La ricerca educativa come indagine riflessiva. Logiche non lineari

Claudio Melacarne

Abstract


Dewey was a major representative of progressive education and a most significant American philosopher. In comparison with a tradition in which practice was to be subordinate to theoretical abstract and formal knowledge, Dewey legitimized the idea that knowledge is always ‘knowledge in use’ and that science is the ‘pragmatic technology’ to transform practice. He rebalanced the relationships between theory and practice combining a historical-philosophical approach (dialectical process) with a learning theory (experiential learning). The educational research experience presented in this article has been solicited by Dewey studies and has taken place in cooperation with the organization ‘Confartigianato Imprese Arezzo’. Against this backdrop the paper aims to describe how Dewey’s theory of enquiry could be useful to reframe the methodological empirical research.

Riassunto: Dewey è stato certamente il massimo rappresentante della pedagogia progressiva e uno tra più significativi filosofi dell’educazione americani. Rispetto a una tradizione in cui l’esperienza era collocata a un livello subordinato alla conoscenza astratta e teorica, Dewey ha legittimato l’idea che il sapere è una ‘conoscenza in uso’ e che la scienza è la ‘tecnologia pragmatica’ attraverso la quale trasformare le pratiche. Egli ha cercato di riequilibrare il potere tra teoria e pratica integrando un approccio storico-filosofico (processo dialettico) con una teoria educativa fondata sulla riflessività (apprendimento esperienziale). La ricerca presentata utilizza da un lato la Teoria dell’Indagine di Dewey e, dall’altro, una esprienza di ricerca-azione, al fine di offrire spunti di riflessione critica su alcune attuali tendenze della ricerca empirica in educazione.


Keywords


Dewey and theory of inquiry; methodology of educational research; educational counselling

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