Everyday life is part of everyone’s experience: it is the stable, reassuring background of our daily expe-riences, the realm of certainty, stability, obviousness and—at least apparently—irrelevance. Preciselydue to its ordinary nature, everyday life typically remains unnoticed, rarely drawing our attentionor the interests of scientific research. Adopting a phenomenological approach to educational events,this article challenges this conception by theoretically discussing and empirically illustrating the edu-cational value inherent to ordinary life and the small talks that punctuate it. Focusing particularly onfamily conversations, the article demonstrates how apparently banal parent-child interactions encap-sulateworldviewsand moralmeanings, tacitly ratifying them andpassingthem on tonew generations.By enlightening the educational value of everyday family life and talks, the article makes relevant theneed for a reflexive approach to ordinary experiences, fostering our awareness and “epistemic vigi-lance” toward the constitutive educational power of everyday life and social interactions.

La vita quotidiana fa parte dell’esperienza di ognuno di noi. Sfondo stabile e rassicurante delle nostre esperienze, è il regno della certezza, dell’ovvietà e – almeno apparentemente – dell’irrilevanza. Proprio a causa della sua natura ordinaria, la vita quotidiana passa inosservata, attirando raramente la nostra attenzione o l’interesse della ricerca scientifica. Adottando un approccio fenomenologico agli eventi educativi, questo articolo sfida tale concezione del quotidiano, mostrandone il valore educati-vo. Concentrandosi in particolare sulle conversazioni familiari, l’articolo argomenta teoricamente e dimostra empiricamente come interazioni apparentemente banali tra genitori e figli racchiudano visioni del mondo e significati morali, ratificandoli tacitamente e tramandandoli alle nuove generazioni. Mettendo in luce il valore educativo della vita quotidiana e delle conversazioni familiari di tutti i giorni, l’articolo sottolinea la necessità di un approccio riflessivo alle esperienze ordinarie, promuovendo consapevolezza e “vigilanza epistemica” rispetto al potere educativo del quotidiano e delle interazioni sociali.

Colla, V. (2026). Everyday life as an educational arena: Common sense, morality, and socialization in ordinary parent-child interactions = La vita quotidiana come arena educativa: Senso comune e socializzazione morale nelle interazioni quotidiane tra genitori e figli. ENCYCLOPAIDEIA, 30(75), 13-25 [10.60923/issn.1825-8670/22826].

Everyday life as an educational arena: Common sense, morality, and socialization in ordinary parent-child interactions = La vita quotidiana come arena educativa: Senso comune e socializzazione morale nelle interazioni quotidiane tra genitori e figli

Colla, Vittoria
2026

Abstract

Everyday life is part of everyone’s experience: it is the stable, reassuring background of our daily expe-riences, the realm of certainty, stability, obviousness and—at least apparently—irrelevance. Preciselydue to its ordinary nature, everyday life typically remains unnoticed, rarely drawing our attentionor the interests of scientific research. Adopting a phenomenological approach to educational events,this article challenges this conception by theoretically discussing and empirically illustrating the edu-cational value inherent to ordinary life and the small talks that punctuate it. Focusing particularly onfamily conversations, the article demonstrates how apparently banal parent-child interactions encap-sulateworldviewsand moralmeanings, tacitly ratifying them andpassingthem on tonew generations.By enlightening the educational value of everyday family life and talks, the article makes relevant theneed for a reflexive approach to ordinary experiences, fostering our awareness and “epistemic vigi-lance” toward the constitutive educational power of everyday life and social interactions.
2026
Colla, V. (2026). Everyday life as an educational arena: Common sense, morality, and socialization in ordinary parent-child interactions = La vita quotidiana come arena educativa: Senso comune e socializzazione morale nelle interazioni quotidiane tra genitori e figli. ENCYCLOPAIDEIA, 30(75), 13-25 [10.60923/issn.1825-8670/22826].
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