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Editorial: Play, learning and training in educational services for 0-6 year olds: pedagogical crossovers between analogue and digital
Early childhood education has always experienced a creative tension between tradition and innovation, between the deep…
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Outdoor Play and Ecological Learning: Towards an Integrated Sustainability between Green and Blue Literacies
In a time marked by ecological crisis and digital transformations, new educational challenges are emerging from early…
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From real play to virtual play in educational services for 0-6 years old: educational practices
This article describes a theoretical and practical reflection on the use of games, gamification, serious games and…
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Universal Design of Learning, gamification and artificial intelligence: an integrated model for teacher education
The recent Universal Design of Learning (UDL) 3.0 Guidelines highlight the value of cultivating joy and play through…
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Training educators in playful multimodality. Media literacy and play in services 0-6
In the context of the post-digital society, educators working with children aged 0–6 are required to develop advanced…
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Pretend play as a tool for enhancing executive functions in children at risk of ADHD
Pretend play has been a central theme for many developmental scholars: for Freud, for example, imaginary playful…
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Playing, not producing: the transformative power of open-ended play in ECECs
Open-ended play emerges as a profoundly democratic educational practice: it fosters active participation, stimulates…
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Designing inclusive outdoor play environments: an intersectional approach in early Childhood
The creation of inclusive play environments represents a fundamental challenge for contemporary pedagogy, especially…
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Play and learning within hybrid environments as a new frontier for early childhood
In recent years, following the Covid-19 pandemic, Early Childhood Education and Care services for children aged 0–6…
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Editorial: They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds
The phrase ‘They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds’, attributed to the Greek poet…
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When education saves lives
Roma Tre University, which I have the honour of leading, has joined the UNICORE (University COrridors for REfugees)…
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The principle of nonviolence in education
The article explores the principle of nonviolence as a pedagogical perspective, necessary in a present marked by the…
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Altruism or Barbarism. Or, Si vis pacem… nurture peace. A tribute to Juliano Mer Khamis and Vittorio Arrigoni
In a time like the present, once again marked by widespread recourse to war, by genocides, by the killing of tens of…
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Genocide in Gaza and the Crisis of International Law
The word genocide, in addition to its legal meaning, also has a symbolic value. The legal notion of genocide, which as…
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Genocide and the Global Sumūd Flotilla: Pedagogical Reflections for the Formation of Critical Subjectivities
The article examines the genocidal apparatus and the actions of the Global Sumūd Flotilla (GSF) in the face of the…
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The experience of the Global Sumūd Flotilla between pirate imagery and grassroots diplomacy: there is no peace without liberation
In July 2025, a small fleet of over 40 boats, with crews from 44 different countries, set sail from the ports of…
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When words fall silent. Gaza, educide and the link between critical pedagogy and politics
This contribution examines the war in Gaza as an extreme case to explore the relationship between critical pedagogy and…
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Remaining Human in Dehumanizing Contexts: Sumūd as an Educational and Political Practice
The article analyzes Sumūd as an educational and political practice within the dehumanizing context of Palestine,…
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Historical-educational training courses exploring history, memories, and conflicts. The Shoah between crystallization and relationship with the present
This article offers a reflection on the historical-educational processes related to the Jewish Holocaust and its…
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War and Peace: Stories of Educational Resistance and Female Sumūd
War (conceived and largely carried out by men), as well as forms of education aligned with the ideologies that usually…
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Sumūd: when resistance is feminist
From a critical, decolonial and intersectional feminist perspective, this contribution analyses the ways in which…
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Together in Our Grief, Imagining a Shared Future: rehearsal for a ‘Third Narrative’ in Israel-Palestine
This paper explores a possible third narrative in the Israel-Palestine context, focusing on spatial perspective and…
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The Tree and the Thread: Narrating Palestine Between Memory and Future
Is it possible to construct a narrative on Palestine that restores dignity and memory to the history of a people and…
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Staying, Crossing, Remembering. Sumūd as a Civic, Pedagogical, and Poetic Stance
This article investigates ṣumūd as an ethical, political, and pedagogical practice articulated through the movements…
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Funūn: resisting artistically
The essay provides an overview of the dynamics within the Palestinian art scene, suspended between native territories…
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Responses to scholasticide: between art, school and the right to study
In recent years, we have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of minors involved in war contexts, and the…
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Sumūd as a response to scholasticide: the report of Operazione Colomba and a Palestinian student
This article analyzes the phenomenon of scholasticide in Palestine. Through dialogue with a Palestinian student and…
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Educating the city, transforming the future. The Learning City paradigm
The concept of Learning City promoted by UNESCO represents an innovative political vision that places lifelong learning…
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Learning Cities and the culture of peace. Unesco promotes the construction of inclusive, sustainable, and democratic communities
Learning city concept is now one of the most significant outcomes of Unesco's thinking, in which education, rights,…
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Learning city as a driver for the diffusion of social well-being. Promoting “urban democracies” to reduce inequalities, marginalization and juvenile deviance
Marginality can no more be read in terms of self-exclusion of the subject, since it is now clear that it corresponds to…
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The city: an educational and narrative space
The principle inspiring this essay is rooted in the idea of city as a space marked by narratives, stories and personal…
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The Learning City as sense of place and of the common good
The city that learns, or Learning City, represents an emerging paradigm of sustainable urban development, based on…
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AI literacy in Learning Cities. Innovative Educational Methodologies for Digital Literacy and Citizen Empowerment
This paper aims to explore the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning within Learning Cities,…
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Learning cities as a node of a sustainable and intergenerational widespread educational system
The contribution analyzes the results of the action-research project “Widespread Educational Ecosystem: Innovative and…
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Intercultural dimensions of English language teaching: enhancing European key-competences in the context of Learning Cities
Intercultural education and English language teaching play a key role in the development of inclusive societies, acting…
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For a marginal archive. the wise role of the elderly
The essay proposed here aims to lay the theoretical foundations for an Archive of marginal cultures, with the…
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Educational communities in the face of bullying victimization: what challenges?
