Pedagogical urgencies "in the family": contemporary research trends and perspectives in Italy

Abstract

Why has the subject of family relationships become so deeply embedded in pedagogical research? What theoretical and practical implications has the shift from the family to families and to family relationships brought about? What perspectives and actions challenge and engage the pedagogy of family relationships today? Pedagogical research is practically and therefore ethically involved in exploring these issues and in outlining reflections aimed at guiding educational practices directed at the promotion, prevention, and protection of family relationships, as well as fostering the growth of the human person in their individual and plural expressions. The opening essay of the Focus aims to legitimize the above questions and draw the lines of development of the topics proposed within it.