Filippo Gomez Paloma

University of Macerata

Filippo Gomez Paloma is a Full Professor of Didactics and Special Pedagogy in the Department of Education, University of Macerata, Italy. He holds a master’s degree in psychology, two degrees (Italian and French) in Motor and Sports Sciences, three specializations in special education, a master’s on International Qualification of “High Education Level,” and a Ph.D. in Pedagogy. He is a member of many international scientific societies and a member of the board of directors of the Società Italiana di Ricerca Didattica (SIRD), whose research is on training and education in schools. He was previously the director of the Special Education School European University of Rome, Italy, and a senior expert pedagogical consultant for the National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education and Training System (INVALSI), Italy.

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This book reviews the training and practice of teachers from several perspectives. The scientific quality and pedagogical richness of the contributions within make this book indispensable for training and enriching teaching professionalism and is useful for teachers in service as well. The interdisciplinarity that increasingly characterizes the educational and training environment clearly emerges, offering the reader a more articulated and less monotheistic vision. This vision, which at first might be more difficult to interpret and less functional to the educational impact of the text, instead offers the opportunity to build a new interpretative key of the complex educational–didactic and educational–professional phenomenon. Trying to govern a phenomenon rich in variables is a fundamental error; to operate with awareness and conscience, the best way is to go through the complexity of the phenomena and reading this book is, in our opinion, the best cultural weapon.

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Teacher Training and Practice

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Introductory Chapter: Teacher Education between Science and Consciousness

By Filippo Gomez Paloma

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Physical Education in the Academy – Learning Takes Body

By Chiara Gentilozzi, Antonio Cuccaro and Filippo Gomez Paloma

This contribution, starting from the scientific framework of the Embodiment phenomenon, wants to focus on the specific issue of university education aimed at students from an Embodied Cognition-based (EC-based) perspective. For several years now, European educational policies have required member states to create programmes to increase the educational level of the population and to give more importance to the training of key competences in order to guarantee continuous learning for all citizens. At the same time, the importance of promoting meaningful learning processes is emphasised, where the individual is able to actively construct the meaning of what is presented and to transfer their knowledge and skills. It is from these considerations that the research expressed in this paper takes shape, analysing the application and outcomes of the EC-based approach in the educational pathway of the students of the Physical Education course enrolled in the Primary Education degree course at the University of Macerata during the 2022/23 academic year.

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Teacher Training and Practice

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