Les sociabilités enfantines à l’école au prisme de la mixité culturelle et linguistique

Abstract

This paper examines the sociability between peer pupils of elementary school (6-11 years) composed of culturally and linguistically heterogeneous populations. It is based on the results of several research programs conducted from 2014 to 2018 relating to the structuring of socio-schooling experiences of pupils in a context of ethnic diversity. The fieldworks were investigated using observation, interviews and surveys adapted to the age and linguistic constraints of the children. The first step is to discuss the solutions proposed by the school to allophone migrant pupils and their effects on social relations between students from different backgrounds. We then analyze, in this context, the friendship relationships between children taking into account cultural, linguistic, age and gender variables. Finally, we try to identify the role of educational teams in interpersonal relationships between pupils as well as regarding facilitation or mediation in the socialization space that is the school.