Cognitive and non cognitive skills. The practice of service-learning as an interface of educational contexts

Journal title PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE
Author/s Cinzia Albanesi, Antonella Guarino, Christian Compare
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1
Language Italian Pages 7 P. 11-17 File size 209 KB
DOI 10.3280/PDS2023-001003
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Promoting well-being from a community psychology perspective requires developing critical awareness and responsible, proactive community engagement. There-fore, schools and universities can contribute to the formation of responsible citizens by implementing collaborative methodologies which allow the co-construction of learning and the development of multiple competencies. This approach can help overcome dichotomies typical of educational contexts (e.g. cognitive/non cognitive competencies, curricular/life skills, focus on learn-ing/focus on well-being). This contribution illustrates how Service-Learning (SL) can serve the scope. We present its distinctive features, building on the reflection developed from its ap-plication in the university context.

Keywords: civic and democratic skills, service-learning, school community psychologist, well-being promotion

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Cinzia Albanesi, Antonella Guarino, Christian Compare, Competenze cognitive e non cognitive. La pratica del service-learning come interfaccia dei contesti educativi in "PSICOLOGIA DELLA SALUTE" 1/2023, pp 11-17, DOI: 10.3280/PDS2023-001003