From Objectives to Competencies : Impact on Teaching-Learning Processes of textbooks in social sciences ?

This article proposes an analysis of the teaching-learning processes presented in three textbooks published in accordance with the new Quebec social sciences program. The results are compared to the teaching-learning-processes conveyed by the preceding program in order to bring to light elements of both continuity and change. The results show that the passage from a program based on objectives to a program based on the competency approach has generated little change. The textbooks remain attached to a model of presentation and transmission of knowledge, offering little for the student to develop a system for interpreting different realities and their socio-spatial dynamics.