DIGITAL BRIDGES: INCLUSIVE PEDAGOGY TRAINING FOR FUTURE TEACHERS IN STEAM TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FROM UNIVERSITY THEORY TO SCHOOL PRACTICE.

The educational reform in Italy has recently introduced STEAM (DM 147 30.04.2021) in schools with a top-down approach. As an applied anthropologist, I have identified a significant gap: future teachers, despite belonging to the young generations, find themselves unprepared in the implementation of these methodologies. Recent anthropological research, particularly that which emerged during the pandemic, highlights how digital learning, new technologies, and artificial intelligence require a research attitude to effectively analyze learning processes. Applied research, combined with STEAM, promotes critical reflection in teachers and develops metacognitive skills in students, encouraging interdisciplinary approaches and overcoming the isolation of individual disciplines. Without this reflective approach, STEAM risks being reduced to mechanical and uncritical learning. STEAM methodologies represent not only an agenda for training personnel with technical skills, but a catalyst for systemic change in education, which requires a redefinition of learning as a collaborative and socially integrated process, oriented towards the co-creation of a sustainable future. Keywords: Anthropology of higher education; applied anthropology and STEAM; interdisciplinarity; training and learning for future teachers.