History of didactics of languages-cultures and history of ideas

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present and defend the following three theses.

Thesis no. 1: A transition from one didactic configuration to another occurs when social demands, expectations and needs have evolved to a point of rupture with those on the basis of which the previous configuration was built.

Thesis no. 2: The conception of historical ruptures between different didactic configurations and the corresponding methodological constructions is based in each era on the contemporary ideological model of change and social progress.

Thesis no. 3: The strong parallelism between managerial and didactic conceptions throughout history is due to the simultaneous influences and partly identical stakes in the two fields of management and teaching. In conclusion, we put forward the hypothesis that the didactics of languages-cultures[1], but we already know that it will necessarily be in tune with the ideas of its time. It's obvious that we can never escape our time, but knowledge of past times at least enables us to live in it with a minimum of salutary distancing, and to act in it with the minimum of necessary intelligence".