Oltre l’autonomia autoreferenziale. La dimensione culturale della scuola e della formazione

The paper aims to reflect on the issue of autonomy concerning the state of health of the Italian school and its training and educational potential. From a non-positive balance of the autonomic option and its application to educational practice, the article will identify an alternative way to give back to the Italian school its central role. This role would allow the school to be the engine of human learning and education, creator of critical minds, maker of culture, of so-called Latin “curiositas”, and Greek “paideia”, all concepts so far from any subjugation to technified and ornamental visions of learning, training, and education.