Le onorificenze scolastiche agli «apostoli dei tempi nuovi». Memoria scolastica pubblica e rappresentazione del personale scolastico durante il fascismo. Parte prima

The paper aims to investigate public school memory during the fascist regime through school honours. The honour and the associated insignia, the diploma as well as the medal, represent an artefact that in the context of the mass society that connotes Fascist Italy, acquires multiple meanings. Decorations become an instrument aimed at supporting the process of fascisation of the teaching staff, the school system and the Italian extracurricular system. The analysis is conducted on several levels. After the presentation of the forms of honours instituted during the twenty years of Fascism, the analysis dwells on the reports of the commissions set up to evaluate the proposals and celebratory moments for the awarding of the honours with the aim of delving into the models of teacher and schoolmistress conveyed through the awarding of the recognitions to the school personnel, to the people and bodies that distinguished themselves during the twenty years of Fascism.