The aim of this work is to highlight how prejudices and silence can be risk factors for an educational community capable…
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Peripheral knowledges: feminist urbanism as a transformative educational practice
This contribution aims to critically reconsider the notion of the Learning City, distancing it from technocratic and…
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Physical literacy in learning cities: promoting community wellbeing through sport and movement education
This article examines the integration of physical literacy within the Learning Cities paradigm, focusing on the role of…
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Giving back to the community. To educate cities that are learning to give back
According to the Global Solidarity Report, in 2024 the world scored just 36 out of 100 on the Global Solidarity…
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The role of Mathematics in culture, territory and active citizenship
Mathematics is commonly recognized as a fundamental area of development of human civilization. Since ancient times, its…
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Learning and Pedagogy of Territories: The Piano delle Fosse Granarie as a Symbolic and Educational Device
The Piano delle Fosse Granarie can be seen as an open-air educational space, an example of situated learning rooted in…
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For a Urban Pedagogy: popular education as a conflictual and transformative practice
This paper is part of a more comprehensive theoretical and practical model of learning cities, viewed through the lens…
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Empowering Urban Futures: The Role of Lifelong Learning in Developing Inclusive and Sustainable Learning Cities
The article, therefore, proposes Learning Cities as a theoretical model for engineering sustainable and inclusive urban…
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Learning Cities and Public History: Memory as a Collective Good or a Tool of Power?
Starting from the 1970s, the field of historical studies showed an increasing interest in the theme of memory. This…
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A critical-pedagogical analysis of learning cities: epistemological dimensions and infrastructures for a culture of lifelong learning
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities promotes lifelong learning policies that recall the idea of the learning…
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Learning cities bridging innovation and transformative education: the Viennese case study of Bildungsgrätzl
Today, the Smart Cities (SC) concept has quickly become popular in the debate on sustainable urban development. However,…
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Building inclusive cities: towards lifelong learning model for gender education and equal opportunities
This study aims to explore the development of a lifelong learning model focused on gender education and equal…
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The Learning City as a model of social inclusion
Contemporary cities often appear as places, or “non-places”, within which pluralism and cultural diversity, rather…
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Shaping the future of learning: competences and the role of Learning Cities
This paper examines the role of continuous professional development in fostering the European Key Competences within…
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Varese: Rethinking for Transformation – A Partnership Between the Municipality and the University for Educational and Social Innovation
The Municipality of Varese, in collaboration with the teaching and Learning Center at the University of Insubria, has…
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School museums as tools for learning cities: the case of the Museum of School and Education “Mauro Laeng” (MuSEd)
Almost a century ago, Gramsci argued that the educational relationship for the formation of the citizen necessarily…
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Re-discovering urban spaces through heritage: children’s experiences
In cities increasingly characterized by a desertification of social spaces (Mortari, 2008), this paper explores heritage…
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Invisible Cities as laboratories of democracy: learning cities from Calvino’s perspective, between education and relationships
The learning cities model is recognised for its perspectives on relational renewal, lifelong learning and social…
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The city behind bars: educational pathways and confined stories in the penitentiary institutions
Education in the penitentiary facilities plays a fundamental role in the fields of lifelong learning and inclusive…
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Learning Cities as places of education and change: urban and social spaces for the prevention of gender-based violence
Learning Cities are a model that aims to respond to the difficulties faced by diverse and global communities. This…
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Learning Cities: New ‘places’ for building the common good for the birth of new communities
One of the key aspects in the design of ‘Learning Cities’ is “the construction of a sense of citizenship”, which…
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The city as an exploratory landscape and learning environment
The city, as a complex ecosystem, allows the acquisition of skills for the exercise of citizenship. Pedagogy, a science…
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The City and the Prison: Control Mechanisms and Generative Possibilities of the Prison in Learning Cities
Within the learning city - one whose walls are welcoming and inclusive - education must be reimagined, especially in…
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EDITORIALE: Immaginare mondi possibili: costruire progettualità educative a favore di Rifugiati e Richiedenti protezione internazionale
Il secondo numero del 2025 di questa rivista è dedicato alle Progettualità educative, accoglienza e inclusione dei…
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Reception and protection as pedagogical categories: notes on the intercultural training of educators and pedagogues
The professionalism of the educator and pedagogue in reception and inclusion services for asylum seekers and protection…
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Un-doing gender and decolonizing the imaginary. Pedagogical perspectives and educational practices for a transformative welcome
The paper intends to reflect on the parameters that define/re-define identity in the perspective of doing and undoing…
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International protection, reception and educational planning between state constraints, post-humanism and new sovereignties
In November 2024, the European Migration Network published a study on the Temporary Protection Directive: Challenges and…
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The interpellation of the refugee: between Critical Pedagogy and ideological dispositives of subjectivation
The contribution, from a critical pedagogy perspective, addresses the structural and contradictory tension (Althusser,…
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Sumud as a Pedagogical Key: Stories to Counter the Dehumanization of Dominant Narratives
The presented article takes the perspective of critical pedagogy, considering storytelling as a transformative tool to…
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Welcoming or Rejecting? A Critical Pedagogical Analysis of the ‘Security Decree’ and Its Effects on Educational Planning
This paper aims to offer, from a distinctly pedagogical perspective, an analysis of recent legislative changes…
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The School that Cares. Plurilingualism and multimodality for narration in Italian as a non-native language classes
The Italian language class can be a key space for newly arrived young migrants to reformulate their identity and build…
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The boundaries of integration: when “forced migrations” shape the School
The recent migration policies have established a "natural" connection between social inclusion of the new citizens and…
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Early childhood educational services and mothers victims of trafficking: reflections for the educational and pedagogical field
This contribution aims to reflect on the role of early childhood educational services (0-6 years) in the social…
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The Sea of Grief: trauma, solidarity, and narration in the migratory experience
The sea, and water more generally, symbolize purification and rebirth, but also death (Bachelard, 1942). In migration…
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La formazione iniziale e in servizio dei docenti. Ricerche empiriche ed esperienze sul periodo di induction dei docenti neoassunti e sulla figura del docente tutor
Il primo numero della rivista del 2025 è indirizzato a diffondere nella comunità scientifica le riflessioni e le…
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Enhancing the professional development of newly recruited teachers: the Lesson Study as a bridging tool between tutor and tutee
The induction phase for newly hired teachers is essential for their professional integration, but it sometimes presents…
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Professional development of teachers: The shift from designers to e-moderators
The professionalism and competencies of teachers are essential for improving educational systems, making both initial…
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A teacher training course to introduce the class to storytelling and share environmental education experiences through digital tools
