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Toward a teaching embodied-centered: perspectives of research and intervention
No full textThe aim of this study is to present experimental evidence in support of the idea that an “embodied-centered” teaching approach based on multimodal sensory grounding should be more effective than a classic verbal-centered teaching approach. The study is based on the comparison between learning and retrieval of sentences presented in a verbal only or verbal plus related visual images modality. Concrete and abstract meanings were used. Participants had to learn and then recognize these sentences (name and verb recognition). The preliminary data showed a general facilitation of the verbal plus visual image of the learning material. Moreover, a difficulty with abstract sentences emerged. The pattern of results supports the effectiveness of an embodied centered teaching based on educational stimulations that have a strong experiential sensory-motor basis. The implications of these results are discussed
Alfabeti emotivi nell’infanzia: per una educazione integrata all’affettività tra scuola e famiglia
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Editoriale / Editorial - Life skills and human transitions
No full textIn time of pandemic and post-pandemic, debate on life skills has become lively again. Crisis that we are going through has amply demonstrated the fragility of our life environments like the healthcare, social, educational, cultural, technological ones. Such scenario demonstrates the need to strengthen the system of developing life skills, coping, resilience in order to make human and digital transitions more sustainable. Undergoing "transitions," without being equipped, makes us unable to navigate them usefully. Thus, this would risk widening the opportunity gap between individuals, worsening poverty and increasing social injustice
MIGRANT PARENTING AS EMPOWERMENT. THE EDUCATIONAL CARE OF MIGRANTS MOTHERS WITHIN THE PROCIDA INTEGRATED RECEPTION SYSTEM
No full textOur proposal offers a "female empowerment educational model" aimed
at the bio-psycho-social wellbeing of migrant mothers, often victims of
prostitution and trafficking, hosted at the SAI (System of Reception and
Integration) on the island of Procida since 2018 under the AIDA project –
‘Arturo's Island’, funded by the Ministry of the Interior (Department of
Civil Liberties and Immigration), promoted by the Municipality of
Procida and LESS Social Cooperative. After having identified migrant
women as a specific target group, currently, the AIDA project
accommodates 25 beneficiaries from Iran, Nigeria, and Ukraine. Various
outcomes have been achieved through the project in terms of selfempowerment, social and parenting skills, and support to the
educational models of the welcoming country by “hands-on” activities
for mothers and children. Since 2018, the project has initiated agency
implementation (Giddens, 1979) through cooperation between the
project's multidisciplinary team and the local, educational, and health
services. This process has made the "Procida model" a unique example
of "second reception", centered upon the intercultural coexistence (Dusi,
2007; Iavarone et al., 2015; Portera, 2004). Through a participatory actionresearch approach and a holistic vision, the AIDA project has brought
together the entire chain of formal and informal services at the local
community level to implement a support network for the personal and
social empowerment of the beneficiaries. This has been notably
achieved through the facilitation of job placements through internships
and apprenticeships within local artisan workshops, significantly
bolstering wellbeing of the beneficiaries in order to embody a
comprehensive approach to care and integration
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
British Journal of Educational Psychology
No full textBackground: Morality and moral reasoning develop over the
course of life, but such development may encounter obstacles.
Psycho-educational interventions could be designed to improve
moral reasoning and attitude towards prosociality. In the last decades, many interventions employed digital technologies ranging from multicomponent online platforms to serious games and virtual reality, making use of interactivity and immersive properties that could make moral stimuli more engaging.
Aims: This study aimed at reviewing the literature on digital
interventions to support morality and moral reasoning, carried
out with subjects of all age groups.
Methods and results: Two electronic databases were searched
with a systematic approach, and retrieved publications were
scanned by authors against inclusion criteria. Twenty-three
articles were reviewed. In general, the literature describes encouraging
results of digital interventions to support morality. Moreover, a huge variety of morality conceptualizations emerged across various contexts (e.g., professional, school and sports) as well as various outcome measurements (e.g., change in attitudes and change in behaviour).
Conclusions: Effectiveness of digital interventions may relate
to immersive and interactive simulations in particular, in that
they allow participants not only to learn about moral rules and
principles but also to actively exercise their own morality to
make decisions. Future research may build on the present scoping
review to analyse specific types of interventions' effectiveness
with a meta-analytical approach
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