Gymnasium education in times of School-Work Alternance

Abstract

The article describes the assumptions, the phases and the initial results of a pilot study on the implementation and the power effects of the last Italian school reform (L. 107/2015), focusing on the compulsory introduction of “School-Work Alternance” (ASL) projects in Gymnasium schools. The study is structured in three phases: a) the genealogical reconstruction of the normative frame in which compulsory ASL finds place b) a quality investigation that aims to map its ways of implementation and reception c) a critical reflection on the compulsory ASL implications upon the “pedagogical form” of the Gymnasium schools.