A new school for a new society. An experience of innovation and experimentation in the second half of the 20th century

This contribution aims to examine the birth and evolution of an idea of innovation and experimentation in the second half of the 20th century. The promotion and construction of a participatory, democratic, and collaborative school context are the result of a particular experience carried out by the principal Tranquillo Bertamini at the “G.B. Brocchi” high school of Bassano del Grappa. In line with the cultural comparison and collaboration with Mons. Erminio Filippin and Giovanni Gozzer, Bertamini looks to a new school for a new society through adopting specific intellectual processes that respond to the need to adapt schools appropriately to reality. He believes in the possible consolidation of community systems with widespread participation through a new school organization based on the “module”. The interdisciplinary approach becomes a habitual and necessary method for personal growth and for the development of individual attitudes and abilities that will find maximum expression in the community.