This chapter examines educational continuity within Italy’s integrated early childhood education and care system from birth to age six. Drawing on the conceptual triad of right, tension, and practice, continuity is understood not simply as coordination between the 0–3 and 3–6 sectors, but as the capacity to provide children with coherent, progressive, and non-fragmented educational experiences. The chapter discusses the national regulatory and pedagogical framework, the curricular and organisational dimensions of continuity, and the role of pedagogical coordination, documentation, observation, joint training, professional networks, and partnerships with families. Particular attention is paid to the Milan context and to evidence from the EDUFIRST project, highlighting the importance of professional reflexivity and organisational conditions in sustaining continuity. The chapter ultimately frames continuity as a key criterion of quality and equity in the 0–6 system and as a shared responsibility across professionals, services, and governance levels.

Il contributo analizza la continuità educativa nel sistema integrato 0–6, interpretandola attraverso la triade diritto, tensione e pratica. La continuità è intesa non come semplice raccordo tra servizi 0–3 e scuola dell’infanzia, ma come capacità di garantire percorsi educativi coerenti, progressivi e non frammentati. Il capitolo esamina il quadro normativo e pedagogico, le dimensioni curricolari e organizzative, il ruolo del coordinamento pedagogico e gli strumenti che sostengono concretamente la continuità, tra cui osservazione, documentazione, formazione congiunta e reti professionali. Una specifica attenzione è dedicata al contesto milanese e alle evidenze emerse nel progetto EDUFIRST. La continuità emerge così come criterio di qualità ed equità del sistema 0–6 e come responsabilità condivisa tra professionisti, servizi e livelli di governance.

Lamberti, M., Locati, F., Dodi, E., Continuity in the integrated 0–6 system. Right, tension and practice, in Collet-Sabé, J., Olmos, G., Paniagua, A. (ed.), Towards a New Global and Responsive Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care Services, Peter Lang International Scientific Publications (P.I.E.), Bruxelles 2026: 145- 164. 10.3726/b24200 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/346418]

Continuity in the integrated 0–6 system. Right, tension and practice

Lamberti, Mattia
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Dodi, Elisabetta
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2026

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This chapter examines educational continuity within Italy’s integrated early childhood education and care system from birth to age six. Drawing on the conceptual triad of right, tension, and practice, continuity is understood not simply as coordination between the 0–3 and 3–6 sectors, but as the capacity to provide children with coherent, progressive, and non-fragmented educational experiences. The chapter discusses the national regulatory and pedagogical framework, the curricular and organisational dimensions of continuity, and the role of pedagogical coordination, documentation, observation, joint training, professional networks, and partnerships with families. Particular attention is paid to the Milan context and to evidence from the EDUFIRST project, highlighting the importance of professional reflexivity and organisational conditions in sustaining continuity. The chapter ultimately frames continuity as a key criterion of quality and equity in the 0–6 system and as a shared responsibility across professionals, services, and governance levels.
2026
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Towards a New Global and Responsive Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care Services
9783034365871
9783034365888
9783034365895
Peter Lang International Scientific Publications (P.I.E.)
Lamberti, M., Locati, F., Dodi, E., Continuity in the integrated 0–6 system. Right, tension and practice, in Collet-Sabé, J., Olmos, G., Paniagua, A. (ed.), Towards a New Global and Responsive Approach to Early Childhood Education and Care Services, Peter Lang International Scientific Publications (P.I.E.), Bruxelles 2026: 145- 164. 10.3726/b24200 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/346418]
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