Analisi dei bisogni formativi dei docenti universitari: una ricerca qualitativa presso l’Università di Trento per costruire processi di sviluppo professionale

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https://doi.org/10.7346/sird-022023-p86

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Faculty development; needs analysis; Teaching and Learning Center; interview; Teaching delegates

Abstract

The paper presents research implemented by the Teaching and Learning Center of the University of Trento, FormID, aimed at identifying academics’ training needs. The action described here is part of a broader in-tervention that, by connecting a top down and bottom up approach, intends to collect contextual data in order to guide a situated training offer responsive to the real needs of the context. The research consists of several actions: interviews with the members of the Scientific Committee of FormID (Serbati et al. 2023a, Serbati et al. 2023b), interviews with Departmental Teaching Delegates and administration of question-naires to faculty, in order to collect the perception not only of individual academics, but also of those who, due to their role, may have an overall view of teaching and needs for improvement. The focus of this paper will be the results of the interviews conducted with the 15 Teaching Delegates. The aim is to investigate the following topics: idea of 'teaching quality', most frequently used teaching strategies, use of ICT, critical issues encountered in teaching, and training needs of faculty members. The result is a heterogeneous idea of teaching quality, touching on various dimensions; the choice of active teaching strategies sees a strong differentiation between bachelor and master degrees, in favor of the latter; there is rare use of formative assessment, while the use of video lectures is widespread. The main training needs of academics concern teaching strategies and assessment.

Author Biographies

Sabrina Maniero, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy

Sabrina Maniero, dottore di ricerca in Scienze Pedagogiche, dell'Educazione e della Formazione presso l'Università di Padova, si è occupata della formazione degli insegnanti sui temi della valutazione educativa. Assegnista presso l'Università di Trento, collabora col FormID, il Teaching and Learning Center di Ateneo, nelle attività di faculty development.

Anna Serbati, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy

Anna Serbati è professoressa associata di Pedagogia Sperimentale presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive dell’Università di Trento. E’ componente del Presidio di Qualità dell’Ateneo e del FormID, Centro di competenza per la Formazione dei docenti e l’Innovazione Didattica. E’ senior fellow dell’Advance HE britannica e associate editor dell’International Journal for Academic Development.

Federica Picasso, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy

Federica Picasso è dottoranda presso il Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive dell’Università di Trento. Il suo progetto di ricerca è focalizzato sui temi della digital scholarship e della data literacy in connessione all’innovazione didattica e al Faculty Development.

Paola Venuti, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Italy

Paola Venuti è Vice-Rettore per la Didattica e l'Apprendimento dell'Università di Trento. I suoi interessi di ricerca nel campo dei disturbi del neurosviluppo si concentrano in particolare sull'identificazione dei marcatori precoci del Disturbo dello Spettro Autistico (DSA), sulla valutazione dell'efficacia di interventi intensivi precoci per bambini con DSA, sull'implementazione di training psico-educativi assistiti da computer per bambini con DSA e disturbi dell'apprendimento, sull'inclusione di soggetti con bisogni speciali nella scuola e nei corsi di laurea. Paola Venuti è responsabile dell'ODFLab, un laboratorio di ricerca clinica del Dipartimento di Psicologia e Scienze Cognitive, che conduce ricerche approfondite su individui con ASD, utilizzando un approccio metodologico-sociale multilivello che include strumenti di valutazione psicologica standard, osservazione comportamentale computerizzata e misure neurofisiologiche

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2023-12-21

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Maniero, S., Serbati, A., Picasso, F., & Venuti, P. (2023). Analisi dei bisogni formativi dei docenti universitari: una ricerca qualitativa presso l’Università di Trento per costruire processi di sviluppo professionale . ITALIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, (31), 086–099. https://doi.org/10.7346/sird-022023-p86

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