Moto uniformemente accelerato. Note per una storia delle riforme della scuola in Italia

• Main Author: Massimo Cellerino
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Firenze University Press 2012-12-01
• Series: Storia delle Donne
• Subjects: scuola; riforma della scuola; insegnamento; istruzione; formazione; school
• Online Access: https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/sdd/article/view/2491

Most countries in the industrialized world have recently undergone or are currently undergoing processes of reform of their school systems: the state-centered model which ruled education in the 20th century seems to have been replaced by a different pattern, one that conceives of schools as autonomous, self-administered centers of learning. In Italy, however, the shift to a system focussed on effectiveness, research and accountability appears to be more difficult than elsewhere, due to the peculiar features of the Italian cultural and political tradition. This paper sketches a brief history of school reforms in Italy, from the Fascist regime to the present day: by thus doing, it aims at providing some background information for the current debate on school reform, while attempting to shed some light on the critical issues of the day.