Conference Program

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Thu03Sept
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia
Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"
Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree
Rettorato: Aula Magna
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M.14. Unpacking The Platformisation And Datification Of Education: Processes, Actors, Positionings and contexts (1/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3

Convenor(s): Jacovkis, Judith (Universitat de Barcelona); Rivera-Vargas, Pablo (Universitat de Barcelona); Moreno, Ainara (Universitat de Barcelona)

E.08. Music and Anthropology a Synergistic Dialogue in School Autonomy: Is It Possible to Co-construct Permanent Values of Active Citizenship?
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3

Convenor(s): Marta Villa (Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento); Carlo Centemeri (Independent researcher and Classical Music editor for Radio Popolare Milano)

M.03. Critical Dialogue with AI in Schools: Metacognition, Agency, and Democratic Learning (2/3)
9:00am - 10:45am
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4

Convenor(s): Nadia Sansone (UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome, Italy)

H.18. The Enhancement of the Intellectual Capital of Young Migrants as an Inclusion Strategy
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4

Convenor(s): Giovanna Filosa (Inapp, Italy); Patrizia Rinaldi (Institute For Migration Research, Universidad De Granada)

A.08. Nonviolent Education and Demilitarization of Schools: Practices, Tools, and Pedagogical Perspectives Towards Universalist Humanism (1/2)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4

Convenor(s): Annabella Coiro (rete Edumana, Italy); Chiarlie Barnao (Università di Palermo); Federica Zanetti (Università di Bologna)

B.09. Learning Communities as Transformative Environments: Bridging Local Action and Global Challenges (3/3)
9:00am - 10:45am
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5

Convenor(s): Sibilla Montanari (University of Vienna, Austria); Nazime Öztürk (University of Vienna, Austria); Denis Francesconi (University of Vienna, Austria); Evi Agostini (University of Vienna, Austria)

H.02. Adult Learning as Democratic Renewal: Empowering Citizenship and Envisioning Alternative Futures (1/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5

Convenor(s): Marcella Milana (Unievrsity of Verona, Italy); Margherita Bussi (UCLouvain, Belgium); Roberto Angotti (Inapp, Italy)

H.02. Adult Learning as Democratic Renewal: Empowering Citizenship and Envisioning Alternative Futures (2/2)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5
Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5

Convenor(s): Marcella Milana (Unievrsity of Verona, Italy); Margherita Bussi (UCLouvain, Belgium); Roberto Angotti (Inapp, Italy)

H.13. Is There a Role for Arts-based Education in Tackling Educational Poverty and Social Exclusion?
9:00am - 10:45am
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13

Convenor(s): lenya Camozzi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy); Ahson Kemal (University of Helsinki); Zenia Simonella (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

A.11. School Evaluation For Improvement, Equity, Inclusion And Well being (2/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13

Convenor(s): Cristina Stringher (Invalsi, Italy); Michela Freddano (Invalsi, Italy)

M.10. Navigating the Controversial. Media Practices and Educational Challenges in the Digital Age
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13

Convenor(s): Paolo Bonafede (University of Trento, Italy); Alessandro Soriani (University of Bologna, Italy); Charlot Cassar (Radboud University)

F.11. Toward an Embodied Crip Pedagogy: Activism, Interdependence, and Democratic Transformation in Educational Spaces
9:00am - 10:45am
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14

Convenor(s): Barbara Centrone (University of Roma Tre, Italy); Elisa Costantino (University of Genova, Italy); Sofia Righetti Nottegar (University of Verona, Italy); Alice Scavarda (University of Torino, Italy)

A.10. Privatization of Education, Segregation and Inequalities
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14

Convenor(s): Marco Oberti (Sciences Po, France); Quentin Ramond (Center for Economics and Social Policy (Ceas), Universidad Mayor)

B.20. Governance, Inequalities and Educational Pathways
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14

Convenor(s): Dalila Raccagni (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy); Paola Zini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy)

