Public History, memorie scolastiche e formazione. Esperienze in Toscana

The contribution includes the interventions at the round table of the schools which welcomed the educational initiatives linked to the "School Memoirs" (Memorie di Scuola) project - the first specific Italian experience of Public History in the educational field - and which intertwined their itineraries for the formation of historical thought with that perspective.

Il museo della scuola come luogo di sperimentazione di percorsi di Public History: il caso del Museo della Scuola «Paolo e Ornella Ricca» dell’Università di Macerata

Public historians have definitively recognized the crucial role that museums – on par with libraries, archives, schools as well as media, cultural and tourism industry, and «all other sectors where the knowledge of the past is required to work with different audiences» (AIPH, The Italian Public History Manifesto, 2018) – can play for the development of Public History practices. In this scenario, historians of education do well know the potential that is locked up inside the historical-educational museums too. A potential that, especially in university museums, can improve academic teaching quality, promote innovative research and, finally, foster cultural and social empowerment of communities.

La bellezza come strumento di accesso alla conoscenza storica. La mostra Scuole come capanne. Libri come opere d’arte. Dal Brasile all’Agro romano

The essay deals with the exhibition “Schools as huts and books as works of art. From Brazil to the Agro Romano” (Scuole come capanne e libri come opere d’arte. Dal Brasile all’Agro Romano), which collected educational materials and objects of daily life made for the schools of the Brazilian Indians, as well as those of the farmers of the Agro Romano of the early 20th Century. The dialogue between these materials underlines the centrality of beauty in education and in creating a better world.

Il museo dell’educazione: una nuova prospettiva di Public History per la formazione docente

Referring to the pedagogical utopia of the great intrinsic change to a history designed for a large audience, i.e. Public History, this contribution addresses the possibility of rethinking the museum of education as a space of historical-educational knowledge aimed at a composite audience, including the future teachers appointed to train the younger generations.

Tra ricerca storica, Citizen e Public History: il Centenario della scuola elementare Fortuzzi di Bologna

In 2017, the teachers of the Fortuzzi primary school in Bologna, as part of the school’s centenary initiatives, conducted a public and participatory research on its history that involved pupils, parents and the neighbourhood. The essay summarizes this research path and reflects on the characteristics of this particular type of collective historical research.

Storie e memorie della prima generazione di educatrici ed educatori dei nidi in Toscana

This contribution describes some steps of a research, by its nature constantly in progress, which has seen us engaged on several occasions in recent years, namely the collection and sharing of the stories and memories of Tuscan male and female educators. The contribution namely focuses on the intersections with Public History, a discipline or approach to history which is now rapidly consolidating in Italy as well.

Professioni educative di ieri e di oggi: la “lezione delle cose” come itinerario di ricerca

Starting from a reflection on the pedagogical analysis of professionalization processes from a diachronic perspective, the essay discusses a research perspective attentive to the "lesson of things" underlying the identification processes of individuals and social groups, by highlighting their training values for education professionals.