La direzione delle scuole elementari in vent’anni della rivista «Scuola Italiana Moderna» (1946-1966)

In the decades from 1946 to 1966, the Italian school was heading towards those changes that, with the social and cultural revolution of 1968 and the emanation of the Delegated Decrees of 1974, would radically change its structure, as well as the appearance and function of head teachers. The professional journal «Scuola Italiana Moderna» gave voice both to the pedagogy of the Catholic area, albeit with some borrowing from neo-idealist pedagogy, and to the militant school and those who carried out the role of head teacher with commitment. The aim is to capture the debate of that historical moment on the evolving role and changing function of school management by analysing the obituaries as a unique historical source. By highlighting the alternating and intertwining positions presented in these articles (they are sometimes even discordant), the study seeks to understand the collective memory that was intended to be conveyed.