Patricia Mothes

Patricia Mothes is an Associate Professor (MCF) in the Department of Education and Training Sciences at the Faculty of Education, Université Catholique de l'Ouest, and Vice-Dean for Education at ICT Toulouse. Her research intersects clinical didactics, sociology, and critical pedagogy, focusing on:

• Student resistance to learning (e.g., reading refusal, school dropout)
• Subjectivation processes for unaccompanied foreign minors
• Power dynamics in educational settings
• Collaborative research methodologies
• Pedagogical continuity and inclusivity

Methodologically, Mothes prioritizes participatory research models like 'research with students' through scientific correspondence tools. Her work seeks to reframe the triptych Subject / Knowledge / Power for educational practice.

Recent research trends include:

• Analyzing media representation of migrants (2022-2023)
• Evaluating teacher adaptation to organizational reforms (2018-2022)
• Developing clinical-didactic frameworks for assessing teacher practices (2016-2020)
• Examining pandemic-era pedagogical continuity (2020-2022)

Her teaching spans:

• Licence 1 (Education Sociology/Philosophy)
• Master MEEF (Assessment, Learning Engineering, Inclusivity)
• Initial/Continuing teacher education since 2015

Key research programs:

• PSR Éducation Inclusive
• Projet GOCE (Educational Governance)
• Projet COJEMI (Migrant Youth Opinions)
• Francophone-Quebec Albums jeunesse et migration collaboration
• Séminaire Scolarisation de l'Institut Convergences Migration