Cette étude présente une vue d'ensemble des modes d'accueil en Italie, leur développement et culture éducative. En Italie, l'accueil extra-domestique de la petite enfance est devenu un phénomène quantitativement important dans les derniers trente ans. Son développement a été caractérisé par l'étroite collaboration entre centres de recherche scientifique et lieux d'accueil. Cette collaboration a produit plusieurs recherches sur les thèmes de l'éducation des jeunes enfants, dont certains apparaissent particulièrement intéressant pour les pratiques. La relation entre les professionnels et les parents a été considérée un élément essentiel pour assurer la qualité de l'expérience des enfants. Ces lieux ont constitué aussi une ressource importante pour le soutien de la parentalité. Dès les débuts de l'expérience des lieux d'accueil en Italie, dans la recherche aussi bien que dans les pratiques éducatives les interactions entre enfants dans les lieux ont été l'objet d'une grande attention, en centrant en particulier l'effet de variables contextuelles sur leurs fréquences et qualité. Un autre thème de recherche a été celui de l'évaluation de la qualité des lieux d'accueil. Dans les expériences faites en Italie, on a considéré que l'évaluation doit se réaliser par un processus dynamique et continué, impliquant une pluralité de partenaires (décideurs, gestionnaires, professionnels et parents) et finalisée à l'analyse, la discussion et l'amélioration des pratiques éducatives.
This article provides an overview of Italian ECEC services, their development and educational culture. In Italy, out of home day care for children under 3 became a quantitatively significant phenomenon in the last 30 years. Its development was characterized by the close collaboration between research agencies and ECEC services. A rich variety of studies on early education was produced. Some themes appear particularly relevant with regard to their implications for educational practice. The relationship between ECEC personnel and parents was considered a central issue in guaranteeing the quality of the children's experience and ECEC services were found to be an important resource of social support to parents. Since the beginning of ECEC experience in Italy, both educational practices and research have paid a particular attention to peer interaction inside the services, with a specific focus to the effect of contextual variables on their frequency and quality. Another major research theme was the evaluation of ECEC quality. In Italian experiences, evaluating ECEC quality was considered a dynamic and continuous process, involving a plurality of stakeholders (decision-makers, managers, ECEC personnel and parents) and was aimed at analysing, discussing, and improving the educational practice.
Early Education in Italy: Research and Practice
Musatti T;Picchio;
2010
Abstract
This article provides an overview of Italian ECEC services, their development and educational culture. In Italy, out of home day care for children under 3 became a quantitatively significant phenomenon in the last 30 years. Its development was characterized by the close collaboration between research agencies and ECEC services. A rich variety of studies on early education was produced. Some themes appear particularly relevant with regard to their implications for educational practice. The relationship between ECEC personnel and parents was considered a central issue in guaranteeing the quality of the children's experience and ECEC services were found to be an important resource of social support to parents. Since the beginning of ECEC experience in Italy, both educational practices and research have paid a particular attention to peer interaction inside the services, with a specific focus to the effect of contextual variables on their frequency and quality. Another major research theme was the evaluation of ECEC quality. In Italian experiences, evaluating ECEC quality was considered a dynamic and continuous process, involving a plurality of stakeholders (decision-makers, managers, ECEC personnel and parents) and was aimed at analysing, discussing, and improving the educational practice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.