Gabriel Dumouchel

Mon ami Google : une étude des pratiques des futurs enseignants du Québec en recherche d’information | My friend Google: A study on the information seeking process of Quebec’s pre-service teachers

While Quebec’s students mainly use Web search engines like Google to find information for their studies, teachers are tasked with giving them the proper training to do it efficiently. But are future teachers well prepared to accomplish their mission? This study analyzes the information seeking process used by Quebec’s pre-service teachers to find information on the Web. Results show that a majority of them are novice information searchers; they rarely plan ahead for their Web searching, they use basic search strategies, and scarcely diversify their searching tools. Results are discussed and recommendations are suggested to improve the information seeking process taught to pre-service teachers.Alors que les eleves du Quebec cherchent prioritairement de l’information sur des moteurs de recherche comme Google, il revient aux enseignants de les former a le faire efficacement. Mais la releve est-elle bien preparee pour accomplir cette mission? Cette etude vise a decrire et analyser les pratiques declarees et effectives de futurs enseignants quebecois en recherche d’information sur le Web. Les resultats demontrent qu’ils emploient principalement un mode d’action novice : peu ou pas de planification, strategies de recherche basiques et faible diversification des outils. Une discussion critique des resultats et des recommandations en formation initiale viennent clore cet article.