Exploring practices, problems and cultural challenges of Italian teachers in the digital era

According to the wide unbalanced spread of ICT in today’s society, schools has been required to strategically approach new teaching methods and practices aiming at continuous skills, updating and digital competencies training. In opposition to the most spread criticisms about the school immobility, this research hypothesizes that there are interesting educational innovation spaces carried out by a large number of teachers who promote research and educational experimentation. The main goal of this research is detecting practices, customs and digital skills that are widespread within educational institutions. Thus, this paper discusses a pilot study focused on testing questionnaires measuring the goal and descriptive analyzing data for exploring, from the teachers’ point of view, the forces of innovation and the tensions that fuel the Digital educational system.