PhD in CULTURAL HERITAGE, EDUCATION AND TERRITORY

email: francesco.fabbro@uniroma2.it
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Francesco Fabbro is researcher rtd-B in Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His research interests include critical pedagogy, (digital) methods of empirical research in education, Media Education and educational evaluation. Since 2013, he has been participating in national and international research projects and teaching activities in several Italian universities. On 25 January 2022, he was awarded the national scientific qualification for the functions of professor of the second rank for the concurrency sector 11/D2 - Didactics, Special Pedagogy and Educational Research.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PhD in Education Sciences and Continuing Education awarded on 17/04/2009 at the University of Verona.
Title of thesis: The construction of youth civic participation and the Internet. Case studies in the Italian context.
Supervisors: Prof. Alberto Agosti (University of Verona), Prof. David Buckingham (University College London, Institute of Education) and Prof. Liesbeth DeBlock (University College London, Institute of Education).

Degree in Education Sciencies obtained on 23/03/2005 at the University of Verona with final mark 110/110 cum laude.
Title of the thesis: Global Village and Panic City. Metaphors of contemporaneity and the educational question.
Supervisor: Prof. Alberto Agosti (University of Verona).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

31/10/2022 - ongoing. University of Rome Tor Vergata
Researcher rtd-B in Experimental Pedagogy (M-PED/04) at the Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society.



01/09/2021 - 28/10/2022. INVALSI, Rome.
Fixed-term researcher at INVALSI (National Institute for the Evaluation of the Educational System of Education and Training), Research Area Innovation and Development.
Research activities:
- Participation in the PON Valu.E (Expert Evaluation/School Self-Evaluation) project, coordinated by INVALSI: design of the Valu.Elearn e-learning platform and evaluation research on the Valu.Elearn training programme

01-04-2021 - 31-08-2021, University of Florence, Florence.
Holder of a research grant within the project ""The impact of the eTwinning Teacher Training Initiative on the initial teacher training system and on the competences of future teachers".



10/08/2020 - 25/11/2020. University of Florence, Florence.
Coordinated collaboration for the design and testing of teaching paths on digital competences in the context of secondary school.
Research activities:
- Participation in the European project DEveloping Teachers' Critical digital liTeracies (DETECT) [Erasmus+]: development of a theoretical framework on Critical Digital Literacy and design of educational scenarios on digital competences to be tested in the secondary school context.


01/12/2019 - 30/11/2020. University of Florence, Florence.
Research grant holder on the programme "Media Education and Inclusion: experimentation of media education activities addressing students at risk of exclusion".

Research activities:
- Participation in the national research project "The impact of e-Twinning on teachers' innovative professional development" commissioned by the Italian eTwinning Unit to Prof. Maria Ranieri (University of Florence) in collaboration with INDIRE. The research aims to quantitatively and qualitatively assess the impact of participation in the activities of the international e-Twinning community supporting the professional development of in-service teachers in Italy.

- Participation in the European project Forming active European Citizens through the dialectical method and theatre (EAR) [Erasmus+]. The project aims to promote a citizenship education strategy in schools that combines the use of the dialectical method with theatre techniques. As part of the project, quantitative and qualitative empirical research was conducted in order to assess the impact of the training on teachers and the effectiveness of the teaching methods on the promotion of citizenship skills among students (aged 9-15).


01/12/2018 - 30/11/2019. University of Florence, Florence.
Research grant holder on the programme "Media Education and Inclusion: experimentation of media education pathways addressed to students at risk of exclusion".
Research activities:
- Support to the scientific coordination of the European project Media Education for Equity and Tolerance (MEET) [Erasmus+]. The project aimed to support social inclusion practices in the school context through the development and dissemination of good practices in intercultural media education. The project involved participatory action-research in which mixed methods of enquiry were employed.


16/04/2018 - 30/09/2018. University of Florence, Florence.
Assignment to carry out video-research activities for the documentation of media education practices within an international working group.

01/12/2017 - 30/11/2018. University of Florence, Florence.
Holder of a research grant on the programme "Media Education and Inclusion: experimentation of media education paths addressed to students at risk of exclusion".
Research activities:
- Support to the scientific coordination of the European project Media Education for Equity and Tolerance (MEET) [Erasmus+]. The project aimed to support social inclusion practices in the school context through the development and dissemination of good practices in intercultural media education. The project involved participatory action-research in which mixed methods of enquiry were employed.

01/12/2016 - 30/11/2017. University of Florence, Florence.
Holder of a research grant on the programme "Media Education and Inclusion: experimentation of media education paths addressed to students at risk of exclusion".
Research activities:
- Support to the scientific coordination of the European project Media Education for Equity and Tolerance (MEET) [Erasmus+]. The project aimed to support social inclusion practices in the school context through the development and dissemination of good practices in intercultural media education. The project involved participatory action-research in which mixed methods of enquiry were employed.

