Methodological skills and professional development for teachers of kindergarten and primary school: experience of in-service training ; Competenze metodologiche e sviluppo professionale degli insegnanti di scuola dell'infanzia e primaria: un'esperienza di formazione in servizio
From many years the construct of competence entered in the italian school as an educational target to achieve and around which rethink the teaching/learning paths.1 It is a complicated challenge that required and requires to the teachers of the schools of all levels a considerable commitement in terms of restructuring of consolidated practice in education and revision of the way of working inthe classroom. The paper proposes a reflection on the teacher's professional figure with particular reference to the methodological skills to be acquired in relation to this important paradigmatic change and to the importance of in service training for the improvement of those skills. In the firstpart we focus on the analysis of the teacher's professional figure and about the set of knowledge and skills that qualify him as such, with particular reference to the methodological skills required to meet the challenge of competence. In the second part we describe what is the challenge of competence and how this challenge is transposed by the legislature in the text of the National Guidelinesfor the curriculum in kindergarten and in the first cycle of education (September 2012). In the third part we describe an experience of in-service training for teachers of kindergarten and primary school which took place in the Comprehensive Institute of San Marzano sul Sarno with the aim toimprove the expertise in the didactic planning. In closing it tell about some products of this experience that have been developed by working groups during lab training hours. ; Nella scuola italiana da anni ha fatto irruzione il costrutto di competenza come traguardo formativo da raggiungere e intorno al quale ripensare i percorsi di insegnamento/apprendimento. Si tratta di una sfida complessa che ha richiesto e richiede agli insegnati delle scuole di ogni ordine e grado unimpegno notevole in termini di ristrutturazione delle prassi didattiche consolidate e di revisione del modo di lavorare in classe. Il contributo propone una riflessione sulla figura ...