Didattica delle Scienze umane

Abstract

This essay intends to critically reflect on the pedagogical implications of the recently established subject “Scienze Umane” (Human Sciences) in the Italian secondary school curriculum. The research deals with this issue through analysis at different didactic levels. At the macrolevel, it investigates the articulation of the training and education system, whilst at the meso level the curriculum structuring is deeply examined. Finally, the micro level involves analysis of the teaching-learning connection and mediation. The study highlights the unique, heterogeneous, and atypical features of the subject and Liceo delle Scienze Umane, and ends with the suggestion that the didactic should be reconsidered in an integrated form for and with ‘digital natives’.