M.13. The Implications of Smartphones and Digital Environments for Learning and Psychophysical Well-Being
9:00am - 10:45am
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia

Convenor(s): Marco Gui (Università di Milano "Bicocca"); Orazio Giancola (Università di Roma "Sapienza", Italy); Giovanni Maria Abbiati (Università degli Studi di Brescia)

H.17. Prison Education for Democracy. Tensions and Contradictions of a Transformative Space
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia

Convenor(s): Sandra Vatrella (University of Naples Federico Ii, Italy); Andrea Borghini (University of Pisa, Italy); Maria Chiara Calò (University of Naples Federico Ii, Italy)

A.09. Citizenship, Social Justice and Playful Learning for Economic Awareness and Social Change
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia
Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia

Convenor(s): Liliana Silva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Ennio Bilancini (Imt -Scuola Alti Studi – Lucca, Italy); Leonardo Boncinelli (University of Firenze, Italy)

G.07. Democracy of Care: Rethinking Networks and Relationships of Counter Gender-Based Violence
9:00am - 10:45am
Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"
Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"

Convenor(s): Anna Grazia Lopez (University of Foggia Italy); Isabella Loiodice (University of Foggia Italy)

🚩 [SPECIAL EVENT] E.00. Citizenship Education and International Pupil Mobility
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"
Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"

Chairs: Mattia Baiutti (Fondazione Intercultura ETS), Piero Valentini (ISTAT), Giuseppe Ricotta (Sapienza University of Rome).

Promoted by Fondazione Intercultura ETS.

Further information on special events are available on the conference website: https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/workshops-3/.

\n\n\n\nPromoted by Fondazione Intercultura ETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChairs Mattia Baiutti (Fondazione Intercultura ETS), Piero Valentini (ISTAT), Giuseppe Ricotta (Sapienza University of Rome)\nKeywords citizenship education; international student mobility; intercultural competence\n\n\n\nAdjectives such as active, responsible, intercultural, and global outline a concept of citizenship that aspires to broaden the definition of citizenship established with the birth and development of nation states. From a pedagogical and didactic perspective, what skills are associated with this expanded citizenship? What teaching methods can be used to develop and assess them?\nInternationally, some contributions offer proposals in this direction. For example, consider the European Union’s key competences (2018), the Council of Europe’s competences for a culture of democracy (2018b), the OECD’s global competence in PISA (2018), and UNESCO’s global citizenship (2014, 2018). In Italy, the introduction of civic education (Law 92/2019) had, in some respects, revitalised the debate on citizenship education, although it has revealed gaps regarding the intercultural and international dimension (Scuola Democratica 2021).\nAre there opportunities to develop civic and citizenship education in schools that effectively combine democratic values with international and intercultural dimensions? Individual international pupil mobility is recognized as a resource for developing young people’s intercultural competence (Barrett 2018), but how can its potential be integrated into citizenship education through innovative teaching approaches that engage not only the student participating in mobility but also the rest of his school class?\nThe workshop will present the research project “Civic Education and International Student Mobility” by Fondazione Intercultura and Associazione “Per Scuola Democratica”. The project included variuous activities: a background study, a pilot study involving a group of schools and teachers, and a survey.\nThe provisional agenda is as follows: One speaker will introduce the background research, providing a critical review of the scientific and policy landscape on civic and citizenship education, internationalisation and international student mobility, intercultural democratic competence. Two speakers will present the research underpinning the pilot project to be proposed to schools. Two speakers, based on the concrete experience of the pilot project carried out in schools, will share insights into the teaching approaches and organizational conditions that help schools integrate internationalization into civic education. Two further speakers will discuss the survey, examining the values of students who studied abroad with Intercultura. The workshop offers a coordinated overview of how international mobility and democratic citizenship can strengthen each other, and provides insights into the obstacles that schools face in this context.\n\n\n\n
I.03. Educating to Participate. Educational Innovation in University Systems as a Tool for Inclusion and Democratic Participation
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"
Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi"

