The Didactic Device as a Driver of Transdisciplinary Change in the Didactic Triangle
Mar 25, 2026 — 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Join us for the next event in our Research Conversations Series entitled “The Didactic Device as a Driver of Transdisciplinary Change in the Didactic Triangle” with Carolina Ruminot, Claude Quevillon Lacasse, Amal Boultif, and Marie-Hélène Brunet. Register for this event happening on March 25, 2026, at 12 PM.
Description
This presentation offers a transdisciplinary reflection on the role of the didactic device as a driver of transformation within the didactic triangle. By bringing together perspectives from the didactics of history, French, additional languages, and mathematics, we examine how didactic devices reconfigure the relationships between teacher, learner, and knowledge. The presentation will be organized in three parts. First, we will provide theoretical reference points to situate the concept of the didactic device and its connection to the didactic triangle, as well as the link between general didactics and disciplinary didactics. Second, four presenters will illustrate these issues using examples from their respective fields, highlighting how different devices transform didactic mediations and the forms of engagement of the actors — students, teachers, and sometimes researchers — in the construction and circulation of knowledge. The presentation will conclude with a collective discussion aimed at opening a dialogue on the potential effects of didactic devices on teaching practices, the ways knowledge is transformed, and the dynamics of the didactic triangle across different disciplinary contexts.
Carolina Ruminot
Assistant Professor
Carolina Ruminot is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics education at the André Revuz Laboratory for Mathematics Didactics at Université Paris Cité (France). Her work focuses on mathematics education, particularly assessment in mathematics, as well as initial and continuing teacher education. She is the director of ÉRUDID (Équipe de recherche universitaire des didactiques), a research unit bringing together didactics specialists from different disciplines. In this role, she coordinates various initiatives and places strong emphasis on promoting didactics in Franco-Ontarian contexts.
Claude Quevillon Lacasse
Assistant Professor
Claude Quevillon Lacasse is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. She completed a Ph.D. in Education and a Master’s in Language Didactics at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Her research interests include grammar and writing didactics, particularly through children’s literature, the development of bi-/plurilingual competencies, the role of meta-/interlinguistic awareness in language learning, integrated language didactics, and teacher education. She is also the current French-language editor of the Canadian Journal of Education (CJE).
Amal Boultif
Assistant professor
Amal Boultif is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. A specialist in French didactics and digital and multimodal literacies, she is interested in teacher education in francophone minority contexts. Her research focuses on digital integration, creativity (slam, manga, digital storytelling), and collaborative teaching devices. She contributes actively to the development of inclusive and innovative pedagogical practices, notably through the edstudiO initiative.
Marie-Hélène Brunet
Associate professor
Marie-Hélène Brunet is an Associate Professor of Didactics in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. Her doctoral dissertation (Université de Montréal) examined secondary students’ understanding of women’s history in Québec. Her current research focuses on teaching women’s and gender history, as well as teaching history in francophone minority contexts. She is the creator of the podcast “Histoire d’enseigner” and is a 2023–2024 recipient of a University of Ottawa Excellence in Education Award.