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LEA FERRARI

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Position

Professoressa Associata

Structure

Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata - FISPPA

Address

VIA VENEZIA, 14 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498271296

E-mail

lea.ferrari@unipd.it

Lea Ferrari, Phd. She is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology, University of Padova. She teaches Diversity management in the workplace, Psychology of disability and early career education, Career counseling and vocational guidance in multicultural contexts. Together with Scott Solberg (Boston university) she coordinates the Social emotional learning international research network SEL-IRN, recognized by WERA, that aims to foster Sel skills in educators to make their children ready for the world of work. She is actually involved in the European projects: Se was involved in the EU projects CONNECT! (https://connect-erasmus.eu/) aimed to link career counseling with HR practices; psSMILE (http://smile.emundus.lt/) aimed to promote social emotional competencies in primary schools; Increa+ (https://increaplus.eu/) aimed to promote inclusion through artmaking; CMINAR (Counselling for Refugee and Migrant Integration into the Labour Market – Development of Courses for Higher Education and Public Employment Services) for improve career counseling competencies in professionals who work with migrants and refugees; University Network for Innovation in Guidance NICE (2009-2012/2013-2015) that aimed to develop a network of professionals and share common definitions and training guidelines.
She is a member of the board of the University Network for Innovation in Guidance Foundation and president-elect of the IAAP Counseling Division 16. She serves as editor of the Turkish Journal of Education TURJE for the counseling and guidance section, and editorial board member of the British Journal of Guidance and Counseling, and the Australian Journal of Career Development.


Notices

Office hours

  • Tuesday from 15:00 to 17:00
    at PSICO3, Via Venezia 14, 3° piano stanza 14c
    Il ricevimento viene effettuato solo su appuntamento prevalentemente in via telematica.

Teachings

Publications

recent publications with IF

Sgaramella, T. M., & Ferrari, L. (2024). Developmental Assets and Career Development in the Educational System: Integrating Awareness of Self-Identity, Knowledge of the World of Work and the SDGs in School Programs. Behavioral Sciences, 14(2), 109.

Beqiraj, G., & Ferrari, L. (2023). Taking Action towards an Inclusive Career Counselling for Asylum Seekers and Refugees—A Literature Review Based on the PRISMA Model. Behavioral Sciences, 13(12), 962.

Testoni, I., Palazzo, L., Iacona, E., Segalla, O., Pizzolato, L., Rigo, M., & Ferrari, L. (2023). Exploring Emotions Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic through Death Education: A Qualitative Study at Italian Primary Schools. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 13(9), 1920-1936.

Howard, K. A., & Ferrari, L. (2022). Social-emotional learning and career development in elementary settings. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(3), 371-385.

Bacanlı, F., Ozdemir, N. K., Ferrari, L., Park, C. M., & Solberg, V. S. H. (2022). Social Emotional Learning and Career Development From Educators’ Perspectives Grounded on the Turkish Context. Journal of Career Development, 49(6), 1402-1418.

P. Albuquerque, C., G. Pinto, I., & Ferrari, L. (2019). Attitudes of parents of typically developing children towards school inclusion: the role of personality variables and positive descriptions. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 34(3), 369-382. 28.

other recent publications

Campagnaro, M., & Ferrari, L. (2024). Children’s Literature, Ecocritical Dialogues and Social-Emotional Learning: Developing Integrated Teaching Practices. Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching-Open Access, 9(1).

Kounenou, K., Kourmousi, N., Ferrari, L., Suzuki, H., Kanzaki, M., Andrei, A., ... & Solberg, V. S. H. (2023). The Role of Empathy in Improving Social and Emotional Learning Skills Among Educators and Students in the Era of COVID-19. In Global Perspectives on Education Research, Vol. II (pp. 114-139).

Scoda, A., Andrei, A., Ozdemir, N. K., Kourmousi, N., Kounenou, K., Ferrari, L., & Feride, B. (2022). Social and emotional learning and resilience in Southeastern Europe: Educators’ cross-cultural perspectives. In NISSEM Global Briefs: Educating for the social, the emotional and the sustainable. Volume III: SEL in context. (Vol. 3, pp. 64-84). NISSEM.

Corradi, S., Crippa, C. M., Drąsutė, V., Sgaramella, T. M., & Ferrari, L. (2022). Arts for inclusive education: Insights from the Increa+ Project. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 22(1), 92-105.

Zuanetti, F., Silvestri, L., & Ferrari, L. (2021). Being Parents of Children with Disabilities: A Qualitative Analysis of Personal Perceptions and Service Experience. Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies, 26(1), 34-48.

Katsarov J., Albien A.J., & Ferrari, L. (2019). Developing a Moral Sensitivity Measure for Career Guidance and Counselling. Journal for Perspectives of Economic, Political and Social Integration, 25(1),45-65.

Ferrari, L. (2019). Insights from Parents of Children and Young Adults With and Without Disability Who Play Sports. Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies, 24(2), 1-17. 48.

Sgaramella, T.M. & Ferrari, L. (2019). Changing Work in Changing Contexts: New Perspectives for Job Analysis in Career Counseling. Journal for Perspectives of Economic, Political and Social Integration, 25(1), 28-43.