Prodromi dell’alternanza scuola-lavoro: la Ferme École di Meleto in Val d’Elsa

The contribution reconstructs the work of innovation carried out by Cosimo Ridolfi in Agricultural Institute Meleto Val d'Elsa, as a paradigmatic example relationship between theory and practice model school-work alternation. Through historical perspective, we want to highlight educational aspects practical conceptual activity operational contexts, especially agriculture, tradition inaugurated continued Lambruschini, which initiated true Tuscan school formal learning setting education training that has become European model.