A century ago, Celestin Freinet (1925) introduced the “school journal” and supported the idea of a school that knows…
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The functions and activities of tutors of newly hired teachers. An experience of educational support in first-degree education in France
The challenge of teacher training is to prepare professionals who can adapt to a constantly changing educational…
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Hate speech and manifestations of violence. Pedagogical perspectives and educational responses in the time of the unpredictable
The contribution focuses on hate speech and manifestations of violence, highlighting the urgency of adequate pedagogical…
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Sharing, imagining and creating together: a new perspective on teacher training to fight discrimination, and promote inclusion
In our complex society and in the context of globalization, the growing phenomena of discrimination and violence are…
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Preventing and combating school violence: effective intervention strategies
Addressing violence in schools requires a comprehensive approach that involves school leaders, teachers, administrative…
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Digital retrospective autoethnography: decolonizing hate speech. Educational models for the conquest of onlife identity
The osmotic relationship between the online and offline dimensions transforms hostile words traveling on social networks…
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Comicsgate. Black shadows on western comics
The paper aims to denounce the forms of online hate speech (Pasta, 2019, pp. 173-190; Santerini, 2021, pp. 64-74)…
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Prejudice as a limit in the construction of educational processes. Toward a new idea of social and democratic citizenship
In the last few years, there has been a remarkable growth of interest in gender issues, the promotion of equality, and…
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Technology facilitated gender based violence: when feminicide is social
In 2023, the term feminicide was elected “word of the year”, encouraging, even more, reflection on a complex…
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Violated Intimacy and Perpetrated Sexual Violence. Pedagogical Reflections to Counteract Hate Speech Phenomena
The article addresses the phenomenon known as “revenge porn” or “non-consensual pornography”, proposing a more…
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The Debate to counter hate speech and promote digital citizenship skills at school
Recovering the suggestions of Martin Buber (1991; 1997) about the education to confront and dialogue, the contribution…
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The polyphony of hate: strategies and methods for early emotional literacy in the epiphany of digital linguistic otherness
Crossmediality is metamorphosing digital environments into authentic existential dimensions by immersing us in fluid…
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Between hate speech and freedom of expression. Participatory educational strategies to promote social media literacy in adolescence
Social withdrawal, social media addiction and relationship difficulties seem to be the behavioural figures…
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Language, subjectivities, and possibilities: addressing hate speech from the margin
Hate speech can manifest itself through subtle (Faloppa, 2020), latent, and symbolic modalities that seem apparently…
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University transition and discrimination in students with migrant backgrounds: guidance as a possible educational response
The scientific literature identifies discriminatory events experienced in the school environment as a possible hindering…
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Hate speech and narrative identities: from Michel Foucault's analysis of the order of discourse to the formation of citizenship as a widespread educational system in onlife
This paper relies on the hermeneutics of Michel Foucault's thought to explore the structure of hate speech and identify…
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The work pedagogist. Guidelines for the recognition of a new professional role
Law No. 55/2024, concerning the regulation of pedagogical and educational professions and the establishment of…
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Les Quatre Cents Coups. Un film per riflettere (ancora) sulla relazione educativa
On 4 May 1959, Les Quatre Cents Coups, a movie directed by François Truffaut, was screened at the 12th Cannes Film…
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Will micro-credentials and NOOCs counteract the demographic winter in universities?
With an ageing population and a shrinking cohort of university-age students, academic institutions are faced with the…
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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…
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Humans and Post-humans on the Web: educational scenarios in Digital Coexistence
The dynamics intertwining the human and post-human dimensions, which this study aims to explore as an educational…
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Post-elementary education and social inclusion in Italy after Second World War: what kind of relationship?
During the last years and, specifically, the last months, public and (sometimes) academic debate has been focused again…
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Promoting the mastery of the Italian language in a plurilingual and intercultural perspective: the Erasmus ALTA project
The University of Basilicata has just started the ALTA project - Allophone Teacher Academy - which is the winning…
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The professional profile of the nursery educator and his training: state of the art, scenarios and challenges
First, the Author develops an excursus about the legislative evolution regarding nursery schools and children's services…
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The freedom to experiment: the skills of the child and the guiding role of the adult in active outdoor play
Active outdoor play is vital for the healthy development and well-being of children. This study emphasises the…
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Towards an Epistemology of social and human Sciences. Remarks on the Vygotsky’s methodological Thought
In the few years of his scientific work, Vygotskij outlined a theoretical synthesis capable of framing and linking the…
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The relevance of the theory-practice nexus in the educational processes of Danilo Dolci
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Danilo Dolci, a prominent figure who offers a significant contribution to…

Studi e contributi di ricerca

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Performative Practices in the Training of Early Childhood Educators
The training of early childhood educators requires approaches that integrate solid theoretical foundations with…
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Artificial Intelligence for Teacher Training in Play Design (0-6): A Systematic Literature Review
This contribution presents a systematic review of the scientific literature, conducted in accordance with the PRISMA…
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Play, evaluation, and professional development: a methodological reflection on integrating observational tools into self-evaluation systems in early childhood education services
The paper develops a methodological inquiry into the assessment of play within early childhood education services,…
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Motor games and cognition in the 0-3 age group. The EDUgame/Brain rubric for early childhood educators
From a neurophysiological perspective, play contributes to children's cognitive development, allowing them to connect…
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Pedagogical and Didactical Reflections about the application of the digitally enhanced learning environment ActiveFloor for children
Learning through play is essential in early childhood and primary education. Digital games employ motivational…
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What children say about play and playing in early childhood education: let's listen to them
Playing is an all-children’s right, and preschool education has a fundamental role in ensuring that playing is…
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Material and Play for All: Educators’ Perceptions of Inclusion involving Analogical and Digital Solutions in Early Childhood services
This article explores inclusive play in early childhood, placing particular emphasis on the integration of analogic and…
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Play Makers: The Shared Creation of Symbolic Universes through Social Theatre, Visual Art, and Digital Media. The Experience of the 'Artoo' Project
This article interrogates an ongoing initiative, launched in 2017, within the framework of “Artoo – Art as Told by…
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Playful Digital Literacy: theoretical and design framework in preschool
The digital environment is conceptualized as an educational space to be inhabited, according to a socio-constructivist…
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Educational design for playing between analogue and digital technology in 0-6. Research on building digital competence in childhood
The article, based on the findings of PRIN Di.Co.Each (Digital Competence in Early Childhood), seeks to promote…
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Developing playful skills among preschool education professionals: a training program
