Learning city concept is now one of the most significant outcomes of Unesco's thinking, in which education, rights, culture, and sustainability are intertwined in an integrated approach. Starting with the 2030 Agenda, the learning city becomes a laboratory for global citizenship, a place where…
The article, therefore, proposes Learning Cities as a theoretical model for engineering sustainable and inclusive urban development, focusing on the use of lifelong learning. In other words, it addresses how cities, which are already facing rapid rates of urbanisation and increasingly complex social…
The article frames the theme of Learning Cities by taking as an example the way in which the Open-Air Lab research group, within the MUSA project, has worked on the construction of a participatory culture of sustainability in the city of Milan. After outlining the theoretical framework of the…
For some time now, the prospects of the “learning city” paradigm have been discussed both in academia and within the policy-making communities. Speeches, publications, conferences and international congresses follow one another at short intervals, disseminating research results, interpretations…
In the wake of the Pedagogy of the Environment, which assumes sustainability as an interpretative-regulatory presupposition of human education, in order to educate to have regard for human relationships and with nature, direct encounters with works of art and places emblematic of a territory holds a…
The paper contextualizes the study activities within the Action 4.3 of the fourth objective programmed by the UN 2030 Agenda: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational, and tertiary education, including university. In this context, the…
The fragility of human existence, highlighted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, involved different areas of life on an individual and social level. Significance of the other/s has placed the whole world faced with the new ways of future planning, including education. From a pedagogical point of…
In recent years, concern about the reckless exploitation of natural resources and the violation of environmental resources has been increasingly growing, fuelling global political and economic debate. It is evident that the current scenario is the result of centuries of ill-considered human…
The Greek etymology of the word “crisis” indicates in the word “opportunity” the most appropriate translation into the Italian language. This was the horizon of the experience conducted with a group of students from a secondary school of first and second grade. Attempts have been made to…
The contribution presents the research-training implemented within the EduSostenibile project, funded by the “Con i Bambini Foundation”. The project proposal has promoted the birth and development of Educating Communities which has resulted in the construction of eight Territorial Educational…