Restituire la mano al pensiero. Per una ecologia cognitiva della scrittura nella scuola contemporanea

Autori

  • Claudia Capaci university of palermo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4454/graphos.147

Parole chiave:

handwriting, phenomenology, embodied cognition, neuromotor warm-up, inclusive education.

Abstract

Riconfigurare la didattica della scrittura a mano, intesa come pratica cognitiva incarnata e warm-up neuromotorio, consente di superare il dilemma tra analogico e digitale. Entro una cornice che intreccia il pensare heideggeriano come ascolto e dimora nel linguaggio con una prospettiva semiotica e una fenomenologia del gesto, la scrittura manuale si rivela luogo in cui segno, corpo e mondo si co-costituiscono. Su queste basi viene proposto un modello pedagogico-operativo integrato per l’educazione alla lettura e alla scrittura nella scuola contemporanea: un impianto ecologico in tre fasi, sincronia neuromotoria, trascrizione intenzionale e scrittura per comprendere che orchestra le affordance complementari della mano, della penna digitale con feedback aptico e della tastiera. Le evidenze convergono: l’alfabeto si consolida congiuntamente come codice e programma motorio; variabilità del tratto stabilizza le rappresentazioni ortografiche; la produzione manuale attiva pattern di sincronizzazione più ricchi della digitazione e sostiene fluenza, decodifica e comprensione. Restituire la mano al pensiero emerge come scelta metodoogica consapevole al servizio di un sapere abitabile e condiviso.

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2026-03-06

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Capaci, C. (2026). Restituire la mano al pensiero. Per una ecologia cognitiva della scrittura nella scuola contemporanea. Graphos. Rivista Internazionale Di Pedagogia E Didattica Della Scrittura, 8, 89–98. https://doi.org/10.4454/graphos.147

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