A. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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2013-present: Research fellow at Department of Educational
Studies - University of Bologna, on the topic “La
multidisciplinarietà, le patologie genetiche e il superamento delle
difficoltà di apprendimento e di insegnamento in Pedagogia Speciale
e Didattica dell'Integrazione”
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2013: PhD in Pedagogy with scholarship at Department of
Educational Studies - University of Bologna. Dissertation: Il
filo di Arianna - Una ricerca multi ed interdisciplinare per il
superamento degli handicap che la x fragile propone
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2006/2009:Research fellow at Department of Educational Studies -
University of Bologna, on the topic“L'area di sviluppo
potenziale, le tecnologie mediatrici per il superamento delle
difficoltà di apprendimento e di insegnamento: l'emozione di
conoscere”
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2005: Degree in Primary Teacher Education with honour (summa cum
laude) and specialisation in Special Education (Additional Course
for Special Education Teachers) - University of Bologna. Research
thesis about the pedagocical and educational case of a child with
Down syndrome from birth to integration at school.
B. FELLOWSHIPS:
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September 2010 - present: team member on the
research-action-training project “Il progetto Amico”. The project
is coordinated by Professor Nicola Cuomo, Department of Educational
Studies, commissioned by Fondazione CondiVivere di Bresso (MI) and
in
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collaboration with IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana (RM) and Ospedale
Bambino Gesù (RM).
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The research focuses on a sample group of 13 adults with
intellectual disability (mainly Down syndrome) and aims to improve
the quality of their lives through opportunities and circumstances
that provide them with skills for a more independent life,
preparing them for their life “after parents”.
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September 2009 - present: team member on the
research-action-training project “Il filo di Arianna”. The project
is coordinated by Professor Nicola Cuomo, Department of Educational
Studies, commissioned by Associazione Italiana X-Fragile and in
collaboration with IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana (RM) and Ospedale
Bambino Gesù (RM). The research focuses on a representative sample
of people from 7 months to 56 years-old and has a cross-curricular
approach to intellectual disabilities. It aims to direct
educational and tuition practices towards appropriate intervention
for developing better cognitive and emotional resources. (
http://xfragile.forumattivo.com/).
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2007/2008-2008/2009: team member on the project “I Care”,
sponsored by
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MIUR - chief advisor Prof. Nicola Cuomo (Department of
Educational Studies) in collaboration with local schools: nursery
school “Villa Gaia” in Castelnovo di
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Sotto (RE), I.C. di Castel di Casio (BO), I.C. in Porretta Terme
e I.C. in Castelnovo di Sotto (RE). The project worked on learning
and teaching problems and the development of originality, diverse
intellects and the build-up of backgrounds, environments,
strategies, technology, skills and procedures for the well-being of
teaching and learning.
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2006/2007: member of the research-action-training project
team.
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Coordinator, prof. Nicola Cuomo (Department of Educational
Studies). In collaboration with D.D. I° Circolo in Maglie (LE) and
with the association A.Ge.Di.S. (Association of Parents of Disabled
Children of Salento).
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2006-present: member of the team “Gruppo di Ricerca multi ed
interistituzionale, multi ed interdisciplinare” institutionalised
by Department of Educational Studies in Bologna with the aim of
testing theories,methods and good practice in order to overcome the
handicap caused by deficit. The group members are parents of people
with disabilities living in Bologna and its province.
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2006-present: member of the team for fundraising RFO ex 60%
coordinated by prof. Nicola Cuomo (Department of Educational
Studies)
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2005/2006: member of “l'intelligenza emozionale” project team,
coordinated by prof. Nicola Cuomo (Department of Educational
Studies) in
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collaboration with the primary school Pirazzini, V circolo in
Faenza (RA).
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2005-present: member of the project team, coordinated by prof.
Nicola Cuomo (Department of Educational Studies) on a sample of
children and teenagers of different Italian areas (mainly Bologna,
Pescara, Lecce, Bari and their districts) with learning
difficulties and/or school failure and/or mental or physical
disabilities. The project outlines operational guidelines for a
pedagogical and tuition project with the aim to improve cognitive
development of children and teenagers with mental disabilities and
to optimise integration in classroom, at home and during free
time.
C. EDUCATIONAL/SECON LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS
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2007- present: Managing Editor of Emozione di Conoscere e il
Desiderio di Esistere(http://rivistaemozione.scedu.unibo.it),
international and multidisciplinary magazine, issued by Department
of Educational Studies. Head editor, prof. Nicola Cuomo.
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2010: Member of the scientific board of CondiVivere Foundation
in Bresso. The foundation provides people with mental disabilities,
skills for a more independent life and prepares them for their life
“after parents”.