- Participation in the European project e-MediaEducation lab (e-MEL) [Erasmus+]. The project is aimed at designing and testing training scenarios for the acquisition of media and digital competences by future or in-service teachers. As part of the project, quantitative and qualitative empirical research was conducted to assess the impact of training on teachers.

15/07/2015 - 14/07/2016. University of Verona. Verona.
Holder of a research grant on "Technologies in teaching practices. Research on the meanings attributed by teachers and learners to digital media'.
Research activities:
- Participation in the international research project Technologies in teaching practices. Research on the meanings attributed by teachers and learners to digital media. The project aims to qualitatively explore the integration of digital technologies in education through ethnographic observations of classroom lessons and focus groups with teachers and students (ages 6-12) and comparisons between teaching practices in Italy and the U.S.A.


01/03/2014 - 28/02/2015. University of Florence, Florence.
Holder of a research grant on "Media Education and participatory cultures: design and experimentation of media education paths to support e-engagement in formal and informal educational contexts".
Research activities:
- Participation in the European project e-Engagement against Violence (e-EAV) [Erasmus+]. The research project consists of the development of educational media paths to question and counter various forms of discrimination and violence. As part of the project, mixed-methods research was conducted in order to assess the impact of educational experimentation on students (age 13-19).


01/03/2013 - 31/12/2013. University of Florence, Florence.
Coordinated collaboration for educational research activities and design of media education paths.
Research activities:
- Participation in the European project e-Engagement against Violence (e-EAV) [Erasmus+]. The research project consists of the development of educational media paths to question and counter various forms of discrimination and violence. As part of the project, mixed-methods research was conducted in order to assess the impact of the educational experiment on students (age 13-19).

01/02/2011 - 31/01/2013. T6 ECOSYSTEMS S.R.L., Rome.
Pedagogical and methodological consultancy for the design and monitoring of media-educational interventions to prevent and combat homophobia and gender-based violence.
Research activities:
- Participation in the European project Fighting homophobia through active citizenship and media education (NISO).
[Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme]. The NISO project aims to promote a broader knowledge and understanding of human rights among students, especially with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. As part of the project, a series of media-educational activities aimed at adolescents were designed and monitored.


02/01/2007 - 30/10/2008 - University College London, Institute of Education, London.
Participation as a visiting research student in the research activities of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education, London.
Research activities:
- Attendance at the Higher Education Programme on Social and Educational Research in the field of Media
Literacy Education and Cultural Studies.
- Conducting the pilot study of the European project Young People, the Internet and Civic Participation (CIVICWEB) [Seventh Framework Programme] co-ordinated by David Buckingham. The project explores through qualitative and quantitative methods various forms of civic participation of young Europeans (age 15-25) via the Internet.


TEACHING ACTIVITIES

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023

Course “Educational Research and Evaluation” (M-PED/04) (12 CFU) in the Bachelor of Education Sciences. Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society. University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Course “Teaching Teaching Technologies” (M-PED/03) (6 CFU) in the Bachelor of Education Sciences. Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society. University of Rome Tor Vergata.


ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021.

Lectures at the Master's Degree Course "The new digital skills: open education, social and mobile learning". at the Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literature and Psychology, University of Florence. University of Florence.
Lecture titles:
Qualitative research in socio-educational contexts, Quantitative research in socio-educational contexts, Fake news and data literacy: an introduction, Fake news and data literacy: educational dimensions and Fake news and data literacy: teaching practices.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-2019.
Lectures and workshop activities in the subjects "General Didactics" (Master's Degree Course in Primary Education); "Technologies of Instruction and Learning" and "New Technologies of Education and Training" (Bachelor's Degree Course in Education and Training Sciences) at the Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology of the University of Florence.
Lecture/workshop topics:
Qualitative Research Strategies, Digital Storytelling, Media Literacy Education, Citizenship Education, Videogame Education.


Webinars in the Level I Master's Course "New Digital Skills. Open Education,Social and Mobile Learning" at the Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literature and Psychology of the University of Florence.
Webinar title:
Media Education. A historical framework, Media Education and citizenship.
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017
Webinars in the Level I Master's Degree "The New Digital Skills. Open Education, Social and Mobile Learning" at the Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literature and Psychology of the University of Florence.
Webinar titles:
Media Education. A historical framework, Media Education and citizenship, Introduction to digital storytelling, Digital storytelling at school.


