This article investigates teacher training by the alternation of classroom work and work analysis. The links between these two professional situations have been identified and analyzed from the perspective of a social conception of meaning and action. This approach allows the development
of professional activity in preservice teachers (PTs) to be assessed by tracking how the reflective tools acquired in training evolve in work and/or work analysis situations. The concepts of 'meaning' and 'expectation' are helpful in discussing the empirical data from a research program designed to evaluate the potential for PTs' professional development offered by the alternating work/analysis programs of French University Institutes of Teacher Training. More