This book presents the European research conducted in five countries on the subject of education to citizenship in secondary schools. Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Romania were chosen according to geographic, historic-political, economic and cultural criteria. The results show a steady growth in awareness of the importance of relations between teachers and students, as a requirement for building a democratic society, in which each person can fully exercise one's rights of active citizenship, by adopting dialogue, clear communication and educational comprehension. The analysis and the...

For the first time we open an imaginary dialogue of an intercultural nature between two Masters: Vico and Tagore. Their writings represent a challenge to the search for ties that create the substance of our humanity. In their implicit pedagogy there are the reasons to educate according to fundamental principles rooted in nature, culture and history. The humanistic and cosmic Weltanschauung introduces the pedagogical theory of the formation of man from the bio-psychological development of infancy to the dynamic concept of history and society in which the spiritual dimension of man prevails....

Il volume raccoglie due saggi di Birgitta Fuchs e di Sandra Chistolini, rispettivamente interessati alla riflessione sulla teoria della formazione e sulla prospettiva storico-comparativa di Giambattista Vico. Gli studi, presentati al 24 Congresso della Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Erziehungswissenschaft, presso l'Universita Humboldt di Berlino, nella primavera del 2014, sono stati parte integrante del Simposio intitolato "Tradition und Moderne in der Bildungs- und Kulturtheorie Giambattista Vicos/Tradizione e modernita nella teoria della formazione e della cultura di Giambattista Vico," condotto...

Complexity and interculturalism characterize the worldwide societies. Though for many aspects these multiple forms convey a positive meaning, from other points of view a problematic communication seems to generate the increasing of conflicts. According to several perspectives of study, conflict is considered as something that cannot be avoided; it is constantly present and it poses relevant pedagogical problems. The focus is less on individual variables, and more on the environmental factors which interact and play a crucial role in the diverse situations of the social life. Alternatively,...

Il volume raccoglie gli interventi presentati l'11 aprile 2014 al Convegno Internazionale intitolato "Pedagogia curativa e socioterapia steineriana. Novanta anni di esperienza formativa." Per la seconda volta, l'Universita degli Studi Roma Tre ospita il movimento mondiale impegnato da decenni, in una pluralita di articolazioni, nella cura e nell'accompagnamento di bambini, adolescenti ed adulti con bisogni speciali. L'esperienza italiana rivela una densa partecipazione alla realta associativa di Casa Loic. Famiglie e istituzioni sono testimoni sensibili dei progressi raggiunti in ordine...