In
western society, especially in the last decade, there has been an significant
increase in the number of children in educational poverty. This situation is the
consequence of multiple social factors that amplify the weaker subjects’
deprivation about their opportunities of learning and becoming active
protagonists of their own future. It is urgent to rethink the educational
system which, accepting the challenge of contrasting poverty, involves the
whole society, in particular strengthening a significant partnership between
school and families in a cooperation perspective. This paper explores the topic
of digital divide as form of educational poverty, underlining how some methods of communication
between school and parents can create or accentuate situations of digital
divide. The contribution also reflects about which particular features should
distinguish the school community as an environment for building and promoting relationships of
mutual recognition and inclusion.
Professore associato - MPED/03 - Didattica, Pedagogia speciale e Ricerca educativa; Editor in Chief of QTimes - Journal of Education Technology and Social Studies