“Learning by being”: integrated thinking and competencies to mark the difference from AIs

In this position paper, starting from the concept of competence and highlighting how competence frameworks always underlie a model of the individual’s operativeness in a specific context, an educational model is proposed in which scientific thinking and design thinking – both of which can be enhanced by computational thinking – are integrated. This model is associated with an integrated competence space and the development of a new paradigm – ‘learning by being’ – aimed at the harmonious development of the learner; a competency-based paradigm that could favor the transformation of the “factory-school” model introduced following the industrial revolution and help the human to mark its difference with the “artificial intelligences” (AIs).