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Member of the scientific board of Modern Research in
Psychology: trends and prospects, international congress of
psychology held inSibiu (Romania), 3-5 June 2011
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Group member of the special co-edited issue of the
International Journal of Whole
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Schooling on the topic of "Love, Emotion, and Pedagogy" ,
Faculty of Education, Concordia University College of
Alberta
D. SPEAKER IN THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES AND
CONVENTIONS
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Conference “Emozioni: istruzioni per l'uso” organized by Baby
Xitter Association (TO) 16th september 2011, Turin
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Lecture “Istruzione e Disabilità: garantire un diritto.” held
for XII corso universitario multidisciplinare di educazione allo
sviluppo – “Discriminazione: sfida del
presente” organized by the Faculty of Political Science -
University of Bologna , Polo di
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Forlì, in collaboration with Comitato Provinciale UNICEF
Forlì-Cesena, 20th May 2011
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“EDUCACIÓN ESPECIAL Y MUNDO DIGITAL” International Congress:
Special Education and Digital World - XXVIII Jornadas Nacionales
de Educación Especial
y Universidad, Almeria Spain 12-14 April 2011
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Conference held for the opening of the Puglia Branch of the
Association Sindrome X Fragile, within the research-training-action
project “Il Filo di Arianna” Bisceglie (BAT) 12th February 2011
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Conference “Prospettive terapeutiche ed educative per le
disabilità intellettive – La Sindrome X Fragile e la Sindrome di
Down” Bari 12-14 November 2010
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Conference “Italia. Trent'anni di integrazione scolastica”,
Tokyo (Japan) 23rd September 2010
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Conference “Come realizzare l'educazione inclusiva in Giappone”,
Osaka (Japan) 11th Semptember 2010
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Conference “Verso una vita autonoma e indipendente con
l'emozione di conoscere e il desiderio di esistere”, Palazzo del
Turismo, Cesenatico (FC) 6th August 2010
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Lecture Giù le barriere dell'educazione: i diritti dei
bambini e degli adolescenti con
disabilità held for XI corso universitario
multidisciplinare di educazione allo sviluppo
– “Discriminazione: sfida del presente” organized by the
Faculty of Political Science - University of Bologna, Polo di
Forlì, in collaboration with Comitato Provinciale UNICEF
Forlì-Cesena, 20th May 2010
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“Prassi verso un'educazione inclusiva per i bambini autistici e
con altri bisogni speciali” organized by Association Reninco 17th
February 2009, Bucarest (Romania)
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Meeting “Sistemi Operativi di Supporto per Progetti Educativi
nell'area della
disabilità - riferimenti e competenze sulle strategie per
l'attuazione di uno “stile” di
intervento nell'educazione della persona con deficit” , 4th
December 2008, Bresso (MI)
“Il vestito dell'avvenire” Training congress within the young
apprenticeship programme for students with special needs, organized
by the Association A.I.R. Down,
3-4 December 2008, Moncalieri (TO)
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“V Encuentro Internacional Pensar (se) la Inclusión” Mexico
City, 12-15 November 2008
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“Autismul si adolescentia”, 10-11 October 2008, Bucarest,
Romania.
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Conference on integration at school in Italy, Establecimiento
Educativo Argentino, 22ndSeptember 2006, Adrogue – Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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Conference “¿Dificultades de aprendizaje o de enseñanza?
Estrategias para sostener la educación en contextos complejos”,
20thSeptember2006, Universidad de San Martín, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
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Conference “La integración escolar. Desafíos para la superación
de las dificultades de aprendizaje y enseñanza”, 14thSeptember
2006, Universidad de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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XV Jornadas RUEDES “Sujetos, Condiciones y Contextos en
Educación Especial. Lecturas desde el campo pedagógico”, 7-9
September 2006, Cordoba, Argentina.
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Conference “L'Emozione di Conoscere e il Desiderio di Esistere”,
held at Asociación para el Progreso de la Educación, Cordoba,
10thAugust 2006
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“L'emocio de conèixer i el desig d'existir”, Vic (Spain), 19-20
May 2006.
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“Gli esperti parlano di integrazione scolastica”, Trinitapoli
(FG), 19th December 2005;
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“Verso una vita autonoma ed indipendente con l'emozione di
conoscere e il desiderio di esistere”, Troia (FG), 20-21 May
2005;
E. ACADEMIC TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
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Training Course "Emozione di conoscere" Faenza, 31st May - 2nd
June 2012.
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Course for educators, teachers and parents.
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Training Course "Emozione di conoscere" Roma, 29- 30 September
2011.
