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In order to answer the call of Agenda 2030 (UN, 2015), higher education must assist in giving form to a new society in which democracy is cultivated in both the minds and practices of our society. A democratic education is the answer to the challenges of contemporary society, which is characterized by indifference and an unwillingness to engage for the common good. Educational practices are often aligned to this trend so that they are planned with the aim of developing competences useful for individual success and the economic improvement of society. It is necessary to envision a new design for higher education that promotes in people the disposition to engage in the construction of a society where everyone has an equal opportunity to live a good and fulfilling life. Useful for this purpose can be a rediscovery of the classical position of Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle that present virtue and ethics as a theoretical framework for education. This framework can be used as a foundation upon which to renew academic practices by planning and designing experiences able to translate theory into actions. Service learning is an interesting model that would allow for this and would guide practices that support a democratic education informed by virtue and ethics. If useful for redirecting higher education, service learning is particularly suitable for educating teachers, the practitioners who have a great responsibility for transforming society through education. In this paper, after developing the appropriate theoretical framework, we present, as an example of service learning, the Community Research Service Learning experience carried out at the University of Verona in the Primary Teacher Education master's degree program.

2010/2011 ; The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether the Italian University grants are an effective tool to prevent student drop out and to favor the degree attainment whitin accademic path, both for merit and need-based financial aids. The survey units are italian student enrolled on a degree course in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from 2002/02 until 2007/08 in the University of Trieste. On the one hand, the Erdisu (Local Governmental Agency) offers some grants every year to eligible students from low-income families (scarcely related to the merit). The main objective of this intervention is to give equal opportunity to achieve higher education to motivated students irrespective of their income. On the other hand, Fonda Foundation offers some (only) merit-based grants to students enrolled in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics degree courses. The goal is to award the best students enrolled in the above courses. In order to estimate the causal effect of receiving a grant, we follow the literature on counterfactual analysis and we matching treated and control units using Genetic matching and Coarsened Exact Matching. The results suggest that the need-based financial aids have positive impact to prevent drop-out at 2nd year, but non significant effect on graduation time, whereas the merit-based scholarships increase the probability to achieve the degree on time. ; XXIV Ciclo ; 1973

This work aims to shed light on the textile-clothing district of Carpi seen from an economic-industrial perspective. This district has always been one of the most investigated cases in Italian and foreign literature, that aimed at investigating the causes of the success of these particular productive agglomerations of Small and Medium Business (SMB). Since the years of the district successes in the 1970's-80's, many things have obviously changed. In the second and third paragraphs, the paper analyzes the case study of Carpi from a structural point of view. Subsequently, in the fourth paragraph, it focuses on the new industrial policy, which should be primarily centered on "investments in knowledge" (human capital, research and development). In the fifth final paragraph, some policy responses to the present challenges are suggested. ; Questo lavoro ha lo scopo di gettare luce sul distretto del tessile-abbigliamento di Carpi visto da una prospettiva economico-industriale. Questo distretto da sempre fra i casi maggiormente indagati nella letteratura, italiana e straniera, volta ad approfondire le cause del successo di queste particolari agglomerazioni produttive di Piccola e Media Impresa (PMI). Dagli anni dei successi distrettuali degli anni '70 e '80, molte cose sono naturalmente cambiate. Il paper analizza, nel secondo e nel terzo paragrafo, il case-study carpigiano dal punto di vista strutturale. Successivamente, al quarto paragrafo, si sofferma sulla nuova politica industriale, che in primis deve essere incentrata sugli "investimenti in conoscenza" (capitale umano, ricerca e sviluppo) e, nel quinto conclusivo paragrafo, sono suggerite alcune risposte di policy alle sfide attuali.

