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Fostering learning and innovation skills in Initial Teacher Education
2018
L'opportunità di partecipare attivamente alla formazione iniziale degli insegnanti e l'esperienza di ricerca svolta durante il dottorato ha consentito all’a. di verificare come creare, attraverso l’uso delle tecnologie, ambienti di apprendimento e situazioni didattiche che migliorano le soft skills dei futuri docenti. È stato così possibile esplorare nuovi ambienti di apprendimento e di insegnamento, nuove forme organizzative e nuove modalità di interazione tra docenti e studenti verificandone la validità e l’efficacia. Le conclusioni ricavate dalla ricerca hanno fornito indicazioni utili per il miglioramento delle competenze trasversali dei futuri docenti. Numerous studies reveal that ther…
Enhancing values of roofs albedo for lowering cities’ air temperature and electric demand of buildings: a simple economic evaluation
2019
Abstract In cities vegetated roofs are becoming more popular because they can mitigate Urban Heat Island phenomena by decreasing the outdoor air temperature in summer. This decrease reduces the electric energy demand for climatization of buildings, which, in front of a milder climate, will recur less to mechanical tools for guaranteeing thermal comfort conditions to occupants. Cities can registered another indirect positive effect: the reduced cooling energy demand, limits the heat released by the climatization systems’ external unities toward the urban open spaces, thus lowering the outdoor air temperature. Therefore, the outdoor surface temperature of green, as well as cool roofs, can be …
Towards Sustaining Levels of Reflective Learning: How Do Transformational Leadership, Task Interdependence, and Self-Efficacy Shape Teacher Learning …
2015
Whereas cross-sectional research has shown that transformational leadership, task interdependence, and self-efficacy are positively related to teachers’ engagement in reflective learning activities, the causal direction of these relations needs further inquiry. At the same time, individual teacher learning might play a mutual role in strengthening school-level capacity for sustained improvement. Building on previous research, this longitudinal study therefore examines how transformational leadership, task interdependence, self-efficacy, and teachers’ engagement in self-reflection mutually affect each other over time. Questionnaire data gathered on three measurement occasions from 655 Dutch …
Revisiting Research on L2 Learner Beliefs : Looking Back and Looking Forward
2018
Initial support teachers training through Mcdrury & Alterio’s storytelling model storytelling methodology. A research in the laboratories of the spec…
2019
Creating digital stories provides with important opportunities to practice and master a number of specific 21st-century skills, content, and technology standards. Storytelling has been extensively used in children’s education as a valuable and creative tool, however, its use in the higher education process has been less common and this paper proposes that storytelling can be used as an effective reflective tool in higher education. Digital storytelling is essentially the application of technology to this age-old experience of sharing personal narratives and seeking to teach and learn from them. What is different, and what makes these digital stories so potentially powerful, is the availabil…
A simple methodology for comparing cost-benefit of traditional, green and cool roofs
2019
Energy policy makers, architects and researchers, when designing new buildings or rehabilitating the existing ones, are engaged in the attempt of limiting the energy needs for climatization (NZEB buildings) and the environmental pressure exerted by buildings (EU Climate Action). The pursuit of this demanding assignment calls for innovative solutions in conceiving the building envelope and its energy systems. Recently, among the most effective tools for improving the energy and environmental performances of buildings, the technical interventions regarding the roofs are gaining a rising attention. Indeed, covers of buildings are responsible of a relevant part of their energy losses and, on th…
Co-costruzione dell'apprendimento: dalla pratica riflessiva all'azione. Inquiry-Based Laboratory e action learning nella formazione dei futuri docent…
2022
Il presente lavoro espone gli esiti di una ricerca sperimentale a gruppo unico, condotta con 1350 corsisti e 120 docenti di laboratorio frequentanti il V ciclo del corso di specializzazione per le attività di sostegno didattico per le scuole dell’infanzia, primaria, secondaria di primo e secondo grado dell’Ateneo di Palermo svoltosi nell’A.A. 2020/2021. La cornice teorica all’interno della quale si delinea la ricerca è quella dell’approccio Inquiry-Based Laboratory (IBL), del Reflective Learning e dell’Action Learning, fondamentale per la costruzione di una professionalità docente competente, consapevole e responsabile. Il percorso di ricerca ha applicato il modello dell’IBL alle attività l…
Environmental Assessment of an Innovative High-Performance Experimental Agriculture Field
2022
To increase food availability, optimizing production systems and reducing burdens related to human activities is essential in a scenario of population growth and limited natural resources. In this context, the life cycle methodology can represent a valuable asset for assessing the environmental performance of agricultural products and services. This study sought to investigate and characterize potential impacts of an experimental tomato field at the University of Perugia and evaluate if the production increment obtained using high-reflective mulching compensated for the emissions caused by this extra component. The first-year crop campaign was the baseline reference to measure the system’s …
Pobudzanie przez czytanie, czyli biblioterapia w pracy nauczyciela, wychowawcy, terapeuty
2017
W artykule zaprezentowana została biblioterapia jako metoda mająca zastosowanie w szerokim procesie edukacyjnym. Autorka stara się wykazać, że współczesna szkoła, będąca w przededniu reformy, powinna czerpać z dotychczasowych doświadczeń oraz osiągnięć neurodydaktyki. Opisane zostały sposoby wykorzystania biblioterapii jako metody rozwijającej wiedzę o świecie społecznym czytelnika. Ma ona również zastosowanie w rewalidacji jako metoda odpowiadająca na potrzeby rozwojowe dzieci i niepełnosprawnej młodzieży. Książka ma też znaczenie w poszukiwaniu i budowaniu poczucia sensu życia, szczególnie w przypadku osób o ograniczonej sprawności. Celem artykułu jest także ukazanie wychowawczych i terap…
‘So close, yet so different’ – reflections on the multicultural course of Slavic languages
2019
The complexity of language learning may be expanded to learning the languages belonging to the same language family, for example, Slavic languages. This paper reports on the reflection-on action research aimed at the increase of learners’ multicultural competence and enhancement of critical thinking at the interdisciplinary, blended course of Slavic languages and cultures. The course organized in modules is implemented in Moodle. Course content is designed by the teacher; however, Slavic languages are presented by native speakers of these languages. Learners have an opportunity to get familiar with Slavic languages, history, and culture from the presenters’ perspective, what generally resul…