For children, play is the preferred way to learn and interact with the world. Thus, play is one of the pillars of…
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Playframes and the right to play: rethinking early childhood education through play as a engine of development
Play is recognised as the privileged language of childhood and a driving force in cognitive, linguistic, motor, and…
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The potential of play for linguistic and socio-relational development from an inclusive perspective
This paper aims to reflect on the essential value of play as a vehicle for the cognitive, psycho-affective, and…
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Play and learning in Montessori contexts: interpretative research between historical practices and contemporary educational scenarios
This paper explores the transformation of play in early childhood education services, bringing together theoretical…
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Beyond the analogue-digital dichotomy for a situated teaching of play
In the field of 0-6 education, play is the epistemological cornerstone of learning, understood not only as an experience…
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Educating to digital play: ethical challenges and training opportunities for kindergarten teachers
The integration of digital technologies into the play dimension of kindergarten raises profound questions about the role…
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Building Shared Visions: The Role of Play in Early Childhood Professional Development
Play, in its different forms, is recognized as a key component of children's growth and learning processes. In early…
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Enhancing Professional Practice through Video Analysis: Observing Play to Foster Inclusive and Reflective Education
This contribution explores the formative value of video analysis as a reflective and participatory methodology within…
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Training future preschool and primary school teachers in play. Proposals for play activities combining analog and digital dimensions
Play experiences are essential for children's cognitive, social, emotional, and psychological development. As evidenced…
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Digital play in early childhood: a review of cognitive and social outcomes in the 0-6 age group
Aren’t kids having fun today? This adult-centric perception masks a very different reality: contemporary childhood has…
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Playing for Inclusion: Evaluating Board Games as a Tool for Enhancing Executive Functions
The use of board games in educational settings is increasingly emerging as a practice capable of combining inclusive…
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Play and Learning in Early Childhood Education: A Comparative Analysis of Analogue and Digital Perspectives in Italy and Spain
This paper compares the formulation of the role of play in early childhood education for children aged 0-6 in Italy and…
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Digital play within educational ecosystems. An experimental research contribution
This experimental study investigates the risks and developmental potential of digital educational technologies in early…
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Learning City and Inclusion. The Street Competences of Homeless People in a Lifelong Learning Perspective
Access to learning is a crucial element in an inclusive learning city perspective. Homelessness is one of the most…
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Learning community: connecting cultural heritage to local development
This article applies the construct of the 'learning city' to the context of territorial communities. These communities,…
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Learning in prison as a challenge for Learning Cities. Reflections from the Learning Math in Prison project
The concept of Learning City aims to promote inclusive learning for all, from basic to higher education, including…
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Learning cities for teacher education. Phenomenology of experience for a pedagogy of exploration
How can urban exploration function as a site of learning? What epistemological frameworks can drive innovation in…
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The strategic role of teacher training for a learning city
The Learning City concept highlights the role of local educational and cultural institutions, encouraging them to…
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Smart educational ecosystems and digital transformation of urban education: an analysis of teaching practices and emerging technologies in italian schools
Digital innovation is redefining the role of schools within the urban ecosystem, transforming them into distributed and…
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Service Learning and Learning City: Exploring School-Community Collaboration in Local Education Networks
The 2021 UNESCO Report refers to Service Learning (SL) as a pedagogy that integrates learning with a strong sense of…
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From the “city as a classroom” to the learning city: toward an experience of landscape pedagogy between children's literature and planetary education
After a historical reconstruction starting with Marshall McLuhan's contribution to the definition of a “city as a…
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Learning City and Smart City: a strategic integration for the development of citizens' soft skills
The learning city model proposed by UNESCO (UNESCO, 2015 e 2017) and the urban paradigm commonly known as smart city…
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Physical and sports activities, university life and free time management for the promotion of well-being in Learning Cities
This paper investigates the theme of Learning Cities in relation to university life, physical and sports activities and…
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Educating the city. Cultural heritage, volunteering and beauty for inclusive regeneration
Urban regeneration cannot be limited to the physical transformation of spaces, but must translate into an authentic…
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A culture of sustainability rooted in the territory. The Open-Air Lab actions within the MUSA project
The article frames the theme of Learning Cities by taking as an example the way in which the Open-Air Lab research…
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Bridging the Boundaries of Learning: European Youth’s Experiences Across Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Education
This contribution explores the findings of a phenomenological research investigating the trajectories of European youth…
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Beyond Time Constraints: Quality and Effectiveness in the Comparison between Four-year and Five-year High Schools in Southern Italy
The following study aims to analyze the effectiveness of four-year and five-year high school educational pathways within…
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Supporting young people in the learning city: educability, regenerative capacity and new practices of community work
For some time now, the prospects of the “learning city” paradigm have been discussed both in academia and within the…
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The role of inclusive culture between being a Learning City and making “community”: the case of Turin
The Learning City recognises the need to ensure the learning and well-being of its entire population, consistent with an…
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Promoting the Acquisition of Competences certified through Micro-credentials for the Integration of Adult Migrants: The Proposal of the European Project PRISCILA
European research reveals that migrants’ basic citizenship educational rights are disrespected, despite the declared…
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Educational skills of migrant reception operators. An experience of professional community development in the Bologna context
Over the past two years, I have been engaged in a professional community development process, which involved about sixty…
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The odyssey of nigerian women: the role of italian in the emancipation process
Italy, facing the migration emergency, must tackle the trafficking of young Nigerian women, often minors, who are…
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Handle with care. Tuning into plural biographical pathways in community care system for unaccompanied foreign minors
A community is a place and a time in which different people mutually transform each other. The delicate balance between…
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Hayat: Life. Bodies, loves and violence in reception systems
The article reflects on the processes of entry into reception systems through the life story of Hayat, a female migrant…
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Necrodidactics and exclusive and dispersive inclusions: the teaching of territorial networks as an ethical perspective for the development of pupils with a migrant background
This contribution aims to highlight how educational action in school contexts in which migrant pupils are inserted, at…
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Enhancing Social Innovation and Stakeholder Partnership: An Integration Strategy Framework for the Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Europe
The paper analyzes integration strategies for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection, as suggested…
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The NEAR – Network for Empowerment, Autonomy, and Resilience Project. Reception Practices and Social Inclusion of unaccompanied migrant minors