A.A. 2015-2016

Seminar "Qualitative Research Methods for the Study of Educational Technologies"
as part of the Doctorate Course in Education and Training Sciences at the University of Verona.


NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Participation in the X SIRD 2021 Conference "Assessing competences Didactic research and teacher training for the development of Soft Skills". Title of paper (with Romiti, S. and Mattarelli, E.): Assessing teachers' communication and relational skills in an e-learning programme. From 30-06-2022 to 02-07-2022


Participation in the SIREM 2021 Conference "The Post-Digital. Society, Cultures, Didactics", Foggia. Title of the speech in session 3 on the topic "Society and Didactics": Meme Literacy and the challenge of critical agency. from 23-09-2021 to 25-09-2021

Participation in the 15th Edition (DIGITAL) SIREF Summer School. The declinations of sustainability as a pedagogical proposal: educational and formative research in the complexities of post-covid 19. Online. Title of the speech: From the dialectical method to theatre for an education to democratic citizenship. From 10-09-2020 to 19-09-2020

Participation in the X SIRD Conference 2021 "RESEARCH AND EDUCATION to promote intelligence understanding and participation". Title of paper (with Gabbi, E.): Critical data literacy and conspiracy theories. A media education approach. From 09-04-2021 to 10-04-2021

Participation in the National Coordination "eTwinning for Future Teachers - Initial Teachers Education (ITE)". Talk title (with Ranieri, M. and Pettenati, M. C.): Research findings on the impact of eTwinning and the new ITE research. From 09-03-2021 to 09-03-2021


Participation in the eTwinning Online Conference. Empowering future teachers with eTwinning. Title of paper (with Maria, R. and Pettenati, M. C.): eTwinners' innovative professional development. Preliminary results from a research study in the Italian context. From 24-11-2020 to 26-11-2020

Participation in the ICSEI 2020 conference. Marrakesh, 6-10 January 2020. Title of the paper (with Ranieri, M. and Nardi, A.): Empowering young people at risk of social exclusion through media literacy education. From 06-01-2020 to 10-01-2020

Participation in the International Conference of Scuola Democratica. Education and post-democracy. Cagliari 6-8 June 2019. Talk (with Ranieri, M. and Nardi, A.): Media and intercultural literacy education. Findings from an European project.

Participation in the Conference "Digital Education. A new paradigm for tomorrow's challenges", University of Turin, Turin. Talk: Designing Media Education in intercultural contexts.

Participation in the National Conference SIRD. In search of a school for all and for everyone. Institutional framework and educational models, University of Roma Tre, Rome, 13-14 June 2018. Paper (with Ranieri, M. and Nardi, A.): Media literacy in the multicultural school. From theory to practice through inclusive didactics.

Participation in the Sirem 2018 Conference. Languages and digital animation, University of Bologna, Bologna, 5-6 April 2018. Talk (with Ranieri, M.). media competences in intercultural contexts. Guidelines for teachers and good practices of didactic co-design.

Participation in the XXVI Summer School of Media Education of the Italian Association for Media and Communication Education, Lucca, 11-15 July 2017. Talk: Media Education against discrimination. A guide for adolescents.

Participation in The IAFOR International Conference on Education Hawaii 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A., 8-11 January 2016. Talk (with Correa, E. and Agosti, A.): Pitfalls of enthusiasm: Questioning Our Practices - Reflecting on Our Actions.

Participation in Participation in the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), of the European Educational Research Association (EERA), Porto, 1-5 September 2014. Paper (with Ranieri, M. and Jehel, S.): The Rise of New Online Populism Among Young People in Europe: Is there Room for (Media) Education?

Participation in the Conference Media education against discrimination. Good practices in Europe, Casa della Memoria e della Storia, Rome, 9 June 2014. Talk: Analysis and decoding of discriminatory practices on the web. Tools and examples.

Participation in the Conference New media vs old school? An educational and didactic perspective. Padua, 25 May 2010. Talk: Fabbro, F. Educating to digital citizenship: proposals.

Participation in the Euromeduc Conference. European Congress on Media Literacy, Bellaria, 21-24 October 2009. Talk: Young people, the Internet and Civic Participation. Case studies in the Italian webscape.


SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING ACTIVITIES

19/01/2021 - current: Reviewer for Carocci editore spa.

29/05/2020 - current: Member of the editorial staff of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) Spring Conference 2021. Social justice, media and technology in teacher education.

01/01/2019 - current: Member of the editorial staff of the journal 'Media Education. Studies, research, good practices'.

01/09/2018 - current: Reviewer for the journal 'Journal of Media Literacy Education'.

01/03/2014 - current: Reviewer for the journal "Form@re. Open Journal for networked training".