The Last Thirty Years of the 20th Century of Italian Education According to Mauro Laenga

Abstract

The paper is based on the public speeches delivered by M. Laenga, a contemporary professor of Rome University La Sapienza. Thus the paper presents the main currents, educational technologies, clashes and contestation, and also perspectives and ways of pursuing education over the last thirty years in Italy. Characterizing the main currents, attention was focused on the development of Catholic, Marxist education, and secular democracy. The specific character of the development of social education, sociology of education, comparative education, special and occupational formation have also been indicated. The final part has outlined the perspectives for the development of education as a humanistic science, using the achievements of other sciences.