Conference Program

Saturday, 28 September 2024

  • 9:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION
  • 9:30 – 10:00 WELCOME SESSION
  • 10:00 – 11:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
    • 10:00 – 10:30 VLAD GOGELESCU, Teach for Romania, Romania – Key Notes on non-formal education in international contexts: perspectives from Mombasa (Kenya), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Timisoara and Hyderabad (India)
    • 10:30 – 10:50 PAOLO FRIGNANI, Ph.D., Academy of Sciences of Ferrara, Italy – An in-depth analysis of Massive Open Online (MOOCs) as a model for non-formal education
    • 10:50 – 11:10 MUȘATA BOCOȘ, Ph.D., “Babeș-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, DANIEL MARA, Ph.D., “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania – Multidimensional comparative analysis of the concepts of formal education, non-formal education and informal education
    • 11:10 – 11:30 LOREDANA LA VECCHIA, Ph.D., TAMARA ZAPPATERRA, Ph.D., University of Ferrara, Italy – The role of non-formal education in combating gender-based violence
  • 11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK
  • 12:00 – 14:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
    • 12:00 – 12:20 DONATELLA FANTOZZI, Ph.D., University of Pisa, Italy – Franco Basaglia and Marco cavallo: intermediate worlds between crimes of peace and educating communities
    • 12:20 – 12:40 ELENA FALASCHI, Ph.D., University of Pisa, Italy – Families in children’s literature. The transformative potential of vulnerability between mirrors and windows
    • 12:40 – 13:00 MOIRA SANNIPOLI, Ph.D., University of Perugia, Italy – The Educenter project: third mission and corporate welfare in dialogue
    • 13:00 – 13:20 GIOVANNI GANINO, Ph.D., University of Ferrara, Italy – Between formal and non-formal digital civic education and media education
    • 13:20 – 13:40 EZIA LOCANTORE, JACOPO VENÈ University of Pisa, Italy – Building the Future of Teaching: the Primary Teacher Education degree course at the University of Pisa
    • 13:40 – 14:00 MARA-GRAȚIA DEZMIREAN, Ph.D. Student, MARIA-PAULA BOCOȘ, Ph.D. Student, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania – Educational activities assisted by therapy animals. Own demarches
    • 14:00 – 14:30 MARGARETA M. THOMSON, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, STEPHANIE NINICH, Ph.D. candidate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA – Sociocultural Differences in Value of Education
  • 13:00 – 15:00 LUNCH
  • 15:00 – 17:00 WORKSHOPS ON THE ISSUE: EXAMPLES OF FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM RESOURCES
    • LIANA REGINA IUNESCH – Procedural learning through experiential pedagogy
    • ALINA MAG – Gamification in education & teaching with joy
    • ALINA-MARIA MOLDOVAN – Learning socio-emotional competence through theatre and play
    • ALINA GEANINA IONESCU – Painting workshop
    • JOHANNA ZÖLLNER – How long, how wide, how high? Comparing and measuring in nonformal situations
    • VERONICA-OANA IRIMIA – Let’s play! Games that increase group cohesion
    • VLAD GOGELESCU, ANA-MARIA GRĂDINARIU, ADRIAN SECAL – Non-formal learning
  • 17:00 – 18:00 WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS
  • 19:00 – 22:00 DINNER

Sunday, 29 September 2024

  • 10:00 – 12:00 WORKSHOPS ON THE ISSUE: MAPPING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND MENTORING IN EDUCATION
    • RUXANDRA LĂCĂTUȘ, GABRIELA CIOCLOV – Imaniere – company access code
    • DORINA GRIGOR – Sustainability through service-learning in the classroom and school for the community
    • EVELINE CIOFLEC – Values: Critical argumentation and reflection exercises
    • ROXANA-MARIA BLIDARU, LILIANA-DANIELA CHIVULESCU – Reading motivation – „I’m wondering what to read next”
    • CĂTĂLINA CHENDEA – Well-being in school
    • AURORA CLAUDIA ZAMFIR, SIMONA VIOLETA BUCUR – Literacy vibe for any study discipline, with a new generation
    • ADINA ELENA ROȘCA, ALIN FLORIN DANCIU – LIFE LAB – Education for life
    • MARA NICULESCU – The fundamental of climate education: teaching children to love nature
  • 12:00 – 13:00 WORKSHOP CONCLUSIONS
  • 13:00 – 13:30 GOODBYE MEETING