Michela Schenetti

Michela Schenetti BA (hons), PhD

Didactics and Special Education (University of Bologna) Department of Educational Sciences

EDUCATION

- 2002 Degree (Master equivalent) in Education at the University of Bologna. Mark 110/110 summa cum laude

- 2003 – 2006 Doctorate PhD in Education at the University of Bologna. Final thesis: ‘Understanding children's pain: an empirical research' (supervisor prof. P. Bertolini)

POSITIONS HELD

- November 2007 – present:  Researcher (assistant professor) in Didactics and Special Education (M-Ped/03), University of Bologna, Department of Education

- Visiting Research Scholar – Stockholm University – January/April 2010

- 2006 (august) – 2008 (january) Post-doc Research Yellow, University of Bologna, Department of Education

 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

- 2003-2004 Member of the research group “Pedagogy, human sciences and teachers' identity”  coordinated by Prof. P. Bertolini, University of Bologna, Department of Education

- 2005-2006 Member of the research group “Childhood, Adolescence and Educational Institutions” coordinated by Prof. P. Bertolini, University of Bologna, Department of Education

- 2005-2006 Member of the research group  “Local Authorities, Youth and Politics” promoted by Piero Bertolini Study Center and Department of Education – University of Bologna

- 2005 Coordinator of the project “The network of ECEC services in Portugal” promoted by promoted by Emilia-Romagna Region (Area of Family affairs, Childhood and Adolescence) and Department of Education, University of Bologna

- 2006-2008 Coordinator of the project ‘The role of children and parents centres in parenting education' , supervisor prof.ssa M. Manini, Department of Education, University of Bologna

- 2008- 2012: Member of the research group “Professionalism and care in childcare settings: perspectives on educators in-service training ”, coordinated by Prof. ssa Manini, Department of Education, University of Bologna

2008- present: Member of the research group on ‘The educational museum', coordinated by Prof. ssa Manini, Department of Education, University of Bologna

-  2010 Coordinator of the project  ‘Education for sustainability: the challenge of yearly childhood services in Bologna's preschools

- 2010 Coordinator of the project  ´The relationship between kindergarten and environmental education´ (Department of Special Education – Stockholm- Sweden)

 - 2011-2012 Action research project ‘The secret Garden' in Bologna's preschools

 - 2011/2012 Member of the research group on ‘The preschool in the wood'  with  Fondazione Villa Ghigi, Bologna

 - 2013-2014 Member of the research group on ‘Outdoor Education' in collaboration with the Department for Life Quality Studies and  Bologna's Municipality

COURSES TAUGHT

2004 – 2007 ‘Qualitative research methods', University of Bologna

2006 – 2007 “Team-working among practitioners in early years services” (30 h) University of Bologna

2007 – 2008  “Epistemological analysis of scientific knowledge processes: the matter of the “point of view” in the procedures of observation and description”(with L. Caronia),University of Bologna

2008 – 2009“Skills for professional development of kindergarten teachers”, (24h) University of Bologna

2008/2009 –2009/ 2010- 2010/2011-2011/2012 Environmental Education, (30 h each)University of Bologna

- 2010/2011 Educational responsibilitiesand urban security. The educational relationship with the offender: experiences and operational responses, (30 h) into Master organized by the Interdipartimental Centre for Research on Vitimology and security, University of Bologna  

 - 2011/2012- 2012/2013- 2013/2014 Didactis, (30 h each)University of Bologna

 - 2012/2013- 2013/2014 Methodologies of play, (30 h each)  University of Bologna

 MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Editorial Board of  Encyclopaideia' (2008 -2012)

Member of governing body of Piero Bertolini Study Center

Member of Final Evaluation Committee of Master degree ‘Research Methodology in Education', University of Trento, 2009

Member of CREI (Centre for Research in childhood education ‘Piero Bertolini') (2010 - 2013)

Member of the Editorial Board of Infanzia (2007–present)

Member of the Scientific Board of ‘Encyclopaideia', Journal of Phenomenology and Education (2012-present)

Member of Special Interest Group (SIG) for Outdoor Play and Learning in Early Childhood Education within the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (2012- present)

Member of CRESPI ( Centre for Research in teacher professionalism) (2012 – present)

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS

- Psycological pain in Infancy ECER International Conference “European Educational Research Association”, University of Crete, September 2004

- ECEC services in Portugal: the professional role of childcare coordinator, at  the 3rd Regional Conference “Il coordinatore pedagogico per l'infanzia e gestione pubblica e privata dell'Emilia Romagna: dal coordinatore al coordinamento, Castel San Pietro, November 2005  

- The organization of educational setting in childcare services, at “Sguardi del bambino per il bambino. La bottega dell'educazione” Regional Workshop, Salsomaggiore terme, December 2007

- How to understand pain in infancy in IHRSC – International Human Sciences Conference, Rovereto (TN), June 2007

- The world of emotions in childhood: finding an answer to the hidden needs of children, at “Incontri con la pedagogia” conference, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, April 2008

- Lived-experiences earthquake. Children memories and drawings, ICERI 2009, Madrid, Spain

- Lived-experiences earthquake. Kids lived experiences. Centro studi Erickson, University of Trento, November 2009

- Making experience: Preschool teachers professional development, c/o EECERA Conference, Birmingham University, settembre 2010

 - Growing education for sustainability. A new professionalism, c/o OMEP Conference, Goteborg University, agosto 2010

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

- Formare all'outdoor education, Teatro Testoni, 2013, Bologna

 - La scuola nel bosco – ricerca e innovazione, 2013, Casalecchio (Bologna)

 - La scuola nel bosco, 2011, Bologna

 - Le emozioni dei bambini. Il ruolo dell'adulto per comprenderle e gestirle, 2011, Frassinoro

 - Professionalità dell'insegnante nella scuola dell'infanzia. La voce della ricerca, 2011, Dip. Scienze dell'Educazione, Bologna

- L'esperienza del dolore. Il ruolo degli adulti per comprenderlo e gestirlo, 2010, Sassuolo

 - Il dolore dei bambini. Il ruolo degli adulti per comprenderlo e gestirlo, 2009, Forlì

 - Il mondo emotivo dell'infanzia: rispondere al disagio nascosto, in Incontri con la pedagogia,

2008, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, 2008.

 - Servizi per l'infanzia portoghesi: funzioni e figure di coordinamento , 2005, Castel San Pietro