Il contributo della lettura ad una "pedagogia della comprensione". Contribution of reading activies to "a pedagogy of comprehension"

The numerous initiatives on reading practices darw attention to the educational value it holds, a significance that Comenio and Campanella had already grasped. Reading is a cognitive and emotional act through which the reader explores reality, acquires new knowledge, becomes aware of other thoughts and experiences, and open up to emotions and experiences of which they become a part through pages and texts, capable of bridging between people. In this perspective, one can identify in reading the premises for a pedagogy of understanding that, even as it unites author and reader in ideas and experiences, still generates different perspectives on the world and life.