The topic of assessment has always been central to pedagogical debate and internal discussions within educational institutions, as well as being a recurring subject of regulatory interventions and ministerial documents which, over time, have highlighted different aspects of it. In light of the…

As part of a broader research project aimed at investigating and defining the contribution that assistive technologies (AT) can offer to improving the quality of life, self-determination, and autonomy of people with rare neuromuscular diseases (NMD), this paper presents the phases and findings of a…

Every city, whatever its history, its diversity in real situations, proposes its own tracks for a possible instructive use of places; among the various tracks there is the one that sees it as a privileged place to give birth to exchanges between cultures and past histories, thus becoming an…

This study explores the potential of tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) as tools for developing social skills and strengthening interpersonal relationships within group settings. It focuses on Dungeons & Dragons, the pioneering game of the genre, where the goal is not to win but to co-create a…

This article introduces the concept of digital self-perception or of a “digital sense” as a "new human sense" emerging during the digital era. A study involving 100 participants demonstrated how digital interactions can activate a distinct perceptual faculty, expanding and integrating…

In recent years, growing attention has been directed toward the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the development of metacognitive skills in students, particularly in the formulation of effective questions. This research examines studies published between 2019 and 2025 on the concept of…

Five years later, primary school teachers found themselves in the midst of the 2024/2025 academic year applying Ministerial Ordinance No. 3 of January 9, 2025, which regulates the changes introduced by Law No. 150 of October 1, 2024. Specifically, the previous levels (beginning, basic, intermediate,…

This paper explores the complex dynamics involving university lecturers, particularly professional lecturers, within the contemporary academic context. Using a theoretical framework that incorporates the concepts of communities of practice, social worlds and social fields, the case study presented…

This paper examines the role of practicum and tutoring in the initial training of teachers, with particular attention to the development of professional identity and the mediation between theoretical knowledge and educational practice. By comparing the models adopted at Roma Tre University and the…

This study investigates the potential of a Toolkit for the design of Outdoor Education paths for infant, primary and first-level secondary schools. The tool has been designed by a research group consisting of experts from different backgrounds (Indire, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Rete delle…

This study explores the affordances of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) in teacher education, in light of recent policy changes expanding English instruction in early childhood education across the Region of Madrid. Specifically, the language needs of a group of 25 preprimary student teachers at…

Initial Teacher Education and Teachers’ Professional Development are considered strategic issues at a global level to ensure qualified teachers and high-quality education systems. The paper presents a model designed by the Erasmus+ Teacher Education for a Future in Flux (teff) Academy to provide…

In Italy, the problem of training the figure of the tutor essentially arose with the introduction of the internship in university teacher training. The identification of a “double setting”, primary - in schools - and secondary - in universities - with different accompanying figures, has led…

This article aims to provide an overview of some theories that report the benefits of children's exposure to natural environments. The reflection allows to investigate the consequences of children's deprivation of natural environments by trying to trace new and different meanings to the practice of…

This article describes an educational project based on a collaborative simulation game designed to promote understanding a text as an essential first stage in developing summarizing skills for primary school pupils. The game has been developed and tested as part of a research project, which includes…

Strong of the idea that the application of the intersectional construct (Crenshaw, 1989; 1991; Hill Collins, 2019) can have important repercussions on the educational paths of all those who inhabit school contexts (De Castro, Guerini & Straniero, 2022; De Castro, 2023; Migliarini & Elder,…

The paper intends to propose a reflection about the kind of university training to provide to educa-tion professionals, now more necessary than ever. This considering the social complexity that is affecting the whole Europe and that makes increasingly worrying the working environment of these…

Bertin's works on ethics, the phenomenology of commitment, problematicism and the rational personality helps to clarifying how the charisma of the educator must never cross over into the abuse of irrationality. In the specific case we want to try to re-read Jean Vanier's message, identifying the…

“Passing” is realised in being able to be considered as belonging to a social and relational category different from the one imposed, generally, by birth. This passing, in situations of extreme racial abuse, is necessary to survive; in most cases, it is motivated by obtaining a better quality of…

In the Autumn of 2021, the Italian Regional School Office (USR) for Sicily launched the Insieme project with the aim of supporting schools and teachers in the development of learning environments and inclusive teaching strategies and to systematize groups and practices for self-evaluation of…

In this paper the author analyzes an hypothesis to define an educational project for a school as an educational community to promote the inclusive democracy. In this perspective the author focuses a new possible Agreement of the Educational Co-responsibility and the importance of the role of the…

Over the past fifteen years, the subject of the pedagogical and technological renewal of higher education has received increasing attention. When appropriately introduced in education, technologies offer new opportunities for the improvement of teaching and learning. Recently, an area of particular…

Starting from the original suggestions offered by the thought of bell hooks, we intend to decline some of the concepts of the author within the framework of the pedagogy of inclusion. The post-Covid condition has left us a school profile, unbalanced digital training, which needs to be reviewed by an…

In the current educational context, characterized by school autonomy, the importance attributed to evaluation is growing; hence the need to identify ways of structuring learning paths capable of improving the outcomes of project interventions. The centrality of a reflection that interests the…

Intelligent personal assistants, conversational agents that can dialogue with humans through speech, have quickly entered the homes of people around the world, as smart speakers. Thanks to the use of the voice channel instead of the visual/tactile one, they allow people to perform many hands-free…

The intention of this contribution is to discuss the types of social aid organizations. The reflection aims to identify to what extent a pedagogical approach centered on the person and equipped with the most up-to-date educational reflections can create a quality training system in the helping…

The French intellectual Michel Foucault describes how the concept of madness has developed over time and how it has integrated into the social and pedagogical order of Western society, transforming the person into an excluded individual deprived of his freedom. He dealt with the development of…

The policies of educational systems, as the driving force behind indications, real measures and concrete practices, are the space by means of school integration can be investigated, though it is not the only one. In this sense, it seems interesting to refer to international policies in the field of…

The article proposes a reflection on the assessment of technology-mediated museum education, with particular reference to serious games, virtual ludic simulations with educational and training purposes which, using digital devices, reproduce real situations and experiences. The introduction of…

In the first part of this work we focused on the main protagonists of the behaviorist movement (until the 1950s) in order to highlight its most significant aspects. In the second part of this work, however, we will focus on the early methodological models prompted by the main scholars of behavioral…