My principal field of research concerns the educational
role of motor play and sport, especially in those persons with
special needs or difficulties, and in childhood. In particular, I
investigated the motivation about sport activity in young
athletes and the consideration of the Physical Education
role of nursery schools teachers. I was also in the
group of the project team funded by the European Union,
called Value Scout, wich investigated the values conveyed by sport
in the formation of the European citizenship, with the Prof.
Andrea Canevaro as a referent of the University of Bologna;
further, I worked at the Department of Educational Sciences in a
research conducted by an interdisciplinary team, we analyzed the
children free play in kindergartens and infant schools; actually,
I'm engaged in several work of Research-Action at primary schools
on similar themes as above. My interests are also linked to
APE (Adapted Physical Education) and Outdoor Education as
important means for building a more inclusive society. In
particular, I'm doing activity of In-Service teacher training and
research on Outdoor Learning for Bologna Municipality, and member
of a LLP (Longlife Learning Project)called LINC founded by the
European Commission, aimed at improving newly immigrants
integration through an Outdoor Learning approach as teaching method
for communicators.