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Course for educators, teachers and parents.
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Supervising tutor for progetto Amico “Laboratorio di Autonomia
per l'inclusione sociale”, Selvino (BG) 03/07/2011-31/07/2011
promoted by Associazione Agorà in Bresso (MI) and Fondazione
Condivivere in Bresso (MI)
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Training Course “Learning week for x fragile” 6-9 July 2011,
Trani (BA)
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Supervising tutor for progetto Amico “Laboratorio di Autonomia
per l'inclusione sociale” Passo del Tonale (TN)
30/06/2011-02/07/2011 promoted by Associazione Agorà in Bresso (MI)
and Fondazione Condividere in Bresso (MI)
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Meeting with parents, members of the Association Down People in
Kyoto (Japan), 17th September 2010: “come deve essere la scuola
dell'integrazione?”
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Supervising tutor for progetto Amico “Laboratorio di Autonomia
per l'inclusione sociale” Cesenatico (FC) 24/07/2010-07/08/2010
promoted by Associazione Agorà in Bresso (MI)
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Training activities for parents and educators on the topic of
“An indipendent life 'after us'” Passo del Tonale (TN) 20-26 June
2010
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Training activities for teachers on the topics of learning
difficulties, teaching strategies, the law and the documentation
related to integration at school. Lecture: “L'integrazione degli
alunni in situazione di handicap e il ruolo dell'insegnante di
sostegno”, at I.C. in Verucchio (RN), 7th September 2007
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Training activities on the topic “Accoglienza e Integrazione”,
Istituto Comprensivo Vado-Monzuno (BO), 26th June 2007.
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Special Academic Courses for Teaching Qualification Achievement
at Primary and Nursery School, in Ravenna, Ferrara, Bologna,
Rimini/Forlì.
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Lectures within the course Didattica dell'Integrazione di
responsabilità held by prof. Nicola Cuomo, (11-17 November
2006, 17-23 March 2007, 14-20 April 2007, 19-25 May 2007).
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Training for nursery and primary teachers, D.D. I° Circolo di
Maglie (LE), 23-24 November 2006
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Meeting with directors, teachers, members of the
cross-curricular team for Special Education of the Government of
Buenos Aires. Topic: Integration at school in Italy, 20 September
2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Seminar “Emoción de conocer y deseo de existir. Una experiencia
italiana para la
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superación de las dificultades de aprendizaje y de enseñanza”,
15-16 September 2006,
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Universidad de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Lecture in the course “Corrientes Pedagógicas Contemporaneas” on
Special Pedagogy in Italy, 11-12 September 2006
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Meeting on integration at school with teachers of the Special
School “Ckari Cay”, Cordoba, 24th August 2006
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Meeting on integration at school with the psycho-pedagocical
board of the School “Adolfo Bioy Casares”, Cordoba, 24thAugust
2006
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Meeting withDirección de Proyectos y Políticas Educativas del
Ministerio de Educación. Topic “Educación e integración escolar –
una mirada alternativa sobre la discapacidad”, 24thAugust 2006,
Cordoba, Argentina.
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Course on problems related to the inclusion and integration of
people with Special Needs, Cordoba (Argentina), 23-24 August
2006
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Training Activities for families of people with special needs
and Organization of a workshop for overcominghandicaps, 27-28
aprile 2006, Maglie – Lecce.
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Refresher Course/seminar “L'emozione di conoscere –
problematiche
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riguardanti l'apprendimento e l'insegnamento, rapporto tea
teoria e prassi”, D.D. I°
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Circolo di Maglie (LE), 30th March 2006
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Course on Inclusion and Integration of People with Special
Needs, Cordoba (Argentina), 20-23 September 2005
F. ACTIVITIES ABROAD
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Visit aimed at the possibility of international development and
collaboration.
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Visiting Research Fellow
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Taught course at Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife-Spain),
10-13 September 2012
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Visiting Research Fellow, Marco Polo Project, University of
Paris V Descartes (Paris), November 2011 – February 2012
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Visiting Research Fellow for the Education Inclusive and Social
Welfare of Person with Intellectual Disabilities Course, held by
prof.Tomoharu Hori, Osaka City University, Japan, September
2010
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Visiting Research Fellow on the independence of adults with
psychic difficulties, Murcia (Spain) from 1st April 2010 to 3rd May
2010.
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Final presentation held at Congreso Iberoamericano sobre
Sindrome de Down, Granada, 29 April- 2 May 2010.
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Promotion of Exchange Programmes (Erasmus, Comenius) in
collaboration with Association AEMOCON, the Department of
Educational Studies in Bologna, Department of Psychology of
University Carlo and the Children care centre Ray of Sun in Praha,
31st March - 2nd April 2009.
