Cultura della sostenibilità e green skills: considerazioni pedagogiche sui nessi tra formazione professionale del docente e dimensione esistenziale adulta

Abstract

The article addresses the issue of so-called "green skills", that is, skills for sustainability, in relation to the role and educational function of the teacher. In this perspective, we investigate those dimensions that structure both the professional profile in the strict sense, and the adult identity of those who teach / educate, considering effective this vision for building stable, integrated and fruitful skills both in thinking and acting as an adult and a teacher at the same time. The article also deals with the difficult challenge of the transition from being informed to being educated and the concepts of ecological consciousness and wisdom, identifying in some practices of adult education – narrative learning and transformative learning – tools and strategies to develop and embrace a culture of sustainability to be developed in teaching / learning processes that involve the adult self and the relationship between teacher and students.