Résumé
Cet article explore la réponse apportée par un marché transnational de la formation professionnelle continue au problème public de la qualité des soins auprès des personnes âgées dépendantes résidant en établissement. Il met au jour les tensions entre dimensions individuelle et collective de la formation — tant dans les logiques de création et de mise en œuvre de la formation continue des professionnels que dans ses contenus propres —, ainsi que le caractère hybride d’organismes de formation oscillant entre la dimension marchande de la formation et sa dimension humaniste voire militante, en vue de l’humanisation des établissements. Se donne ainsi à voir la construction d’une situation sociale complexe, où différentes échelles d’action sont imbriquées, depuis les discours officiels jusqu’aux pratiques professionnelles sur le terrain. L’enquête mobilise plusieurs niveaux d’analyse et de matériaux, depuis les textes officiels jusqu’aux curricula des formations professionnelles ou aux situations de formation en établissement.
This article explores the response provided by a transnational market of continuing vocational training to the public problem of elderly care. It reveals the tensions between the individual and collective dimensions of training for professionals — both as regards the logic of creation and implementation of continuing education and the content of education. Furthermore, it discusses the hybrid nature of training organizations oscillating between the market dimension of training and its humanist or even militant dimension, for humanizing elderly care in home institutions. This shows the construction of a complex social situation, where different scales of action are interwoven, from official political discourses to professional practices. The empirical study deploys at different levels of analysis and mobilizes material from official texts to vocational training curricula and training situations in care homes.
This article explores the response provided by a transnational market of continuing vocational training to the public problem of elderly care. It reveals the tensions between the individual and collective dimensions of training for professionals — both as regards the logic of creation and implementation of continuing education and the content of education. Furthermore, it discusses the hybrid nature of training organizations oscillating between the market dimension of training and its humanist or even militant dimension, for humanizing elderly care in home institutions. This shows the construction of a complex social situation, where different scales of action are interwoven, from official political discourses to professional practices. The empirical study deploys at different levels of analysis and mobilizes material from official texts to vocational training curricula and training situations in care homes.