As of 30 June 2024, the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors in Italy was 20.206 (Ministero del Lavoro e delle…
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Community Matching and Social Inclusion of Refugees: a Case Study
In the context of integrated reception – understood as a holistic and emancipatory approach to care – the central…
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Like being underwater. Gender perspective in the emancipating paths for sex trade survivors hosted by SAI
The contribution returns the results of a research on the issue of the reception of trafficked women, with regard to the…
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SAFE SPACE. An innovative space for the first reception of unaccompanied foreign minors in Rome
The Safe Space was born in 2023 as a place of first reception for unaccompanied foreign minors. It is a groundbreaking…
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Weaving digital networks: E-learning as a catalyst for integration into the SAI ecosystems
In the context of the reception and integration of refugees and applicants for international protection, digital…
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The Social Desk for Human Rights as a Model of Integrated Reception: Personalized Pathways and Access to Services
The Social Desk for Human Rights at the Ospedale Civico Benfratelli in Palermo represents an innovative model of…
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Women and Victims of Trafficking Between Stereotypes and Colonial Visions: Paths of Educational Care
The article explores the phenomenon of trafficking through a postcolonial pedagogical perspective (Burgio, 2022),…
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«Where Adults Fall Short, I Step In»: When Peers Take on the Role of Welcoming
In the absence of a locally-based approach centred on human rights, the unsystematic model of the Italian education…
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AI-Powered Digital Storytelling in Virtual Worlds: A Comparative European Model for Refugee Education
The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Worlds in refugee education offers new opportunities for…
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Integrated study on migrants transiting solidarity and reception. The Baobab Experience case and the Rebbio Network
This paper presents a case study on several associations dedicated to providing emergency assistance to both people on…
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Tutors for accompanying newly recruited teachers in schools: an experience from the University of Padua
This contribution explores the role and functions of the teacher-tutor in Italian schools, with particular attention to…
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Identity and professional development of newly hired teachers: self-assessment of one’s skills and beliefs
Teacher professionalism is characterized by a complex interaction between cultural, pedagogical, social, and…
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Intelligent Tutoring System in supporting induction for teacher training. Findings of a scoping review
Since technological systems have been at the service of the teachers training, intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) have…
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The mentor of newly hired teachers: validation and use of a peer observation tool
The paper presents the outcomes of a Training-Research course initiated as part of the in-service training activities…
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New perspectives for teacher training: peer training through observation-reflection processes
International literature has long argued that the most effective programs for initial and in-service teacher training…
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Tutor teachers, newly hired teachers and students discuss assessment practices. A diachronic perspective on the training of tutor teachers of newly hired teachers
Since 2019, the Department of Educational Sciences of the Roma Tre University, in collaboration with the USR of Lazio,…
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Leadership and Soft Skills of a probationary tutor
The leadership style and soft skills of the tutor represent a determining factor during the induction phase of newly…
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Tutor Teacher training for counselling for professional supervision
The contribution examines the role of the interview as a useful tool for professional training supervision carried out…
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The Tutor Teacher: a survey on the challenges and opportunities of the role
This contribution presents the findings of an exploratory survey conducted by the Apulian Universities (UniBa,…
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Analysis of mentor teachers' perceptions o the effectiveness of the standardized tool "Allegato a" for classroom observations in induction in Italy
Mentoring is internationally recognized as a critical component of the induction process for newly hired teachers. In…
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The Empowerment of Tutors for Newly Hired Teachers in the Probationary Year: Outcomes of an Exploratory Study
The tutor teacher for newly hired teachers plays a strategic role during their probationary year (Ridge & Lavigne,…
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Embodied Cognitive Science and Initial Teacher Education: Possibilities and Perspectives
Initial teacher training is a fundamental moment in the construction of a ‘great professional and scientific…
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The figure of the tutor teacher in Infant School. Comparing experiences
In this contribution I want to outline the figure of the tutor in the training process of newly hired teachers and…
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In the dynamic field of education, the induction phase for new teachers is crucial for ensuring high-quality teaching and fostering professional growth. This article presents a comparative analysis of induction practices in Italy and Spain, focusing on ef
In the dynamic field of education, the induction phase for new teachers is crucial for ensuring high-quality teaching…
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The role of the mentor in the support teacher induction period: a systemic perspective between legislation, practice and sustainability
The research examines the role of the mentor in the induction period for newly recruited teachers, with a specific focus…
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Teacher training in music education: Opera & Service Learning
The involvement and active participation of teachers is an essential component for the learning process to be meaningful…
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Informatics and Constructionism for Transdisciplinary Teacher Training
Italy has recently reformed secondary school teacher training, introducing–for the first time–3 ECTS specifically…
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Peer observation and formative feedback: new perspectives for the professional growth of teachers
The contribution explores the use of peer observation and formative feedback as key strategies for teachers'…
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Learning through making: when professional development builds knowledge by producing digital artifacts
Literacy and digital citizenship confront schools with challenges, in which the effectiveness of teacher training may…
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Pedagogical coordinator in the 0-6 education system. Transformational leadership as a tool for continuing professional development
The 0-6 Early Childhood Education and Care Integrated System is experiencing an important cultural change in Italy,…
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Social Intelligence and well-being at school: preliminary results of an exploratory study
The relational dimension within the school organisation is crucial for the well-being of those involved. Collaborative…
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SELFIE for TEACHERS: a self-assessment tool for the professional development of teachers
The advent of digital technologies in education has made the development of digital competencies among teachers…
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Self-Determination Theory and Project-Based Learning: a Research-Training path to enhance motivation for learning
Recent Italian educational policies, aimed at implementing the orientation reform outlined in the National Recovery and…
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Support continuous teacher learning: academic tutor as a resource for primary schools
The following contribution intends to delve deeper into the topic of continuous teacher training through resources and…
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When Implicit Beliefs Shape Change: An Analysis of Scientific Disciplines Teachers in Training
Ministerial Decree 621/2024 initiated university and academic courses for the initial training and certification of…
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Pre-service and in-service special education teachers’ sentiments, attitudes, and concerns about inclusive education: A questionnaire study
This study examines the predictors of sentiments, attitudes, and concerns related to inclusive education among a group…
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Enhancing Teacher Self-Efficacy through Self-Regulated Learning and Visualisation Strategies: A Pilot Study in Initial Teacher Education
The study fits in the context of initial teacher education, with the aim of improving teacher preparation and perceived…
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Initial training and school inclusion. What skills for support teachers?
