4° Seminario Internazionale di Studi: «Strumenti per la Ricerca Educativa»

Abstract

4th International Seminar on Educational Research:
«Instruments for Educational Research»

The works of the 4th International Study Seminar, organized by the Journal of Educational, Cultural and Psycological Studies (3-5 July 2014) in collaboration with the Master in «Leadership and Management in Education», are articulated in reference to the planned activities by PRIN «Educational Achievement, Social Inclusion and Cohesion: Innovative Strategies, ICT and Evaluation Models» and the Project for International Activity «Observatory on interventions in support of educational research and improvement of the processes of doctoral training», both coordinated by Gaetano Domenici. This seminar meets the need to stimulate the scientific debate in the educational fields building opportunities for interaction in which international scholars have the opportunity to compare theories and practices (established or in an embryonic stage or experimental). In the fourth consecutive year, the initiative has now taken on the character of custom: after the works focused on «Educational research: procedures, methods, instruments», on «Methodological Issues, Evaluation and Funding Policies», on «New Realism and Educational Research», this year the purpose of the Seminar is to propose a discussion on theoretical and operational issues relating to the theme of «Instruments for Educational Research». The peculiar perspective that it intends to follow is to investigate the role played by socio-psycho-pedagogical theories and related operational practices in promoting of Educational Achievement pursued educational intervention in schools of all levels. Study Seminar shows, in a fascinating and complex debate, how theories and practices corroborate and strengthen each other, in the virtuous circularity that characterizes the scientific knowledge.