FOR A SUSTAINABLE IDEA OF SCUOLA DIFFUSA (WIDESPREAD SCHOOL): MEANINGS, PRACTICES AND CHARACTERISTICS

This paper intends to illustrate the actions that led to the definition of a sustainable (valid, actualized, shared and feasible) idea of Widespread Education, founding concept of the three-year European ERASMUS+ project “Widespread School: innovating teaching approaches outside the classroom”. The project Widespread School, inspired by the Reggio Emilia “Scuola Diffusa” experience, aims at strengthening the alliance between school and territory and experiment an approach to education based on the idea of Education Outside the Classroom (EOtC). Evidence shows that EOtC, roughly defined as conducting curricular activities out of the school building, effectively enhances the capacity to learn. Starting from European theories, models and experiences, the concept has been defined to support and implement its effective development at the cultural, political and practical level (Index model).