“Crossings and Dwellings”: Trajectories in Formative Education

On March 27, 2024, Cristiano Casalini (Boston College) and Giancarla Sola (University of Genoa) organized the international Seminar “Form ative Education: International Perspectives”. This resulting article delves into the concepts of “human self-formation”, “education” and “cultural instruction” within the context of General Pedagogy in Italy. It compares Italian and American pedagogical perspectives, noting It aly’s humanistic traditions versus America’s focus on “teaching” and “schooling”. Despite these differences, both perspectives emphasize the centrality of human beings, suggesting the potential of a transcul tural paradigm strengthened by transgeographical pluralisms. This in dicates that the problems lie more in terminological translation rather than in a real underlying incompatibility.