In the face of social disintegration and the apparent “unawareness” of younger generations—as exemplified by the CransMontana tragedy and recent incidents of youth aggression and violence—this paper proposes a shift in perspective: from a “culture of blame” to a culture of responsibility within educational and social contexts, interrogating their awareness and practices. Through a mixedmethods investigation conducted on a national sample of 584 school principals, this study examines perspectives and practices within learning environments aimed at safeguarding the right to educability and selfdetermination from a universal, equitydriven perspective. The findings reveal a significant gap between the legal institutional mandate and the pedagogical vision, as well as between value statements and actual practices. The data highlight how the fragmentation of contexts and the lack of unity in leadership postures underscore the urgent need for an educational governance capable of functioning as a metacognitive coordination of the educating community—connecting macro, meso, and micro levels. Furthermore, such governance must transform school collegial bodies into authentic spaces for research, participation, and lifeproject design. Evaluated through the paradigm of Special Pedagogy, this perspective guides a regeneration of educational roles capable of interpreting vulnerability and disintegration as systemic effects, thereby enabling every student to consciously construct both their own life project educating community.
Di fronte alla disgregazione sociale e all’apparente inconsapevolezza” delle nuove generazioni (esemplificata dalla tragedia di CransMontana e da recentissimi fatti di aggressione e violenza giovanile) il presente contributo propone un cambio di prospettiva: dalla “cultura della colpa” alla cultura della responsabilità dei contesti educativi e sociali, interrogandone consapevolezze e prassi. Attraverso un’indagine mixedmethods su un campione nazionale di 584 Dirigenti Scolastici, lo studio indaga opinioni e prassi nei contesti per l’apprendimento, finalizzate alla salvaguardia del diritto all’educabilità e all’autodeterminazione in chiave universale e volte all’equità, rilevando uno scarto significativo tra mandato giuridico-istituzionale e visione pedagogica, nonché tra dichiarazioni valoriali e pratiche effettivamente agite. I dati evidenziano come la frammentazione dei contesti e l’assenza di unitarietà nelle posture dirigenziali rendano urgente una governance educazionale capace di funzionare come regia metacognitiva della comunità educante, connettendo macro, meso e micro livelli, e di trasformare gli organi collegiali in spazi autentici di ricerca, partecipazione e progettualità di vita. Tale prospettiva, riletta attraverso il paradigma della Pedagogia Speciale, orienta la rigenerazione dei ruoli educativi capace di interpretare vulnerabilità e disgregazione come effetti sistemici e abilita ogni studente alla costruzione consapevole del proprio progetto di vita insieme alla comunità educante.
Rossi, S. (2026). Oltre la frammentazione e la vulnerabilità: la governance educazionale come riequilibratore sistemico dei contesti. Il ruolo del dirigente scolastico = Beyond fragmentation and vulnerability: educational governance as a systemic rebalancer of contexts. the role of the school principal. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR INCLUSION, XIV(1), 144-152 [10.7346/sipes-01-2026-14].
Oltre la frammentazione e la vulnerabilità: la governance educazionale come riequilibratore sistemico dei contesti. Il ruolo del dirigente scolastico = Beyond fragmentation and vulnerability: educational governance as a systemic rebalancer of contexts. the role of the school principal
Stefania Rossi
Primo
2026
Abstract
In the face of social disintegration and the apparent “unawareness” of younger generations—as exemplified by the CransMontana tragedy and recent incidents of youth aggression and violence—this paper proposes a shift in perspective: from a “culture of blame” to a culture of responsibility within educational and social contexts, interrogating their awareness and practices. Through a mixedmethods investigation conducted on a national sample of 584 school principals, this study examines perspectives and practices within learning environments aimed at safeguarding the right to educability and selfdetermination from a universal, equitydriven perspective. The findings reveal a significant gap between the legal institutional mandate and the pedagogical vision, as well as between value statements and actual practices. The data highlight how the fragmentation of contexts and the lack of unity in leadership postures underscore the urgent need for an educational governance capable of functioning as a metacognitive coordination of the educating community—connecting macro, meso, and micro levels. Furthermore, such governance must transform school collegial bodies into authentic spaces for research, participation, and lifeproject design. Evaluated through the paradigm of Special Pedagogy, this perspective guides a regeneration of educational roles capable of interpreting vulnerability and disintegration as systemic effects, thereby enabling every student to consciously construct both their own life project educating community.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
144-152+-+14.+Rossi S. 2026 ITALIAN_JOURNAL_SPECIAL_EDUCATION_FOR_INCLUSION.pdf
accesso aperto
Tipo:
Versione (PDF) editoriale / Version Of Record
Licenza:
Licenza per Accesso Aperto. Creative Commons Attribuzione (CCBY)
Dimensione
280.8 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
280.8 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri |
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.