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Member of the Organization Board of an international,
cross-curricular, scientific project promoted by Association
AEMOCON, the Department of Educational Studies in Bologna and
Foundation Aldea-Tudorache, 16th February 2009, Bucarest,
Romania
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2006-present: research and training coordinator between the
Course of Special Pedagogy of the University of Bologna, San Martín
University in Buenos Aires (Argentina), University of Cordoba
(Argentina), University of Missiones (Argentina) and Turkish
University of Marmara.
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Attendance at a 30-hrs course at Universidad Internacional del
Mar –
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Universidad de Murcia. Topic: “El envejecimiento de las personas
con discapacidad
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intelectual. El estado de la cuestión”, 22-26 September
2008.
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Member of project team on overcoming handicaps, Universidad de
Murcia – Spain 5-8 March 2008.
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Visiting Research Fellow at Cordoba University and San Martín
University, Buenos Aires (Argentina), June-September 2006
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Visiting student at University of Murcia (Spain) -
Socrates/Erasmus (2003/2004) programme.
G. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Special Needs Teacher at Vado-Monzuno (BO), from 1stOctober 2005
to 30thJune 2006. Function: Welcome and Integation activities.
H. FURTHER SKILL
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Web-editor (Joomla!): 2007-present for the e-magazine
Emozione di
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Conoscere,related to Insegnamento di Pedagogia Speciale
held by prof. Nicola Cuomo and AEMOCON:
http://rivistaemozione.scedu.unibo.it ,
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http://emozione.scedu.unibo.it ,
http://www.emozionediconoscere.it/
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Basic photography techniques (analogical and digital)
I. PUBLICATIONS
Treatise:
A. Imola, Le leggi verso le buone prassi dell'integrazione
nell'ambito della Pedagogia
Speciale, 2008 Editrice ETS Pisa
Essays and Articles:
N. Cuomo, A. Imola "La Pedagogia Speciale nella sua azione
educativa in contesti di
inclusione" in Innovación Educativa n°21 2011 pp. 75-90 Servicio
de Publicacions da
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
A. Imola "UN PROGETTO NELL'AMBITO DELLA PEDAGOGIA SPECIALE
DENOMINATO
“AMICO” Rivista Emozione di Conoscere (ISSN 1973-039x ) n.9/10,
II°/III° quadrimestre 2011 pp. 89-99
N. Cuomo A. Imola "LA IPER-MULTIMEDIALITÀ DELLE TECNOLOGIE
PER
APPRENDERE ED INSEGNARE CON L'EMOZIONE DI CONOSCERE." Rivista
Emozionedi Conscere (ISSN 1973-039x ) n.9/10, II°/III° quadrimestre
2011 pp. 100-117
N. Cuomo. A. Imola “La “hiper tecnologia” multimedia para
aprender a enseñar a través de la emoción de conocer”” in Educación
Especial y mundo digital – XXVIII JornadasNacionales de
Universdidades y Educación Especial (Congreso Internacinanl Ameria
-Spain 2011 http://www.ual.es/congresos/EE2011/index.htm)
A. Imola “Il metodo emozione di conocere”, Rivista Emozione di
Conoscere (ISSN 1973-039x ) n.8, I quadrimestre 2010
A. Imola “Tren'anni dopo il Documento Falcucci - l'avventura
della Pedagogia Speciale”, Rivista Emozione di Conoscere (ISSN
1973-039x) n. 3, II quadrimestre 2008
N. Cuomo, A. Imola, “Cuestionar la práctica educativa.
Análisis del contexto y las formas de enseñar”, Revista de
educación inclusiva (ISSN 1889-4208), vol. 1 n.1, 2008
N. Cuomo, A. Imola, E. Bacciaglia, C. De Pellegrin, E. Paggi,
“Uno scenario di circa
trent'anni dal punto di vista della Pedagogia Speciale”,
in “L'arte di crescere – Adolescenti
maturi o adulti bambini?”. Curators L. Pardo e L. Pagnoni, 2007
CLUEB Bologna.
A. Imola “Hacia una vida autonoma e independiente con la
emoción de conocer y el deseo de existir. Una investigación-acción
para proponer las bases científicas y organizativas para una
escuela de vida autónoma e independiente” in Programación.
Libro de Resumenes XV° Jornadas RUEDES, Cordoba 2006;
J. LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent Spanish
Excellent French
Good English
K. IT SKILLS
OS: WINDOWS, MACINTOSH
Microsoft Office
Internet Exporer e Firefox
Video software: Pinnacle and FinalCut
Content management software for websites: Joomla!