Convenor(s): Barbara Mazza (sapienza, Italy); Elena Valentini (sapienza, Italy); Lucia D'Ambrosi (sapienza, Italy); Veronica Lo Presti (sapienza, Italy); Houshmand Masoumi (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Yuliia Kravchenko (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia); Martin Vaz Alvarez (Universitade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

C.08. Working in Schools Today: Between Public Space, Mediatization, New Managerialism and Inclusion
9:00am - 10:45am
Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"
Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"

Convenor(s): Antonietta De Feo (Università degli studi Roma Tre); Gabriele Pinna (Università degli studi di Cagliari)

I.12. Whose University is it? Neoliberal Governance: The Challenge to Academic Freedom, Equity, and Critical Thinking (2/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"
Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"

Convenor(s): Silvia Zanazzi (Università di Ferrara, Italy); Catherine Edelhard Tømte (University of Agder, Norway); Edoardo Esposto (University of Sapienza, Italy)

G.17. Homeschooling, Democracy, and the Public Sphere: Rethinking Education through Plural Perspectives
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"
Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso"

Convenor(s): Angela Biscaldi (Università degli Studi di Milano); Anna Chinazzi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca); Emilia Restiglian (Università degli Studi di Padova)

B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (2/4)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A

Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy)

B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (3/4)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A

Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy)

B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (4/4)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A

Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy)

D.04. Educational Poverty, Symbolic Violence and Democratic Fragility (2/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C

Convenor(s): Elena Gremigni (University of Pisa, Italy); Emanuela Susca (Iulm University)

D.04. Educational Poverty, Symbolic Violence and Democratic Fragility (1/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C

Convenor(s): Elena Gremigni (University of Pisa, Italy); Emanuela Susca (Iulm University)

L.08. Scientific Citizenship at the Boundaries: Re-Enacting Science Practices for Democratic Futures
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C

Convenor(s): Sara (1,2) Ricciardi; Giulia Tasquier (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi")

M.04. Democracy Education and A.I. in the Geopolitical Disorder. A Proposal for a New Democratic Citizenship (1/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D

Convenor(s): Alessio Fabiano (Universita' Degli Studi Basilacata, Italy); Claudio De Luca (Universita' Degli Studi Basilacata, Italy); Teodora Pezzano (Universita' Della Calabria, Italy); Giuseppe Spadafora (Universita' Della Calabria, Italy)

E.02. Children as Political Actors: Rethinking School, Agency, and Democracy
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D

Convenor(s): Maria Giatsi Clausen (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh); Marlies Kustatscher (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh); Kristina Konstantoni (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh)

H.03. Assembled Youths: Complex Biographies and Educational Trajectories For Uncertain Futures (2/2)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D

Convenor(s): Juan de Dios Oyarzún (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile); Aina Tarabini (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

B.13. Schools as Community Hubs. Learning Ecosystems for Democracy across Pedagogy, Health, Architecture, and Urban Planning (2/3)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201

Convenor(s): Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione (Indire, Italy); Raffaella Carro (Indire, Italy)

B.13. Schools as Community Hubs. Learning Ecosystems for Democracy across Pedagogy, Health, Architecture, and Urban Planning (3/3)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201

Convenor(s): Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione (Indire, Italy); Raffaella Carro (Indire, Italy)

I.04. Higher Education Teaching Practices as Micro-spaces of Democracy and Resistance. What Does it Mean to be ‘Political’? (1/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02

Convenor(s): Maila Pentucci (University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara, Italy); Lorella Giannandrea (University of Macerata, Italy); Magda Pischetola (University of Copenhagen); Francesca Gratani (University of Macerata, Italy); Lorenza Maria Capolla (University of Macerata, Italy); Pier Giuseppe Rossi (University of Macerata, Italy)

I.04. Higher Education Teaching Practices as Micro-spaces of Democracy and Resistance. What Does it Mean to be ‘Political’? (2/2)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02

