Il volume dà conto dei risultati principali del progetto “RE-SERVES: La ricerca al servizio delle fragilità educative (2019-2023)”, che ha esaminato e problematizzato diverse pratiche educative, intra ed extra-scolastiche, volte a 1) educare alla cittadinanza, 2) coltivare alleanze educative, 3) includere i minori stranieri con background migratorio e 4) riattivare i giovani esclusi dal mondo dell’istruzione, della formazione e del lavoro.
cod. 11201.1
A partire da una prospettiva di ricerca interdisciplinare, il volume studia il nesso tra le azioni che la scuola mette in atto e la produzione di coesione sociale in Italia, proponendo un’analisi delle strategie attraverso le quali la scuola, come entità istituzionale, incide sulla creazione del “buon cittadino”, ovvero di una persona dotata di senso civico e capace di aprirsi, con fiducia, all’altro e alle istituzioni.
cod. 487.19
Adult Education for Democratic Citizenship in Europe - In 2001 a new emphasis on learning for democratic citizenship has been championed by the European Commission’s Communication on Making a European area of lifelong learning a reality. The communication recognizes active citizenship as one of the four "broad and mutually supporting objectives" of the lifelong learning strategy. Accordingly, civic competence, which "equips individuals to fully participate in civic life", has been identified by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union as a key competence to be given priority in all member states in the years to come. The article introduces the core principles of a European study aiming at investigating, from a comparative perspective, ways in which adults can achieve competencies relevant for democratic citizenship. Furthermore it presents and discusses selected of findings. The findings suggest that, in spite of the shift from education to learning for democratic citizenship within the European discourse, the emphasis on lifelong learning and the consequent equal recognition of in-school and out-of-school learning activities, most empirical research in the field of education for democratic citizenship remains primarily concerned with school-aged pupils. When available, research which focuses on the links between adult education and learning for democratic citizenship is highly theoretical and rarely supported by empirical evidence.
Keywords lifelong learning, democratic citizenship, adult education, European Commission, civic competence.