Promoting Problematizing Competence Through the 3RPlay System: The Case of the STEREO Project

Given the complex context within which they work, education professionals are no longer able to approach problems by reconstructing certain and decisive answers. Rather, this context requires exercising the skills of reflection, research and deliberation necessary to collectively (among professionals, people and communities) rebuild sustainable and promising management strategies. The article presents and discusses a new training system developed by the “REFLECT” research group at the University of Turin focused on precisely these skills: the 3RPlay system (Reflecting, Researching, Replying). 3RPlay is a digital training system for professionals engaged in various fields (school, sport, cinema, circus, health, media education, etc.) and has generated outcomes of particular educational interest as part of the “STEREO” research project involving coaches and primary school teachers with the aim of building synergies between school and sports.