Convenor(s): Maila Pentucci (University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara, Italy); Lorella Giannandrea (University of Macerata, Italy); Magda Pischetola (University of Copenhagen); Francesca Gratani (University of Macerata, Italy); Lorenza Maria Capolla (University of Macerata, Italy); Pier Giuseppe Rossi (University of Macerata, Italy)

G.18. Women’s Work and Emancipatory Pathways (1/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1

Convenor(s): Emilija Voinovska (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Erica Spagnolo (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)

G.18. Women’s Work and Emancipatory Pathways (2/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1

Convenor(s): Emilija Voinovska (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Erica Spagnolo (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy)

F.04. In Praise of the Margin. The Representation of “Other Bodies” Between Disabling Devices and Practices of Self-Determination
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1

Convenor(s): Martina De Castro (Roma Tre University); Alessandra Maria Straniero (University of Calabria); Leonardo (1,3) Tantari; Fabio Bocci (Roma Tre University)

L.07. Rethinking Care and Learning Within the Posthuman Turn
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"

Convenor(s): Ludovica Rubini (University of Trieste); Assunta Viteritti (Sapienza University of Rome); Letizia Zampino (University of Trento); Jesse Bazzul (University of Regina, Canada)

F.09. Teachers’ Emotions, Agency and Professional Capacity for Inclusion within the Education–Democracy Nexus (1/3)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"

Convenor(s): Donatella Poliandri (Invalsi – Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of Education, Italy); Letizia Giampietro (Invalsi – Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of Education, Italy); Umberto Pagano (University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Italy)

G.01. Bias, Schooling, and Trajectories in STEM: How to Go Beyond the Gender Gap
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro"

Convenor(s): Marialuisa Villani (Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy); Alessia Macagno (Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy); Francesca Bianchi (Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy); Francesca Arnaboldi (Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy); Silvia Facchinetti (Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Italy)

F.06. Learning Together, Participating Fully: Inclusion and Difference as Educational Resources (2/3)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)

Convenor(s): Sara Mori (Indire, Italy); Francesca Storai (Indire, Italy); Serena Greco (Indire, Italy); Elsa Maria Bruni (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara)

F.06. Learning Together, Participating Fully: Inclusion and Difference as Educational Resources (3/3)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)

Convenor(s): Sara Mori (Indire, Italy); Francesca Storai (Indire, Italy); Serena Greco (Indire, Italy); Elsa Maria Bruni (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara)

E.09. Spaces of Commons in Education: Learning Democracy through Practices of Togetherness (2/2)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale)

Convenor(s): Stelios Pantazidis (University of Thessaly, Greece); Yannis Pechtelidis (University of Thessaly, Greece)

A.05. Education, Democracy and Resistance in Occupied Palestine (2/3)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"

Convenor(s): Elena Pacetti (Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy); Arianna Taddei (Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino); Buad Khales (Al-Quds University)

G.05. Decolonial Researches between Pedagogical Horizons and Critical-Participatory Methodologies (2/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"

Convenor(s): Rosita Deluigi (Unimc – University of Macerata, Italy); Paola Dusi (Univr – University of Verona, Italy); Davide Zoletto (Uniud – University of Udine, Italy)

I.02. Designing Democratic Innovation: Alternative Practices for the Future of Academia
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona"

Convenor(s): Giulia Ganugi (University of Bologna, Italy)

B.06. Dialogic Teaching in Education: Practices, Languages, and Conditions for Democratic Learning (1/2)
9:00am - 10:45am
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree

Convenor(s): Serena Goracci (Indire, Italy); Luisa Zecca (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy); Laura Parigi (Indire, Italy); Loredana Camizzi (Indire, Italy)

B.06. Dialogic Teaching in Education: Practices, Languages, and Conditions for Democratic Learning (2/2)
2:00pm - 3:45pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree

Convenor(s): Serena Goracci (Indire, Italy); Luisa Zecca (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy); Laura Parigi (Indire, Italy); Loredana Camizzi (Indire, Italy)

🇮🇹 Symposium | Reading the Education and Training Ecosystem: Interpretive Perspectives on Educational Change (INDIRE – Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa)
4:15pm - 6:00pm
Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree
Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree

Promoted by INDIRE – Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa

\nPromoted by INDIRE – Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa\n\n\n\nThe social, demographic, technological, and cultural transformations characterising our time are profoundly reshaping the role of educational institutions in contemporary societies. Schools — together with other segments of the education and training system — can no longer be understood solely as institutions devoted to the transmission of knowledge. They are increasingly configured as part of a complex educational ecosystem, in which schools, adult education pathways, professional tertiary education, and mechanisms integrating education, training, and work all interact.\nUnderstanding these transformations requires data collection and analysis tools capable of capturing the complexity of ongoing educational phenomena. The integrated use of quantitative data, system observatories, continuous monitoring, and analyses of emerging phenomena enables the research community to develop more nuanced interpretations of the processes of change affecting the education and training system.\nThe symposium explores transformations in the education system through four complementary interpretive perspectives:\n\nA territorial perspective, examining the relationship between educational institutions and local contexts, demographic transition, and territorial learning ecosystems.\nA pedagogical perspective, focusing on how education systems respond to contemporary challenges: foundational competencies, metacognition, generative AI literacy, and new ecologies of knowledge.\nA professional perspective, considering innovation processes through the development of teachers, school leaders, and other educational professionals, and the role of in-service training and professional communities.\nA systemic perspective, focusing on inter-organisational and inter-institutional processes through which innovations spread and become institutionalised within the education and training system.\n\n\n\nProgramme (2 hours – in Italian)\nCHAIR\n\nElisabetta Mughini – INDIRE\n\nSPEAKERS\nGiuseppina Rita Jose Mangione, Jessica Niewint, Margherita Di Stasio\nDISCUSSANT\n\nFrancesca Borgonovi – OECD\n\n
★ Plenary #3. KEYNOTE LECTURE | Gert Biesta: "Teaching Uncommon Values: A Different Future for Education for Democratic Citizenship"
11:00am - 12:30pm
Rettorato: Aula Magna
Location: Rettorato: Aula Magna

Introduced and moderated by Marcella Milana, Associate Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Verona, Department of Human Sciences.


Further information on keynote lectures are available on the conference website: https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/keynote-speakers-4/. 

\nEducation has an important role to play in the maintenance and renewal of democracy. This is even more urgent in our time; a time in which democracy is under pressure from populist, authoritarian, capitalist and even explicitly anti-democratic tendencies and developments. So what can education do? In many countries policy makers argue that schools should explicitly teach the common values of democracy to children and young people. In my presentation I will explore a different route. I will explore different understandings of citizenship and will make a case for the importance of keeping citizenship firmly connected to democracy rather than let it slip into a social or moral register. I will ask what the democratic life asks of its citizens and will suggest that at precisely this point democracy and education intersect: they share a common interest and a common principle. I will show how this sheds new light on the importance of the curriculum and will push back against a focus on democratic competences. And I will argue that education for democratic citizenship needs to move beyond the teaching of common values in order to have a more robust justification for its endeavours. This, as I will suggest, is particularly urgent in a time in which democracy is under pressure and other value-systems are seeking to occupy its place.\n
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12:45pm - 1:45pm
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🍸 SOCIAL EVENT | Closing Aperitif — Playing for Democracy, Democracy for Playing | Jam Session
7:00pm - 10:00pm

The social event Playing for Democracy, Democracy for Playing — Closing Aperitif & Jam Session will take place on 3 September 2026 at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Social Sciences and Economics (Via Salaria 113, Rome).

Tickets can be purchased until 20 July through the personal area of participants registered for the conference.

Further info about the social events of the conference can be found at: https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/social-events/.