The Pizzigoni Experimental Method in Sara Bertuzzi’s Diaries

Fundaments of Childhood Education

By: Sandra Chistolini

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Giuseppina Pizzigoni was a contemporary of Maria Montessori. While one is world-famous and the other unknown, both were protagonists of profound change in the Italian school system. This study explores Pizzigoni's innovative method, continued by her disciple Sara Bertuzzi.

This study sheds new light on childhood education, and reveals Giuseppina Pizzigoni as a contemporary educator of Maria Montessori. While the former is almost unknown…

This study sheds new light on childhood education, and reveals Giuseppina Pizzigoni as a contemporary educator of Maria Montessori. While the former is almost unknown and the latter enjoys worldwide fame, both were protagonists of the profound changes in the Italian school system in the 20th century. Their lives developed in parallel, and both great women loved school, respected children, and believed in the strength of education. Pizzigoni’s disciple Sara Bertuzzi later picked up the baton, and continued the impulse of innovation, freedom, inclusion and sustainability, faithful to the features and fundaments of Pizzigoni’s pedagogy and methodology. She became the only expert in the field of the new school, and her diaries highlight the theory and practice of the experimental method in both kindergarten and preschool.

Sandra Chistolini, PhD, is Full Professor of General and Social Pedagogy at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her research interests are comparative education, intercultural and citizenship education, teacher education, curriculum development, innovation strategies of teaching and learning, theory and practice of school methods, and outdoor education. She is a member of the Scientific Boards of a number of international journals in education, and was nominated for the International Biographical Centre Woman of the Year in 2017. She is the author of some 500 monographs and scientific articles, including Vico and Tagore. The Humanistic Pedagogy beyond Boundaries (2014), Decoding the Disciplines in European Institutions of Higher Education: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching and Learning (2019), and the journal article “The Turning Point of Italian Scientific Pedagogy in the School of Maria Montessori and Giuseppina Pizzigoni” in European Journal of Educational Sciences (2020).

Hardback

ISBN: 1-5275-7412-1
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-7412-0
Date of Publication: 2021-10-18

Paperback

ISBN: 1-0364-2641-6
ISBN13: 978-1-0364-2641-5
Date of Publication: 2024-12-13

Ebook

ISBN: 1-5275-7516-0
ISBN13: 978-1-5275-7516-5
Date of Publication: 2024-12-13

Category: Social Sciences, Education, Education

Pages: 405

Subject Codes:

BIC: JNLA, JNMT, VFXC
THEMA: JNLA, JNMT, VFXC

Pages: 405

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Sandra Chistolini

Giuseppina Pizzigoni’s 20th Century Pedagogy of the Kindergarten