Civic Education as a new paradigm in the post Covid-19 complexity school

Abstract

This paper proposes the impact of Covid-19 on the world and in particular on the school together with the measures put in place to overcome the storm that has engulfed scholastic population. In accordance with a new vision of the school and the welfare state that must be redefined in order to adequately carry out their role, combining the welfare aspect with the promotional one, transversal teaching Civic Education, as a new paradigm, can give to the community in terms of the development of resilience, skills and change in behavior with a view to solidarity, cooperation and responsibility. In its evolution over time, the transversal teaching of Civic Education is analyzed within the framework of the current school, between strengths and problems, as a potential tool for reflection inside and outside the school context, in the context of ongoing critical issues. Starting from these reflections, the last section identifies Philosophy for Children, Service Learning, Debate as a pedagogical-didactic approaches that can promote civic action and civic / democratic values in school and extra-school educational contexts.