Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services

This paper aims at presenting a research training project on the subject of environmental education that took place in the nurseries. The collaboration between the University of Bologna and the Pedagogical Coordination of the city was born from the recognition of a demand, emerged while compiling a...

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Main Authors: Michela Schenetti, Elisa Guerra
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Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2016-07-01
Series:Form@re : Open Journal per la Formazione in Rete
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3621
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spelling doaj-d0c7802974de4e00bda759fe363108a52020-11-25T03:46:41ZengFirenze University PressForm@re : Open Journal per la Formazione in Rete1825-73212016-07-0116210.13128/formare-1821715615Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education servicesMichela Schenetti0Elisa GuerraDipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione. Università di Bologna. This paper aims at presenting a research training project on the subject of environmental education that took place in the nurseries. The collaboration between the University of Bologna and the Pedagogical Coordination of the city was born from the recognition of a demand, emerged while compiling a self-assessment tool about the quality of the service, through which a very limited use of the green areas of the nurseries and preschools was assessed. This problem, that was perceived by the administrators as a stringent limit to be removed, became the starting point from which the research training project was developed. The project involved, besides actual educators and pedagogical coordinators, also the environmental educators of an excellence centre in Bologna and the researchers of the Department of Educational Sciences. The results obtained during the first stage of the research, which involved the participants in a nature immersion experience, are presented. Educatrici in fuga: il contributo della ricerca nei percorsi di formazione dei servizi per l’infanzia Il presente contributo intende presentare un progetto di ricerca-formazione sul tema dell’educazione naturale svoltosi in alcuni nidi d’infanzia. La collaborazione tra Università di Bologna e Coordinamento Pedagogico del Comune nasce dalla rilevazione di una necessità emersa durante la compilazione dello strumento di autovalutazione della qualità del servizio: grazie a quest’ultimo veniva posto in evidenza un utilizzo scarso se non nullo degli spazi verdi dei servizi. A partire da questa constatazione percepita dai coordinatori come un limite sul quale occorreva lavorare, è stato progettato il percorso di ricerca-formazione che ha visto coinvolti oltre agli educatori e ai coordinatori, anche gli educatori ambientali di un centro di eccellenza di Bologna, e le ricercatrici afferenti alla cattedra di didattica generale del dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione. In questa sede verranno presentati i risultati della prima parte della ricerca che ha visto i partecipanti coinvolti in un’esperienza di immersione in natura. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3621outdoor educationcare serviceemotional experiencesnarrative approachdidacticeducazione naturale
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Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
Form@re : Open Journal per la Formazione in Rete
outdoor education
care service
emotional experiences
narrative approach
didactic
educazione naturale
author_facet Michela Schenetti
Elisa Guerra
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title Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
title_short Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
title_full Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
title_fullStr Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
title_full_unstemmed Fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
title_sort fleeing educators: the contribution of research in the training courses in early childhood education services
publisher Firenze University Press
series Form@re : Open Journal per la Formazione in Rete
issn 1825-7321
publishDate 2016-07-01
description This paper aims at presenting a research training project on the subject of environmental education that took place in the nurseries. The collaboration between the University of Bologna and the Pedagogical Coordination of the city was born from the recognition of a demand, emerged while compiling a self-assessment tool about the quality of the service, through which a very limited use of the green areas of the nurseries and preschools was assessed. This problem, that was perceived by the administrators as a stringent limit to be removed, became the starting point from which the research training project was developed. The project involved, besides actual educators and pedagogical coordinators, also the environmental educators of an excellence centre in Bologna and the researchers of the Department of Educational Sciences. The results obtained during the first stage of the research, which involved the participants in a nature immersion experience, are presented. Educatrici in fuga: il contributo della ricerca nei percorsi di formazione dei servizi per l’infanzia Il presente contributo intende presentare un progetto di ricerca-formazione sul tema dell’educazione naturale svoltosi in alcuni nidi d’infanzia. La collaborazione tra Università di Bologna e Coordinamento Pedagogico del Comune nasce dalla rilevazione di una necessità emersa durante la compilazione dello strumento di autovalutazione della qualità del servizio: grazie a quest’ultimo veniva posto in evidenza un utilizzo scarso se non nullo degli spazi verdi dei servizi. A partire da questa constatazione percepita dai coordinatori come un limite sul quale occorreva lavorare, è stato progettato il percorso di ricerca-formazione che ha visto coinvolti oltre agli educatori e ai coordinatori, anche gli educatori ambientali di un centro di eccellenza di Bologna, e le ricercatrici afferenti alla cattedra di didattica generale del dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione. In questa sede verranno presentati i risultati della prima parte della ricerca che ha visto i partecipanti coinvolti in un’esperienza di immersione in natura.
topic outdoor education
care service
emotional experiences
narrative approach
didactic
educazione naturale
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3621
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