Call for papers 2025. Chi l’ha detto che non si può? Educatori e pedagogisti nei servizi socio-sanitari e della salute

Call for Papers del Numero Monografico 2025 della Rivista Quaderni di pedagogia e pratiche educative dal titolo “Chi l’ha detto che non si può? Educatori e pedagogisti nei servizi socio-sanitari e della salute”.

The presence of socio-pedagogical professional educators and pedagogists is an important issue, involving many tens of thousands of professionals working in public services and in private services under agreement. Over time, the social and socio-healthcare services system has come to be structured around two professions that share the designation of “professional educator.”

The issue of the “dual educator” is a well-known problem, with roots going back several decades. The profession of professional educator entered the university system in 1991 through the track of “extra-school professional educator” within the (four-year) degree in Education Sciences. In 1998, however, following previous decades of experimentation in the healthcare field, the healthcare profession of “professional educator” was introduced. From that moment, for a long time, graduates in Education Sciences found themselves to be the profession that was always “missing something.” At first, what was “missing” was a professional definition comparable to that provided by the Bindi Decree of 1998; then, once this definition was obtained through Law 205/2017 and supplemented by Law 145/2018, what was missing was a professional order, once the register of professional educators was established under the authority of the Order of Medical Radiology Technicians and Healthcare Professions.

With the entry into force of the law establishing the professional order of pedagogical and educational professions, the framework has become clearer: two professions — that of the socio-pedagogical professional educator and that of the socio-healthcare professional educator; two degree programs (L19 on the one hand, SNT/2 on the other); two professional orders. 

The “asymmetric” dual educator, as defined in the legislation prior to Law 55/2024, has been transformed into a “symmetric” dual educator: two professions with different characteristics, which also operate within the same healthcare services, but with distinct focuses and specific features.

The new phase requires further reflection and analysis on the specific contribution of education within the wide range of activities implemented by the healthcare system, and on the differences between a rehabilitative approach and an educational approach.

Il numero 2/2025 della rivista Quaderni di pedagogia e pratiche educative sarà un numero monografico intento ad esplorare questi confini. Educatori professionali socio-pedagogici, pedagogisti, studenti, ricercatori e docenti sono invitati a presentare contributi redatti secondo le norme previste dalla Rivista.

The journal accepts the following contributions:

• Field research relative all’attività professionale dei professionisti dell’educazione. Devono avere lunghezza compresa tra i 30.000 e i 45.000 caratteri, inclusi abstract, note, parole chiave e bibliografia
• Theoretical contributions and reflections su problematiche di interesse connesso con l’attività professionale delle professioni pedagogiche ed educative. In questa categoria potranno essere accolti contributi di provenienza multidisciplinare (pedagogia, scienze sociali, diritto, psicologia) purché riferiti all’attività professionale concreta. I contributi di questo tipo devono avere lunghezza compresa tra i 20.000 e i 30.000 caratteri, inclusi abstract, note, parole chiave e bibliografia
• Description of educational practices, experiences, and projects. Devono avere lunghezza inferiore ai 20.000 caratteri, inclusi abstract, note, parole chiave e bibliografia
• Book reviews. Devono avere lunghezza inferiore ai 5.000 caratteri. Non devono includere abstract, note, parole chiave e bibliografia e non vengono sottoposti a revisione.

I contributi,, realizzati in italiano e in inglese, dovranno rispettare le modalità di invio previste e dovranno essere inviati entro il 20 novembre 2025 al seguente indirizzo rivista@quadernidipedagogia.it
The selection will be carried out on the basis of the following criteria: scientific relevance, originality, clarity, and consistency with the theme of the call.