de compétences des étudiants en mobilité internationale : quelles modalités d'évaluation pour quels apprentissages ?
Loïse Jeannin & Cécilia Brassier-Rodrigues .................................................... 73
La pratique réflexive mobilisée par les stagiaires : le rôle des interactions
Annie Malo .................................................................................................. 89
Tensions et dilemmes inhérents aux postures de tutorat
Soraya De Simone ...................................................................................... 103
Les apprentissages en parcours doctoral ou les transformations vécues dans les différents lieux de savoir
Elsa Chachkine & Anne Jorro ....................................................................... 119
S’engager professionnellement comme enseignant-chercheur : de l’art de jongler entre temps d’enseignement, de recherche et de services
Mariane Frenay, Nathalie Kruyts & Pascale Wouters ........................................ 137
Les conceptions et les interventions des enseignants dans des cursus de formation professionnalisante ayant adopté l’apprentissage par problèmes (APP)
Denis Bédard ............................................................................................. 151
Dialogue conclusif
Jean-Marie De Ketele, Elsa Chachkine, Mariane Frenay & France Merhan ............ 165