Costruire reti solidali: la relazione tra famiglie e servizi per l’infanzia in una prospettiva pedagogica strengths-based

Abstract

Focusing on resources more easily generates experiences of interconnectedness, collaboration or educational solidarity that can amplify families’ individual resources by generating shared assets (in terms of social capital, Coleman, 1988); focusing on weaknesses or fragilities, on the contrary, seems to induce greater division or separation. The article reflects on the need for strengths-based pedagogical efforts on the part of Early Childhood Education and Care Services to promote networks “with” and “among” families, reconceptualizing the school-family relationship from the perspective of social capital and transformative pedagogy.