Academic Coordinators

Dr. Eleonora Zorzi

eleonora.zorzi@unipd.it

Curriculum Vitae

I am a Fixed-term Assistant Professor (from July 2022) at Dep, FISPPA (University of Padua). I am a PhD in Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, and my research is focused on didactic, improvisation, educational (backward) design, inclusion/accessibility, and teachers as improvisers. I am involved in research projects concerning teachers’ training, Philosophy for Children and educational design. I am also a proud secondary school teacher in Philosophy and Human Sciences.

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Prof. Marina Santi

marina.santi@unipd.it

Curriculum Vitae

Marina Santi holds a PhD in Educational Sciences and is Full Professor in Didactics and Special Education. She works in the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology at University of Padova, Italy. Her research deals with dialogue and argumentation concerning knowledge construction processes and the investigation of social interaction as cognitive potential for learning. She specialises in classroom discussion both as method and context for the development of higher-order thinking skills and reflective capabilities. She is an expert on “Philosophy for Children”, a subject into which she has carried out a wide range of empirical research in order to evaluate the effectiveness of philosophical practice within communities of inquiry for the development of critical, creative and caring thinking and the construction of inclusive social environments. Her recent studies focuses on improvisation teaching and learning. Among her main publications: Marina Santi, Stefano Oliverio (eds.) (2012), Educating for Complex Thinking through Philosophical Inquiry . Models, advances and proposals for the new millennium, Napoli, Liguori; Santi M. (2010) (Ed.), Improvisation Between Technique and Spontaneity, Cambridge Scholar Publisher.