La situation scolaire des enfants de parents divorces a l'ecole elementaire
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Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg) (1971-2008)Disciplines:
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Abstract EN:
During the last two decades, the number of children from divorced parents has noticeably increased in the classes of elementary school. In 1990 it reached a proportion of twenty percent of the number of pupils in urban schools. Parents'divorce generates a change in the child's family situation. This change may have an effect on his school life. This research aims at understanding in a better way the school situation of children from divorced parents in relation to the other children's situation at elementary school. It relies on the result of a statisfic survey on the school situation at elementary school among 748 pupils (115 of them have got divorced parents). Another survey was made with 400 teachers in the bas-rhin (france) and it's result completes the one about the school situation of children from divorced parents at elementary school. Parents'divorce accentuates school failure in the disadvantaged section of the population but in the same time it is at the origin of a higher degree of success for those who are already successful at school. However parental divorce weakens children's self-confidence and generates more frequently behaviour problems among children of divorced couples.
Abstract FR:
Au cours des deux dernieres decennies, le nombre d'enfants de parents divorces s'est sensiblement accru dans les classes de l'ecole elementaire pour atteindre en 1990 une proportion de 20% des effectifs dans les ecoles urbaines. Le divorce des parents engendre une transformation de la vie familiale de l'enfant. Ce changement a probablement des effets sur la vie scolaire de l'enfant. Cette recherche vise a mieux cerner la situation scolaire des enfants de parents divorces par rapport a celle des autres enfants scolarises a l'ecole elementaire. Elle s'appuie sur les resultats d'une enquete sur la situation scolaire de 748 enfants dont 115 sont issus de couples divorces. Les resultats d'un sondage mene aupres de 400 enseignants du bas-rhin completent l'etude de la situation scolaire des enfants de parents divorces a l'ecole elementaire. Le divorce des parents accentue l'echec scolaire des enfants des milieux defavorises mais il est aussi a l'origine d'une reussite plus grande chez les enfants qui sont deja parmi les bons eleves. Cependant, le divorce des parents ebranle la confiance en soi des enfants et genere des troubles du comportement plus frequents chez les enfants de couples divorces.