Abstract
Ulisse Adorni (1942-1991) dedicated his life to young people, first as an elementary school teacher, then as councilor for youth policies in the town of Parma. Inspired by don Lorenzo Milani, Célestin Freinet and Jacques Maritain, deeply catholic, in touch with the educational cooperation movement and with Franco Basaglia, he left a pedagogical legacy that deserves to be rediscovered for the relevance of his intuitions. Traits of libertarian pedagogy and integral humanism merge in Adorni’s proposal. Based on the analysis of material from the Lottici-Adorni family private archive and on some interviews, the article introduces some distinctive features of Ulisse Adorni’s progressive school, including playful imprinting, inclusive teaching, openness to local areas and cooperative community building. Moreover, the teacher’s position on school evaluation, the singular nature of some innovative school texts edited by Adorni for Marietti publisher and the main proposals for young people developed during his councillorship are also addressed.
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