Educational practices and action research in multicultural perspective

Abstract

This contribution offers a reflection on the importance of the autobiographic/narrative method in education. Employed at school, this approach (which, in addition to writing, also uses verbal narratives, drawings, images, objects and music) proves to be a useful educational tool, not only because it allows children to improve their cognitive, reflective and metacognitive skills, as well as their emotional-relational ones, but also because it represents a fundamental tool for teachers, who in this way are able to deepen their understanding of the dynamics of the class and thus better structure the educational setting.

Keywords: Education, interculturality, autobiographical method,
self-cognition, educational relationship