Providing quality, equitable, and inclusive education, while promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, is an…
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The role of the tutor in the inclusive teacher internship: a competence-based curriculum
The paper illustrates the curriculum design aimed at training tutors for students on the Specialisation Course for…
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The role of tutor in the school internship of special education teachers: analysis of effective practices
The present study aims to investigate the strategies used in training new special education teachers during their school…
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From Training to Teaching: Self-Assessment Tools in the Primary Education Sciences Degree Programme
The aim of this study is to highlight the importance of involving both in-service teachers and students in the…
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“Let's see what's in our backpack”. Metaphors and ideas of childhood in the initial training of child care educators
The article reports on the first results of a survey on students' perceptions of their own role in the study of…
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An Online Self-Paced Learning Environment for Training University Teachers in Assessment: Evaluation and Validation Process
The training and development of university lecturers’ competencies are of fundamental importance today (Felisatti…
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The Teaching and Learning Centre to expand the training offer for newly recruited teachers: a training proposal on assessment in university didactics
The article discusses some working hypotheses related to training proposals developed within the framework of the…
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Induction programs for newly hired teachers in Higher Education: effectiveness of Faculty Development actions
Faculty Development (FD) has evolved significantly from a process focused on the needs of students and institutions to a…
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Fragility inside and outside of school: countering young people’ risk behaviors through digital storytelling
This paper illustrates the activities carried out as part of the pilot project "Radicalization and Extremism in…
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What do students think of extremism? How do they behave? An exploratory research in the area of Brescia
The paper deals with a research aimed at investigating - through the collection of field data - students' opinions,…
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Beyond the Web. Gender Pedagogy to Combat Online Hate Speech Against Women
Hate speech, a particularly widespread phenomenon especially against women, has deep cultural roots related to gender…
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Hate speech, anti-gypsyism and counter-narratives. Educational potential of participatory methods and peer to peer mentoring
The paper presents the results of action research aimed at countering hate speech through a peer-to-peer approach,…
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“Once Illegal, Forever Illegal”: how media narratives impact on migrants’ integration in Flanders
The article explores some experiences and perceptions of migrants and the local population regarding Belgian media…
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The cooperation council as a tool for managing conflict and improving prosocial behaviour and classroom climate: an empirical study in primary school
Conflict is an inevitable aspect of human experience, but it can become an opportunity for growth and personal…
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Words words words. Educational paths through picturebooks to deconstruct the violence of language
This contribution moves from a transfeminist perspective to read and deconstruct hate speech and its repercussions in…
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Mafia Vulnerability: Caring for Parents to Ensure Children’s Rights in Family and Social Contexts Affected by Organized Crime
The mafia perpetuates discourses of hate and violence that fuel a cycle of oppression and social disadvantage, exposing…
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Boundaries of language, boundaries of worlds: a reflection on hate speech experienced and internalized among minors from different cultures
In the field of migration studies, the Eurocentric and ethnocentric analysis (Said, 1999; Sayad, 2002) has already been…

Recensioni

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Recensione di Traverso E. (2024). La linea del colore è una rappresentazione mentale. Gaza davanti alla storia. Bari-Roma: Editori Laterza
Come afferma lo stesso Traverso parafrasando Sartre, Gaza davanti alla storia è scritto en situation. Un testo che non…
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Recensione di Alessandra Shomroni (a cura di) (2024). La pace è l’unica strada di David Grossman (tr. di Luis E. Moriones, Raffaella Scardi, Alessandra Shomroni). Milano: Mondadori
“La pace è l’unica strada” è un libro pubblicato nel 2024, nel quale Grossman, attraverso suoi diversi…
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Recensione di Jebral, R. (2025). Genocidio. Quello che rimane di noi nell’era neo-imperiale. Milano: Mondadori
Questo libro non racconta la storia così come lo fanno i mass-media o la maggioranza del discorso politico. Quella in…
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Recensione di Bashir, B. & Goldberg, A. (2023). Olocausto e Nakba. Narrazioni tra storia e trauma. Bologna: Zikkaron
I curatori del volume sono Bashir Bashir e Amos Goldberg: Bashir Bashir è docente di sociologia, scienze politiche e…
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Recensione al testo: De Rossi Marina & Fedeli Monica (2022). Costruire percorsi di faculty development. Lecce: Pensa MultiMedia
Il volume “Costruire percorsi di faculty development”, nell’alveo dei contributi di riflessione e di ricerca sui…
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La narrazione autobiografica dei docenti del passato: un’analisi di “Ritratti di Maestri. Suggestioni pedagogiche sulla professione docente” di Giorgio Crescenza, 2024 Edizioni Conoscenza
Al dibattito sulla professionalità docente contribuiscono le dieci storie di vita di maestri di un recente passato che,…
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Recensione di Oltre l’Habitus: Dialogo a più Voci con Pierre Bourdieu, tra Destino e Progetto, di Stefania Capogna, edizione Aracne, 2022
The volume proposes a reading of habitus as a mediator between social structures and individual practices (p.15, p.17,…
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Pratiche di personalizzazione didattica e di feedback adattivo: un'analisi de "Istruzione adattiva: evidenze e strategie didattiche" di Giuseppina Rita Mangione, 2018, Pensa Editore
Nel dibattito dinamico sull’educare, sull’insegnare e sull’apprendere nella contemporaneità, caratterizzato dalla…
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Recensione al volume: “La leadership educativa situata. Conoscere il contesto e cooperare” (2022) di Giovanni Moretti, Roma: Anicia
L’opera di Giovanni Moretti approfondisce il tema della leadership educativa, concettualizzata come diffusa, situata e…
