2014 Program
Event #16
Katia Provantini
Surviving Middle School
Learning disorders in the school environment are rising steeply. Growth assignments and school assignments often clash, to the extent that becoming a good student can be perceived as being a form of self-betrayal. When a child that age has a disappointing encounter with his or her peers, feelings of shame and estrangement can make the child wish to disappear. The subjects taught can at times bring relief, or else they can further burden an already precarious balance. Mathematics, for instance, with its rules and abstract language, can introduce order and distance in emotional disorder. History with its epic events can accentuate a sense of marginality. From this point of view, acquiring an awareness of what undermines the child’s relationship with study and knowledge can help them to take control of their own growth
psychologist and expert on problems related to growth, with particular reference to those having to do with school and learning. She does consulting with adolescents, parents, and couples in crisis, and training and activities with teachers and psychologists. She is currently president of the Cooperativa Minotauro; she coordinates network projects for orientation, the prevention of youth malaise and school drop-outs in collaboration with cities and local institutions. Her publications include: La scelta giusta. Orientarsi dopo la terza media, with A. Arcari (Franco Angeli, 2009); Scuola media: manuale di sopravvivenza (Mondadori, 2014).
Event #20
Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris, Marcello Massimini
The Secret of the Consciousness and its Measurement
