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Research paper thumbnail of Civic Education as a «Lived» Experience of Active and Intercultural Citizenship Between School and Extra-School. Insights from a Research Experience with Youth from an Italian Multicultural Neighborhood

Interculturalidad, inclusión y equidad en educación

Introduction: In the context of global and multicultural societies, civic education could reveal ... more Introduction: In the context of global and multicultural societies, civic education could reveal its formative potential if declined in a wider project of intercultural and transformative citizenship education inside and outside school. The theoretical discussion will be combined with insights from an ongoing empirical study on active citizenship education, framed within an interdisciplinary and inter-agency project («Abitare Insieme»), carried out in a multicultural and peripheral area in Northern Italy. Method: 107 young people (secondary school and adult students) were involved as participants in a training-research project in which we experimented with innovative methodologies and approaches for promoting active citizenship in workshop settings. Data were generated through the qualitative observation of students' participation in the workshops and analyzed with the aid of a Computerassisted qualitative data analysis software. Results: Preliminary insights from this ongoing research project corroborate the idea that fostering active citizenship requires empowering pedagogies. Suggestions in this direction come from the empirical study, characterized by the Alessandra Mussi / Anna Chinazzi Civic education as a «lived» experience of active and intercultural citizenship between school and extra-school… Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca / cc by-nc-nd [174] Interculturalidad, inclusión y equidad en educaciónation, pp. 173-182 administration of a questionnaire as a tool to give voice to students, a talent-mapping activity as a way to make their resources and competences visible and the promotion of connections between curricular and extra-curricular activities related to civic education. Conclusion and discussions: The study, grounded on theoretical reflections on civic engagement in our contemporary societies, has empirically supported the necessity to frame civic education in an intercultural, empowering, and active perspective, providing helpful guidance to teachers, educators, and policymakers.

Research paper thumbnail of Homeschooling and prefigurative culture in Italy

Education Sciences & Society - Open Access, Dec 1, 2020

Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pr... more Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pratica di homeschooling in Italia, dove sta diventando una scelta contemplata da diverse famiglie. Attraverso un approccio di tipo etnografico, l'autrice ha investigato le principali motivazioni e le etnoteorie parentali che influenzano questa scelta. L'istruzione parentale è un movimento eterogeneo, ma punti di contatto fondamentali sono ravvisabili in una specifica visione della responsabilità genitoriale e in un atteggiamento critico e riflessivo. I genitori vogliono promuovere l'autostima, la creatività e la curiosità dei propri figli in qualità di strumenti utili per affrontare un futuro opaco. Inoltre, lo studio delle famiglie che in Italia hanno optato per l'homeschooling permette all'autrice di trattare cambiamenti più ampi in atto nella cultura genitoriale e nei modelli di trasmissione culturale nell'Italia contemporanea come l'affermazione della cultura prefigurativa. Molti sono gli interrogativi ancora inesplorati che richiedono un approccio empirico. È soprattutto lo sguardo pedagogico a essere sollecitato per fare luce sulle peculiari caratteristiche del fenomeno.

Research paper thumbnail of Home Education: Reshaping Teachers and Parents’ Responsibilities in the Era of Intensive Parenting

ECE Official Conference Proceedings, 2021

A growing number of parents are choosing not to send their children to school to educate them at ... more A growing number of parents are choosing not to send their children to school to educate them at home. This is also happening in Italy, where home education has started arousing scholars' interest. We cannot dismiss it as local vogue: it is an international and diverse trend that is likely bound to grow. Moreover, during the last months, the restrictions and the concerns related to the COVID-19 epidemic have been a catalyst for many families worldwide who were already sceptical of the traditional school system and started home educating their children. To better understand this many-sided phenomenon, a look capable of holding its micro-, meso-, and macro-levels is particularly needed. This paper provides an analysis of the homeschooling movement considering the international literature on the topic and an ethnographic study conducted on the parents' point of view in Italy. I will claim that the geo-temporal diffusion of home education bears witness to some characteristics of our contemporary society e.g. the emergence of intensive parenting, the reported loss of social prestige and authority of teachers, and the general narrowing of the epistemic gap between professional and lay visions. Lastly, it calls attention to the tension between mass schooling and the growing demand for more individualised learning paths.

Research paper thumbnail of Homeschooling e cultura prefigurativa in Italia

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY, 2020

Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto dell... more Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pratica di homeschooling in Italia, dove sta diventando una scelta contemplata da diverse famiglie. Attraverso un approccio di tipo etnografico, l'autrice ha investigato le principali motivazioni e le etnoteorie parentali che influenzano questa scelta. L'istruzione parentale è un movimento eterogeneo, ma punti di contatto fondamentali sono ravvisabili in una specifica visione della responsabilità genitoriale e in un atteggiamento critico e riflessivo. I genitori vogliono promuovere l'autostima, la creatività e la curiosità dei propri figli in qualità di strumenti utili per affrontare un futuro opaco. Inoltre, lo studio delle famiglie che in Italia hanno optato per l'homeschooling permette all'autrice di trattare cambiamenti più ampi in atto nella cultura genitoriale e nei modelli di trasmissione culturale nell'Italia contemporanea come l'affermazione della c...

