Our epochal crisis profoundly affects the field of education, urging pedagogical reflection to address a dual challenge: the need to investigate the emerging demands of the person, and the urgency of translating critical issues into educational opportunities (Bauman, 2010). A relevant and complex issue theme, that arises, aims to analyze the increasingly important relationship between social policies and educational policies, in the perspective of renewing of the Welfare State which, in the light of the current economic crisis, has generated the emergence of new vulnerable social categories and growing inequalities. Today it becomes necessary to rethink the very concept of the welfare state, or rather it is good to try to draw up a reform of the Welfare State that aims, as has happened for other sectors, to the indispensable contributions of social pedagogy, to make a new welfare of real support of the person. As Pati reminds us, the epistemological role of social pedagogy, lies in identifying what is happening across various areas of human experience, and then offering possible pathways for change, development and progress toward ongoing personal and collective improvement.
New educational paths of social citizenship. Towards a relational welfare
Vito Balzano
2025-01-01
Abstract
Our epochal crisis profoundly affects the field of education, urging pedagogical reflection to address a dual challenge: the need to investigate the emerging demands of the person, and the urgency of translating critical issues into educational opportunities (Bauman, 2010). A relevant and complex issue theme, that arises, aims to analyze the increasingly important relationship between social policies and educational policies, in the perspective of renewing of the Welfare State which, in the light of the current economic crisis, has generated the emergence of new vulnerable social categories and growing inequalities. Today it becomes necessary to rethink the very concept of the welfare state, or rather it is good to try to draw up a reform of the Welfare State that aims, as has happened for other sectors, to the indispensable contributions of social pedagogy, to make a new welfare of real support of the person. As Pati reminds us, the epistemological role of social pedagogy, lies in identifying what is happening across various areas of human experience, and then offering possible pathways for change, development and progress toward ongoing personal and collective improvement.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
