La leadership pedagogica per la qualità dei servizi 0-6: modelli europei a confronto
Keywords:
leadership pedagogica, educazione e cura per la prima infanzia, servizi educativi per la prima infanzia, qualità educativa, policy educativaAbstract
La leadership pedagogica è un elemento chiave per la qualità dei servizi 0-6. Il contributo propone un confronto tra i modelli strutturali, di governance e sistematizzazione della leadership in Finlandia, Germania e Inghilterra – paesi con evidenze significative riguardo al tema – a partire dall’analisi di leggi, frameworks e linee guida ufficiali. Le implicazioni emerse sono discusse per politiche e formazioni per il contesto italiano, dove la leadership pedagogica è ancora in fieri, al fine di riconoscerla quale leva strategica per i servizi per la prima infanzia
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