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Recensione del volume di: Loredana Perla, Francesca Jole Garofoli, Ilenia Amati, Maria Teresa Santacroce, La forza mite dell’educazione. Un dispositivo pedagogico di contrasto al bullismo e al cyberbullismo. Milano: FrancoAngeli 2022, pp. 228
Il gruppo di ricerca Didasco (Didattiche Scolastiche) del Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Psicologia,…
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Recensione del volume Formación del profesorado europeo de Educación Primaria en multiculturalidad y plurilingüismo: España, Francia, Italia y Grecia, Mª Teresa del-Olmo-Ibáñez, Alejandro Cremades-Montesinos, Raúl Gutiérrez Fresneda (eds.), Editorial Pete
Il volume presenta, con uno sguardo attento ai diritti umani e nello specifico al diritto all’istruzione, i dati…
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Recensione al volume di Vincenzo Bonazza, Individualizzazione e scuola – Il modello di apprendimento, la strategia didattica, la ricerca empirica, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2021, pp. 136.
In questo volume dal linguaggio scientifico e al contempo fluido, diretto e pragmatico, l’autore Vincenzo Bonazza…
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Recensione del volume di V. Ferro Allodola, L’apprendimento tra mondo reale e virtuale. Teorie e pratiche, ETS, Pisa 2021, pp. 265
L’apprendimento umano è indubbiamente un tema di estremo interesse, non solo per gli addetti al settore, ma anche per…
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Recensione al volume: “Ricerca sperimentale e processi valutativi in educazione”, di Gaetano Domenici, Pietro Lucisano & Valeria Biasi. Milano: McGraw-Hill Education, 2021
Il volume Ricerca sperimentale e processi valutativi in educazione (Experimental Research and Evaluation Processes in…
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Recensione a: Tra sociologia del linguaggio e società digitale, di Stefania Capogna, Eurilink University Press, 2021
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Recensione a : “La didattica a distanza - Metodologie e tecnologie per la DaD e l'e-learning” – Edises, 2020
Il Volume “La didattica a distanza - Metodologie e tecnologie per la DaD e l'e-learning” (Emiliano Barbuto per…
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The DECODE project. An intervention research path for the school and with the school
In the new scenery, digital skills are essential for the promotion of digital literacy, to facilitate and allow…
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Emotions space in human life and in educational action. Contribution by Bruno Rossi.
The contribution starts with a reconnaissance in the study of emotions, of which prevailing conceptions are declared.…
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Recensione a Bruno Rossi, Il potere dell’educazione, Roma: Studium edizioni, 2018, pp.249
Bruno Rossi's text perform a survey on the subject of power, of which it gathers implicit and explicit messages. If the…
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Recensione a Giuseppe Spadafora (a cura di). John Dewey. Democrazia e educazione. Una introduzione alla filosofia dell'educazione
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Recensione a Stefania Capogna “Le sfide della scuola nell'era digitale. Una ricerca sociologica sulle competenze digitali dei docenti”, Roma: Eurilink, 2017, pp. 366
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Recensione a Silvana Calaprice, “Il paradosso dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza. Attualità, adultità, identità. Per una pedagogia dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza”, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2016, pp. 208
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Recensione a Stefania Nirchi, Stefania Capogna (a cura di), Tra educazione e società nell’era delle ICT. Luci e ombre del processo di innovazione digitale in ambito educativo, Roma, Anicia, 2016
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Recensione a Domenico Lipari, Etnografia della formazione, Guerini Next, 2016
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Recensione a Stefania Capogna, At school of social media, Roma: Aracne, 2015, pp. 176
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Recensione del volume di Antonio Cocozza “Organizzazioni. Culture, modelli, governance”: l’approccio interdisciplinare proposto da Antonio Cocozza
"Organizations. Cultures, models, governance" is the recent volume of Antonio Cocozza, published by Franco Angeli, that…
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Recensione a Benedetta Cosmi, “Comunicare a scuola. Con Amici”, Gruppo Albatros II Filo, 2011
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Recensione a Stefania Nirchi: “Formazione e-learning e percorsi modulari. La scrittura dei materiali didattici”, Aracne, 2009
Il lavoro di Stefania Nirchi mira a restituire le sotterranee tendenze di cambiamento che si intravedono nella scuola su…
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Recensione ad Antonio Cocozza (a cura di), Persone, organizzazioni, lavori, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2010
Il volume cerca di mostrare attraverso l'analisi teorica e la presentazione di casi virtuosi, sia di natura aziendale…

Interviste

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A life for a Free Palestine: an interview with Luisa Morgantini
When we speak of Gaza, there is a before and after 7 October 2023. More than two years have passed since that terrible…
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Educating in the Rupture: The Holocaust and the Nakba as Memories to Be Reconnected. Interview with Nadim Khoury
Two scholars in educational sciences engage in a dialogue with the Palestinian political philosopher Nadim Khoury on the…
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Living Through Conflict in Rondine’s Transformative Approach: The Testimony of a Friendship between an Israeli and a Palestinian
The contribution explores the transformative approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the analysis of a…
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Interview with Stefania Capogna
A scuola di social media è un lavoro di ricerca teorico-empirica che si focalizza sul ruolo che l’istituzione…
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Master Internazionale Interuniversitario di II livello in “Sociologia: Teoria, Metodologia, Ricerca”
Master Internazionale Interuniversitario di II livello in “Sociologia: Teoria, Metodologia, Ricerca” - Università…
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Interview with Prof. Antonio Cocozza – Director of Master “Policies and tools for Direction”
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Interview with Prof. Antonio Cocozza – Director of Master “Policies and tools for Direction”
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Public Affairs in the Local Government? Interview with sole administrator Dario De Santis of the Bridging Bureau S.r.l
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Certification and Business Continuity. Interview to Dott. Antonio Lucchini – SQS – Italy Management
Nella suggestiva cornice di Villa degli Angeli in Castel Gandolfo, in occasione del seminario su “Business Continuity:…

Fuori call

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Assessment and guidance: the central role of students
The topic of assessment has always been central to pedagogical debate and internal discussions within educational…
