Democratic School Conference – the contribution of IRPPS
The International conference of the Scuola Democratica magazine. Hosted in Cagliari from 3 to 6 June, the third edition of the Conference brought together interventions and debates around the link between education and social justice.
CNR – IRPPS was present with a large group of participants, sharing many of the educational themes that are at the center of the Institute's research.
Among the convenors, Stefano Boffo moderated the Universities' Public Engagement and Social Justice Panel, where relevant projects and activities in which universities and research institutions have interpreted the so-called Third Mission were discussed; Paolo Landri moderated the semi-plenary session and the Panel Educational Futures of Small and Rural Schools.
In the session Social Inclusion Through Sport and Physical Education, moderated by Luciana Taddei, Luciana Taddei, Paolo Landri, Anna Millione e Ilaria Primerano they brought the case study of Baskin as an example of participatory social innovation. While in the context of interventions on challenges and opportunities represented by digital educational contexts, Claudia Pennacchiotti, Valentina Tudisca e Adriana Valente they reflected on the opportunity in terms of inclusion represented by open educational resources with the experience of OLA project.
The interventions of. have explored theoretical and epistemological aspects Francesca Cubeddu, which examined the importance ofeducational approach of social justice, and Paolo Landri on Exploring the Social (in)justice of Educational Assemblies. The case studies presented by Antonietta Riccardo instead they allowed us to focus on the building strategies welfare against exclusion.
A further line of interventions concerned the link between education, representations and gender, with the interventions of Tatiana Motterle e Angela Toffanin on the first results of an ongoing study on European and national policies in contrast with Cyber gender-based violence, and with the experiences presented by Sara Marini and linked to the Scosse association and the national network Educating about differences with research and action work for counteract gender stereotypes in education.
The intervention of Giulia Ciancimino investigated perceptions and preferences with respect to meritocracy in Italy and the importance attributed to education as an element of merit, examining the trends in recent decades.
Finally, the case study Decide Your Print: A Workshop For Systemic Declination Of Sustainability Literacy, carried by Monia Torre, allowed us to reflect on possible educational approaches to sustainability.