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The aim of this paper is to describe how the absence of interpretative frameworks of quality assessment in terms of the adoption of ICT in the context of teaching-learning university is pretty serious. The use of technology is transforming the nature of teaching and learning as well as the organization and management of teaching, though, in terms of evidence, it must also clearly determine its effectiveness. The literature points out that, beyond the systemic international comparative surveys, are still absent appropriate models of Quality Assurance (QA) to assess the extent of these changes and the existing ones appear poorly aligned with institutional strategies related to quality policies University. In order to overcome this limitation is necessary to develop criteria, indicators and benchmarking will be able to reflect this reality, even considering the fact that there is a diversity in institutions in the adoption of ICT both domestically and internationally that feeds or less a different digital divide even within those institutions that have adopted innovative ICT. ; L'obiettivo del presente contributo è quello di descrivere come l'assenza di quadri interpretativi della valutazione della qualità sul piano dell'adozione delle ICT nei contesti di insegnamento-apprendimento universitario sia piuttosto grave, poiché l'impiego delle tecnologie sta trasformando la natura dell'insegnamento e dell'apprendimento oltre che l'organizzazione e la gestione didattica, anche se, sul piano delle evidenze, occorre ancora con chiarezza determinarne l'efficacia. La letteratura rileva come, al di là delle ricognizioni sistemiche internazionali di tipo comparativo, siano ancora assenti modelli adeguati di Assicurazione della qualità (AQ) atti a valutare la portata di tali cambiamenti e quelli esistenti appaiano scarsamente allineati alle strategie istituzionali legate alle politiche di qualità delle Università. Al fine di superare questo limite occorre sviluppare criteri, indicatori e strategie di benchmarking capaci di dare ...

Dalla fine degli anni '90, il sistema universitario italiano è stato protagonista di interventi riformisti che ne hanno cambiato la struttura didattica, le dinamiche di reclutamento, gli assetti gestionali ed organizzativi con impatti enormi sulla vita degli accademici. Negli stessi anni le immatricolazioni si sono stabilizzate, seppure con alterne fluttuazioni, configurando l'istruzione universitaria come "istruzione di massa". Parallelamente i forti tagli alla spesa per università e ricerca, contrariamente al discorso pubblico sulla transizione alla "società della conoscenza", hanno messo a dura prova la tenuta del sistema universitario nel suo complesso. In questo intricato quadro le politiche di valutazione hanno contribuito a trasformare le pratiche, le strategie e i comportamenti delle istituzioni e del corpo accademico. Nel presente volume l'attenzione è posta proprio sui mutamenti nella produzione scientifica (come espressione dell'attività di ricerca), nelle scelte strategiche e negli atteggiamenti degli accademici, tentando di evidenziare gli effetti di condizionamento a livello aggregato, di singola istituzione ed individuale.

La necessità di riconoscere e formare le competenze di insegnamento per supportare la qualità della didattica universitaria appare, da tempo, una priorità politica internazionale. Le istituzioni universitarie hanno la responsabilità di garantire opportunità di sviluppo professionale e un'appropriata formazione dell'expertise didattico di alto livello con una focalizzazione non solo su ambiti strettamente disciplinari, ma anche sulla promozione di competenze pedagogico-didattiche, professionali, organizzativo-gestionali e di leadership, funzionali alla gestione di organizzazioni complesse e alle attività – oltre che di ricerca e didattica – sempre più manageriali (Deem, Hillyard, Reed, 2007), ad alto impatto sul territorio. Il progetto PRODID - Preparazione alla professionalità Docente e Innovazione Didattica ha avuto come finalità la realizzazione, anche in Italia, di Teaching Learning Centeres e di modellistiche curricolari, condivise da una rete di Atenei, utili per la qualificazione della didattica universitaria.

Grazia Graziosi, "Il ruolo degli incentivi economici nell'istruzione universitaria", Working Paper Series 5, 2012 ; The aim of this work is to investigate whether the Italian University grants are an effective tool to prevent student dropout and to favor the degree attainment within academic path both for merit and need-based financial aids. The survey units are Italian students enrolled on a degree course in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from 2002/03 until 2007/08 in the University of Trieste. On the one hand, the Erdisu (Local Governmental Agency) offers some grants every year to eligible students from low-income families (scarcely related to the merit). The main objective of this intervention is to give equal opportunity to achieve higher education to motivated students irrespective of their income. On the other hand, Fonda Foundation offer some (only) merit-based grants to students enrolled in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics degree courses. The goal is to award the best students enrolled in the above courses. In order to estimate the causal effect of receiving a grant, we follow the literature on counterfactual analysis and we match treated and control units using Genetic matching and Coarsened Exact Matching. The results suggest that the need-based financial aids have positive impact to prevent drop-out at2nd year, but non significant effect on graduation time, whereas the merit-based scholarships increase the probability to achieve the degree on time.

This volume aims to provide an overview of equal opportunities, particularly in the areas of higher and university education and the labor market. It is composed of different contributions and the result of an interdisciplinary reflection gained during the drafting of the Gender Report of the "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University (Chieti-Pescara, Italy). The text is proposed as a useful tool for training in this sector and as a sociological reflection on culture and the processes of construction of gender stereotypes.