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This contribution presents the collection La letteratura e la sua bellezza (Literature and its Beauty), dedicated to the teaching of Italian Language and Literature in Upper Secondary School. The series was conceived and designed on the basis of reflections on the teaching and learning experiences of teachers and students, particularly in technical and vocational schools. It is a proposal that, thanks to the combination of content and method, understood in the etymological sense of the term - i.e. ‘keeping up with’, pursuing what appears meaningful to the students - is intended to address, at least in part, the fatigue sometimes encountered in approaching the discipline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents experimentation about the project “Mathematics Edularp”. It is a European Project (Erasmus+), carried out from 2019 to 2022. The project leader is the Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic), the partners are the University of Genoa (Italy) and the University of Cantabria (Spain). We refer in particular to the work that was carried out by the Italian Team. The project “Mathematics Edularp” Edu-Larp aims at exploiting the potentialities of an Edu-larp to promote mathematical learning. The project was realized in grades 9 and 10, with a special focus on Technical Institutes. The main goal of the European project is to develop and test an Edularp focused on Mathematics, and to investigate its potentiality as a tool for teaching mathematics and STEM disciplines; in a broader sense, Project also aims at exploring new approaches to the teaching of Mathematics and to promote the cooperation between the mathematical, education and didactic community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

School is a decisive educational environment for the person in the formative process . Faced with the supremacy of a teaching that feeds on innovative methodologies and techniques, focusing primarily on the educational relationship between teacher and student, the need to outline a pedagogy of “schooling” is urgent. In contemporary schools, we cannot neglect the effective relationship between teaching and pedagogy. At the roots of this relationship lies the attention to the formative care of the educant, in order for them to feel accepted as they are, not judged solely on their ability or achieved results. The pedagogical objectives of “schooling” are profiled in Westerners' history, through which ideas and theories have developed, leaving indelible marks regarding the learning paradigm as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights the relevance of narrative thinking in school and academic teaching. In particular, it is a way of thinking that fulfils different functions and emerges independently of the linguistic codes used. In this regard, Bruner (1918- 2016) emphasises how «storytelling» is a fundamental mode of human thought for interpreting reality. At the same time, he highlights the importance of the «narrative creation of the self»: the process of identity construction is inseparable from the ability to narrate. Finally, the article proposes an innovative didactic perspective that considers the possibility of flanking traditional literature with other narrative worlds that encourage children and adolescents to constantly reflect on their own experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The right to education in prison offers a chance for human growth in a complex and dehumanizing environment. However, the peculiarities of prison systems, together with past experiences of school failure, can constitute significant obstacles to knowledge access. To enhance accessibility, participation, and achievement, even within prisons, it is necessary to review teaching practices. This paper aids in the reconsideration of the teaching of mathematics for incarcerated adults or young adults. Drawing on Paulo Freire’s theories, we analyze the dialogues with and among prisoner students about mathematics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The law 5 February 1992, n. 104 "Framework law for assistance, social integration and the rights of handicapped persons" and subsequent amendments and additions, created with the intention of realizing the constitutional principles of equal opportunities and the centrality of the person, among the provisions it intends achieve to lead to the complete inclusion of the person with disabilities in society, sees sporting activity among the tools that can be used to meet, welcome and satisfy the needs of people with disabilities. The application of these provisions of the law, especially in the school environment, must be integrated with approaches and methodologies adapted to the context, to achieve the full development of the student. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The contribution presented here, reports the results of an exploratory survey conducted on a sample of students enrolled in the seventh cycle of the ICT course of the TFA Secondary School Support Course at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, which aimed to detect the degree of satisfaction on the use of immersive technologies in the margins of a workshop on the use of the Merge Cube in inclusive education. This survey takes advantages of the augmented reality the contribution of augmented reality within school contexts, which is extremely useful in supporting teaching-learning processes thanks to the high level of involvement it manages to generate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through the analysis of the DPCM implementing Law No. 79 of 2022, the author traces the professional pro-file of the secondary school teacher and analyzes what are called the "three key concepts" of secondary school teacher education: inclusion, didactics and epistemology. The complexity of teaching work is highlighted by the importance of active and cooperative teaching that involves students in the co-construction of knowledge and the value of disciplinary epistemology which encourages, not only the transmission of content, but also the critical understanding of disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents objectives and contents of a teaching unit carried out with a 5th grade class at "Carlo Alberto" Classical and Linguistic High School in Novara, in the second semester of the school year 2021-2022. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the historical-linguistic method of Latin teaching, there are still no digital projects; therefore, I decided to lay the foundations for the development, at least theoretically, of a platform for this type of teaching: it takes hold from the correction of the critical issues of Alatin, a platform created by Matteo Boero and widely used in school; however, this platform presents various errors that make it incompatible with the teaching method mentioned above. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In pre-school and primary school, topics relating to ecology and environmental education are dealt with extensively, even with meaningful teaching experiences. In secondary school, they are taken up and deepened in the Natural sciences curriculum. How can we bring them to a greater awareness that goes beyond pure cognitive studying? The following article shows an experience from the high school science course at I.S.I.S. 'Magrini Marchetti' in Gemona del Friuli (Udine). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scientific analysis of the results of the teaching of the Italian language in the Secondary School challenges the cliché on the linguistic unpreparedness of Italian students, highlighting the formative value of the assessment. This contribution seeks to demonstrate the usefulness of writing workshops, the use of argument mapping and the adoption of Debate, practices that are not new to the Italian school, but are infrequent for the development of language skills, to activate training processes based on the peer feedback and collaborative and active language learning, culminating in formative and meaningful assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay aims to demonstrate how a scientific approach in the teaching of Latin morphology and syntax contributes to a better understanding of the Latin language by students. The aim of such a method, in fact, is to explain the formation and the transformations of the Latin language over the centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays statistical information and data can be represented by graphs, tables and diagrams. The ability to read or create these representations is not only an objective but also an essential skill for being aware citizens. Obtaining information from graphs can be tricky because the representations can be complex and because they often require additional, non-explicit information to be correctly understood. This little-known difficulty generates frequent errors in the creation and interpretation of the graphs, even by the most attentive readers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes an activity realized with forth classes’ pupils of the Piazza Armerina scientific upper secondary school (Liceo scientifico). The activity was proposed as part of the project 'The mathematical high school', in collaboration with the University of Catania. In particular, the work is an application of the calculus of probability with reference to a well-known television program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When will the emergency end? This is the question on everyone’s mind. How will the Society be changed? It is the open unknown. In what direction to renew? As in a Brownian motion where everyone pushes on his side, a significant net advance will result?. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]