In recent years, AIUCD, in collaboration with other associations, including AICC, has expanded its efforts to train humanities teachers in schools. This paper presents and reflects on two ongoing experiments at the Liceo ‘G. A. De Cosmi’ in Palermo, which emerged in part from a teacher training course on the educational use of Wikipedia and Wikisource, organized by AIUCD and AICC. In the first experiment, students were guided in creating or editing Wikipedia pages related to Italian literature and modern history. In the second, they developed an Atlas of European Cultural Lexicon, a hypertext presented as a Wikibook, featuring analyses of key terms essential for the study of European history, philosophy, and literature. This paper explores the pedagogical foundations, conceptual framework, and objectives of these initiatives while also assessing their outcomes. It highlights critical challenges, areas for improvement, and the actual impact on students’ education. The creation of teaching materials in the form of Wikipedia articles or Wikibooks is particularly relevant at ‘De Cosmi’ High School, located in a suburban area of Palermo, a Mediterranean city facing significant challenges related to social inequality and urban cohesion, as many students at ‘De Cosmi’ come from disadvantaged sociocultural backgrounds and do not have access to textbooks.
Negli ultimi anni l’AIUCD si è aperta, in collaborazione con altre associazioni, tra cui l’AICC, alla formazione dei docenti di discipline umanistiche nelle scuole. Il presente contributo illustra e riflette su due sperimentazioni in corso presso il Liceo ‘G. A. De Cosmi’ di Palermo, nate anche dallo stimolo di un corso di aggiornamento docenti sull’uso didattico di Wikipedia e Wikisource, organizzato da AIUCD e AICC. In una prima esperienza gli studenti sono stati guidati a creare o editare pagine Wikipedia riguardanti la letteratura italiana e la storia moderna. In una seconda, sono stati accompagnati nella creazione di un ‘Atlante del lessico culturale europeo’, ovvero un ipertesto, sotto forma di Wikibook, con approfondimenti su parole chiave importanti per lo studio della storia, della filosofia e delle letterature europee. Oltre a illustrare i presupposti pedagogici, la rete concettuale e gli obiettivi di queste sperimentazioni, l’intervento ne traccerà un bilancio, sottolineandone i punti critici, gli ambiti di miglioramento e le effettive ricadute sulla formazione degli studenti. La creazione di materiali didattici sotto forma di articolo Wikipedia o di libro Wikibooks ha un’utilità particolare nel contesto del Liceo ‘De Cosmi’, collocato in un’area periferica di Palermo, città del Mediterraneo con notevoli problemi di sperequazioni sociali, coesione urbanistica e sociale: molti studenti del ‘De Cosmi’, infatti, provengono da contesti socioculturali disagiati e non acquistano i libri di testo.
Piattaforme wiki per l’insegnamento umanistico: sperimentazioni in corso nel Liceo ‘De Cosmi’ di Palermo
Paolo Monella
;Antonino Fiorino;
2025-01-01
Abstract
In recent years, AIUCD, in collaboration with other associations, including AICC, has expanded its efforts to train humanities teachers in schools. This paper presents and reflects on two ongoing experiments at the Liceo ‘G. A. De Cosmi’ in Palermo, which emerged in part from a teacher training course on the educational use of Wikipedia and Wikisource, organized by AIUCD and AICC. In the first experiment, students were guided in creating or editing Wikipedia pages related to Italian literature and modern history. In the second, they developed an Atlas of European Cultural Lexicon, a hypertext presented as a Wikibook, featuring analyses of key terms essential for the study of European history, philosophy, and literature. This paper explores the pedagogical foundations, conceptual framework, and objectives of these initiatives while also assessing their outcomes. It highlights critical challenges, areas for improvement, and the actual impact on students’ education. The creation of teaching materials in the form of Wikipedia articles or Wikibooks is particularly relevant at ‘De Cosmi’ High School, located in a suburban area of Palermo, a Mediterranean city facing significant challenges related to social inequality and urban cohesion, as many students at ‘De Cosmi’ come from disadvantaged sociocultural backgrounds and do not have access to textbooks.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


