Pratiche quotidiane e <em>professionalità in azione</em>: il ruolo degli educatori nei Centri per bambini e famiglie

Abstract

This article describes how Italian educators operate in the Centers for Children and Families by discussing the analyses of the observations and the interviews conducted in a sample of 40 CBF involved in the project Together. First finding highlight the variety of profiles, attitudes, competences, level of professionalisms and practices of the educators involved in these centers, while give evidence of the increasing complexities of working with children and adults together and also show significant gaps between the ‘discourse’ of the educators on their role, and the practices observed. Emergent is the need of professional development and of innovative/new opportunities of professional grown.