Research paper thumbnail of Civic Education as a «Lived» Experience of Active and Intercultural Citizenship Between School and Extra-School. Insights from a Research Experience with Youth from an Italian Multicultural Neighborhood

Interculturalidad, inclusión y equidad en educación

Introduction: In the context of global and multicultural societies, civic education could reveal ... more Introduction: In the context of global and multicultural societies, civic education could reveal its formative potential if declined in a wider project of intercultural and transformative citizenship education inside and outside school. The theoretical discussion will be combined with insights from an ongoing empirical study on active citizenship education, framed within an interdisciplinary and inter-agency project («Abitare Insieme»), carried out in a multicultural and peripheral area in Northern Italy. Method: 107 young people (secondary school and adult students) were involved as participants in a training-research project in which we experimented with innovative methodologies and approaches for promoting active citizenship in workshop settings. Data were generated through the qualitative observation of students' participation in the workshops and analyzed with the aid of a Computerassisted qualitative data analysis software. Results: Preliminary insights from this ongoing research project corroborate the idea that fostering active citizenship requires empowering pedagogies. Suggestions in this direction come from the empirical study, characterized by the Alessandra Mussi / Anna Chinazzi Civic education as a «lived» experience of active and intercultural citizenship between school and extra-school… Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca / cc by-nc-nd [174] Interculturalidad, inclusión y equidad en educaciónation, pp. 173-182 administration of a questionnaire as a tool to give voice to students, a talent-mapping activity as a way to make their resources and competences visible and the promotion of connections between curricular and extra-curricular activities related to civic education. Conclusion and discussions: The study, grounded on theoretical reflections on civic engagement in our contemporary societies, has empirically supported the necessity to frame civic education in an intercultural, empowering, and active perspective, providing helpful guidance to teachers, educators, and policymakers.

Research paper thumbnail of Homeschooling and prefigurative culture in Italy

Education Sciences & Society - Open Access, Dec 1, 2020

Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pr... more Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pratica di homeschooling in Italia, dove sta diventando una scelta contemplata da diverse famiglie. Attraverso un approccio di tipo etnografico, l'autrice ha investigato le principali motivazioni e le etnoteorie parentali che influenzano questa scelta. L'istruzione parentale è un movimento eterogeneo, ma punti di contatto fondamentali sono ravvisabili in una specifica visione della responsabilità genitoriale e in un atteggiamento critico e riflessivo. I genitori vogliono promuovere l'autostima, la creatività e la curiosità dei propri figli in qualità di strumenti utili per affrontare un futuro opaco. Inoltre, lo studio delle famiglie che in Italia hanno optato per l'homeschooling permette all'autrice di trattare cambiamenti più ampi in atto nella cultura genitoriale e nei modelli di trasmissione culturale nell'Italia contemporanea come l'affermazione della cultura prefigurativa. Molti sono gli interrogativi ancora inesplorati che richiedono un approccio empirico. È soprattutto lo sguardo pedagogico a essere sollecitato per fare luce sulle peculiari caratteristiche del fenomeno.

Research paper thumbnail of Home Education: Reshaping Teachers and Parents’ Responsibilities in the Era of Intensive Parenting

ECE Official Conference Proceedings, 2021

A growing number of parents are choosing not to send their children to school to educate them at ... more A growing number of parents are choosing not to send their children to school to educate them at home. This is also happening in Italy, where home education has started arousing scholars' interest. We cannot dismiss it as local vogue: it is an international and diverse trend that is likely bound to grow. Moreover, during the last months, the restrictions and the concerns related to the COVID-19 epidemic have been a catalyst for many families worldwide who were already sceptical of the traditional school system and started home educating their children. To better understand this many-sided phenomenon, a look capable of holding its micro-, meso-, and macro-levels is particularly needed. This paper provides an analysis of the homeschooling movement considering the international literature on the topic and an ethnographic study conducted on the parents' point of view in Italy. I will claim that the geo-temporal diffusion of home education bears witness to some characteristics of our contemporary society e.g. the emergence of intensive parenting, the reported loss of social prestige and authority of teachers, and the general narrowing of the epistemic gap between professional and lay visions. Lastly, it calls attention to the tension between mass schooling and the growing demand for more individualised learning paths.

Research paper thumbnail of Homeschooling e cultura prefigurativa in Italia

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY, 2020

Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto dell... more Nonostante la consistente ricerca condotta dagli studiosi all'estero, poco è stato detto della pratica di homeschooling in Italia, dove sta diventando una scelta contemplata da diverse famiglie. Attraverso un approccio di tipo etnografico, l'autrice ha investigato le principali motivazioni e le etnoteorie parentali che influenzano questa scelta. L'istruzione parentale è un movimento eterogeneo, ma punti di contatto fondamentali sono ravvisabili in una specifica visione della responsabilità genitoriale e in un atteggiamento critico e riflessivo. I genitori vogliono promuovere l'autostima, la creatività e la curiosità dei propri figli in qualità di strumenti utili per affrontare un futuro opaco. Inoltre, lo studio delle famiglie che in Italia hanno optato per l'homeschooling permette all'autrice di trattare cambiamenti più ampi in atto nella cultura genitoriale e nei modelli di trasmissione culturale nell'Italia contemporanea come l'affermazione della c...