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Assistive Technologies as Educational and Social Enablers in Rare Neuromuscular Conditions. A Systematic Literature Review
As part of a broader research project aimed at investigating and defining the contribution that assistive technologies…
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The city that educates and learns. A paradigm for informed citizenship
Every city, whatever its history, its diversity in real situations, proposes its own tracks for a possible instructive…
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Narrative, rules, and relationships: tabletop role-playing games as catalysts for social dynamics
This study explores the potential of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) as tools for developing social skills and…
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Digital self-perception: a first study on an emerging human sense
This article introduces the concept of digital self-perception or of a “digital sense” as a "new human sense"…
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Meta-prompting in Education: the role of Artificial Intelligence in students' metacognitive development for effective question formulation
In recent years, growing attention has been directed toward the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the…
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Rethinking assessment in Italian primary schools: moving beyond descriptive judgements post - 2025 reform
Five years later, primary school teachers found themselves in the midst of the 2024/2025 academic year applying…
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University lecturers between social fields, social worlds and communities of practice: empirical analysis of a case study
This paper explores the complex dynamics involving university lecturers, particularly professional lecturers, within the…
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The tutor-student relationship in teacher identity formation. Research perspective
This paper examines the role of practicum and tutoring in the initial training of teachers, with particular attention to…
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A Toolkit for Designing Outdoor Education
This study investigates the potential of a Toolkit for the design of Outdoor Education paths for infant, primary and…
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Towards English for Specific Purposes in teacher education: A needs analysis of prospective preprimary teachers of English
This study explores the affordances of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in teacher education, in light of recent…
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New professional standards for future-oriented teachers: the teff Academy model
Initial Teacher Education and Teachers’ Professional Development are considered strategic issues at a global level to…
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Towards a ‘didactics of teaching’
In Italy, the problem of training the figure of the tutor essentially arose with the introduction of the internship in…
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Outside, and inside. Growing with nature
This article aims to provide an overview of some theories that report the benefits of children's exposure to natural…
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Simulation games for developing skills in summarizing at primary school. Analysing the co-construction of understanding a text
This article describes an educational project based on a collaborative simulation game designed to promote understanding…
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Intersectional “Mapping” of Classes. A Research-Training Experience
Strong of the idea that the application of the intersectional construct (Crenshaw, 1989; 1991; Hill Collins, 2019) can…
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The training of education's professionals between complexity and specificity in the era of educational emergencies. A laboratory experiment at the University
The paper intends to propose a reflection about the kind of university training to provide to educa-tion professionals,…
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The problematicism of Giovanni Maria Bertin as an opportunity to critically read Jean Vanier's pedagogy
Bertin's works on ethics, the phenomenology of commitment, problematicism and the rational personality helps to…
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Traces for a formative reflection on “passing”
“Passing” is realised in being able to be considered as belonging to a social and relational category different from…
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Insieme: inclusive education as a shared responsibility. Journal of a self-evaluation experience
In the Autumn of 2021, the Italian Regional School Office (USR) for Sicily launched the Insieme project with the aim of…
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School as an Educational Community for an Inclusive Democracy
In this paper the author analyzes an hypothesis to define an educational project for a school as an educational…
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Immersive technologies for learning improvement in higher education: A study on students’ perceptions
Over the past fifteen years, the subject of the pedagogical and technological renewal of higher education has received…
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Inclusion and post-pandemic: hints for a reinterpretation of bell hooks’ pedagogy
Starting from the original suggestions offered by the thought of bell hooks, we intend to decline some of the concepts…
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Process evaluation in the school system between governance needs and relationship with stakeholders
In the current educational context, characterized by school autonomy, the importance attributed to evaluation is…
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Alexa and Siri as schoolmates: studying and learning through intelligent personal assistants
Intelligent personal assistants, conversational agents that can dialogue with humans through speech, have quickly…
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Pedagogical Interventions and Person - Training in Social Help Communities in times of uncertainty
The intention of this contribution is to discuss the types of social aid organizations. The reflection aims to identify…
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Michel Foucault and the socio-pedagogical perspective of madness and governamentality
The French intellectual Michel Foucault describes how the concept of madness has developed over time and how it has…
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Integrating students from migrant background. A pedagogical interpretation of European school policies
The policies of educational systems, as the driving force behind indications, real measures and concrete practices, are…
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«Strands of learning»: the museum visit mediated by technologies as a meaningful learning experience
The article proposes a reflection on the assessment of technology-mediated museum education, with particular reference…
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Behavioral Science. Theoretical Models of Learning and Methodological Practices for Teaching
In the first part of this work we focused on the main protagonists of the behaviorist movement (until the 1950s) in…