Academic position
Since 1 September 2023 Research Fellow on a Project entitled "Visual disabilities, books and tactile itineraries", Tutor Professors Roberta Caldin and Roberto Dainese
Training
2014: PhD in Scienze Pedagogiche, dell'Educazione e della Formazione Single Cycle XXIII at the University of Padua with a research project entitled "La lettura di un TIB (Tactile Illustrated Book) come contesto per l'espressione di domande da parte di bambini con deficit visivo. An exploratory research' (evaluation: excellent)
2006: Single-cycle master's degree in Educational Sciences, specialising in Experts in Educational Processes from the University of Padua (mark: 110/110 cum laude)
Academic career
2022/2023 Appointment as Subject Tutor for Special Pedagogy for Inclusion, SSd M-PED/03, University of Bologna _ Department of Educational Sciences G. M. Bertin
2021/2022 Appointment as Head of Subject for Italian Linguistics and Literature, SSd M-FIL-LET/10, University of Padua _ Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology
2006/2007 Appointment as Subject Tutor for Didactics and Special Pedagogy, SSd M-PED/03, University of Padua _ Degree Course in Primary Education Sciences
University teaching activity in SSd M-PED/03
2014- 2024 Contract Professor _ Teaching of Special Education and Learning of Sensory Disabilities - Visual Disabilities within the Specialisation Course for Support Activities, University of Padua
2021-2023 Contract Professor _ Teaching of Teaching and Pedagogy for Inclusion in the Master's Degree Course in Primary Education Science, University of Padua
Tutor Coordinator (from 1999 to 2007, in 2014, from 2021 to 2023) and Organiser (from 2016 to 2019) at the Single-Cycle Master's Degree Course in Primary Education Sciences, University of Padua
Teaching Support Activities (laboratories)
University of Padua: teaching support activities from a.a. 1999/2000 to date in Postgraduate Courses (PAS_Percorsi abilitanti speciali per insegnanti delle scuole secondarie superiori, Corsi abilitanti speciali per insegnanti della scuola dell'Infanzia e Primaria), Specialisation Courses (Additional course for support activities for pupils with disabilities, Specialisation course for support activities), Master's Degree Courses (Master's Degree Course in Didactics and Psychopedagogy for Specific Learning Disorders - DSA), First and Second Level Degrees (Degree Course in Educational Sciences, Degree Course in Education and Training Sciences, Distance Learning Degree Course in Childhood and Pre-adolescent Education, Degree Course in Primary Education Sciences)
University of Bologna: teaching support activities in the a.y. 2016/2017 in the Specialisation Course for support activities
University of Ferrara: teaching support activities in the academic years from 2020/2021 to 2022/2023 in the Specialisation Course for support activities
Other organisations: Autonomous Province of Trento, SPES_Servizi Alla Persona Educativi e Sociali of Padua, Regional School Management of Veneto, Comprehensive Institutes of the Provinces of Padua, Venice, Treviso.
Scientific activity
Contact person for the Robert Hollman Foundation for the Erasmus+ Project "Flex Picture Ebook" (three-year period 2022/2025), aimed at experimenting with an Epub (digital book entirely adaptable to all children, even those with visual impairment, in both text and images). European partners: Austria, Italy, France and Lithuania
Membership in scientific and editorial committees
SIPeS, Italian Society of Special Education since 2008
Member of the SIPeS (Italian Society of Special Pedagogy) Executive for the three-year period 2017-2020.
Referee for Italian Journal of Special Education for Inclusion in the years 2019 and 2020.
Member of the Scientific Committee of SIPeS National (Cagliari, 2018), International (Macerata, 2019) and Autumn School (Bergamo, 2018) Conferences.
Awards and acknowledgements
SIPeS Award 2022 "Good practices: a workshop of inclusive experiences and practices" with a praxis entitled "Spaces and pages that include: a Park, a book", concerning the creation of the first Inclusive Municipal Park in Padua, with Maria Eleonora Reffo (Director of the Robert Hollman Foundation, Padua).
Other activities
Vice-President of the Jury of the National Competition for Tactile Publishing "Tocca a te" in the 7th (Bologna, 2023) and 6th (Rome, 2021) editions. Member of the Senior Jury in the 5th (Milan, 2019) and 4th (Assisi, 2017) editions.
Member of the Jury for the Editability Award 2022, set up by the Robert Hollman Foundation on the sidelines of the International Tactile Illustrated Book Competition "Typhlo & Tactus" held in Padua in 2022, to identify the TIB with the most easily reproducible characteristics.
Co-creator and conductor of the training course for preschool and primary school teachers entitled "Pensiamo, costruiamo, giochiamo...Insieme. Il Parco di Tutti" on the issues of disability and accessibility, promoted by the Hollman Foundation - Padua branch and the Municipality of Padua, 20 and 27 September 2018, 4 October 2018.
