The thesis explores the relationship between ecological crisis, the crisis of humanity, and education, highlighting the need for a new relational and complex paradigm. The first chapter analyzes Bauman's liquid modernity, Bateson’s fragmentation of knowledge, and the ecocide denounced by Carson, emphasizing the urgency of an education capable of fostering ecological awareness and planetary responsibility. The second chapter delves into the rediscovery of nature as a place of regeneration and learning, through concepts of biophilia, deep ecology, and interdependence (Thoreau, Naess, Orr, Wilson), showing how direct contact with living beings promotes cognitive, affective, and social development. The third chapter focuses on transformative education: immersive learning, ecological pedagogies, and complex thinking become tools to form conscious citizens, responsible toward the biosphere and capable of sustainable action. The fourth chapter presents a theoretical project on educational beekeeping for upper secondary school students as a means to apply experiential, systemic, and responsible learning. Beekeeping fosters cognitive, practical, socio-emotional, and civic skills, strengthens the connection with nature and care for the territory, and proposes a model of integral and replicable education capable of promoting sustainable development and ecological citizenship.
La tesi esplora il legame tra crisi ecologica, crisi dell’umano e educazione, evidenziando la necessità di un nuovo paradigma relazionale e complesso. Il primo capitolo analizza la modernità liquida di Bauman, la frammentazione del sapere di Bateson e l’ecocidio denunciato da Carson, sottolineando l’urgenza di un’educazione capace di promuovere consapevolezza ecologica e responsabilità planetaria. Il secondo capitolo approfondisce la riscoperta della natura come luogo di rigenerazione e apprendimento, attraverso concetti di biofilia, ecologia profonda e interdipendenza (Thoreau, Naess, Orr, Wilson), evidenziando come il contatto diretto con il vivente favorisca sviluppo cognitivo, affettivo e sociale. Il terzo capitolo si concentra sull’educazione trasformativa: l’apprendimento immersivo, le pedagogie ecologiche e il pensiero complesso diventano strumenti per formare cittadini consapevoli, responsabili verso la biosfera e capaci di azione sostenibile. Il quarto capitolo presenta un progetto teorico di apicoltura educativa per studenti delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado, come strumento per applicare l’apprendimento esperienziale, sistemico e responsabile. L’apicoltura favorisce competenze cognitive, pratiche, socio-emotive e civiche, rafforza il legame con la natura e la cura del territorio, proponendo un modello di educazione integrale e replicabile, capace di promuovere sviluppo sostenibile e cittadinanza ecologica.
La natura maestra: educazione ambientale, ecosofia e apicoltura per uno sviluppo sostenibile
SERAFINI, MARA
2024/2025
Abstract
The thesis explores the relationship between ecological crisis, the crisis of humanity, and education, highlighting the need for a new relational and complex paradigm. The first chapter analyzes Bauman's liquid modernity, Bateson’s fragmentation of knowledge, and the ecocide denounced by Carson, emphasizing the urgency of an education capable of fostering ecological awareness and planetary responsibility. The second chapter delves into the rediscovery of nature as a place of regeneration and learning, through concepts of biophilia, deep ecology, and interdependence (Thoreau, Naess, Orr, Wilson), showing how direct contact with living beings promotes cognitive, affective, and social development. The third chapter focuses on transformative education: immersive learning, ecological pedagogies, and complex thinking become tools to form conscious citizens, responsible toward the biosphere and capable of sustainable action. The fourth chapter presents a theoretical project on educational beekeeping for upper secondary school students as a means to apply experiential, systemic, and responsible learning. Beekeeping fosters cognitive, practical, socio-emotional, and civic skills, strengthens the connection with nature and care for the territory, and proposes a model of integral and replicable education capable of promoting sustainable development and ecological citizenship.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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