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LORENA ROCCA

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Professoressa Associata

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VIA DEL VESCOVADO, 30 - PADOVA

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0498271501

Professor Reader in Human Geography

Professor Reader in Didactics of Geography (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, (SUPSI),
Senior Lecturer (B) Professor Reader in Human Geography (University of Padova –IT)

PhD: “Man and Environment” University of Padova. Title: “The Territory of the Web – Study of an Online Water Project (December, 2000).
Postdoctoral: Subject area “Earth Sciences”. Title: “The Territory of the Web”. July, 2003.
Degree: in Pedagogy, Faculty of Science of Education, University of Padova Pedagogical Studies. Title of thesis: “Environmental Education Online”. June, 1996.

Date: October 2013 to now
Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI) – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.
Type of Employment: Responsible for the eighth axis of research “Training and educational systems” for the DFA, SUPSI.

Date: January 2011 – September 2013
University of Padova, “PhD School of historical, geographical and historical-religious Studies”, course “Human and Physical Geography”,
Type of Employment: Vice Coordinator

Date, 2012 to now
University of Padova
Type of Employment: Senior Lecturer (B) Professor Reader in Human Geography and Didactics of Geography.

Date: 09.2015 to now
Dipartimento Formazione e Apprendimento (DFA) – Department of Teaching and Learning, Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI) – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.
Type of Employment: Member of direction of DFA.

Research projects:
Date: 09.2016 to now
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE EPFL; Cooperation & Development Center CODEV. EPFL Leading House mandate belongs to the research cooperation programmes of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
Travelling Soundscape Workshop for Preservation and Valorization of Sound (TSW) and follow up (see annex) http://www2.supsi.ch/cms/tsw/ http://cooperation.epfl.ch/page-127239-en.html
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Swiss Principal Investigator

Date: 2016 to now
Project DFA: Discovering acoustic places for a landscape education.
Adopting a community-based, action-oriented model of social learning is a model that proposes that learning can occur by simply ‘doing’ activities or by making use of the creative reworking.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinator and Senior Researcher.

Date: 2015 to now
Erasmus Plus Project
Type of Employment: Pedagogia della cittadinanza e formazione degli insegnanti: un’alleanza tra scuola e territorio (Citizenship pedagogy and teacher education: an alliance between school, territory, community – STEP School Territory Environment Pedagogy).
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Action Coordinator.

Date: 2015 to now
Musei d’arte e disabilità visive: Pari opportunità nella vita culturale della Svizzera italiana. http://www.mci.supsi.ch
Art museums and visual disability: Equal opportunities in the cultural life of the Italian part of Switzerland

Notices

Office hours

  • at da remoto attraverso i canali istituzionali di ateneo previo appuntamento via mail a lorena.rocca@unipd.it
    su appuntamento via mail Entra nella riunione in Zoom https://unipd.zoom.us/j/4346337612 ID riunione: 434 633 7612

Publications

2016 - Editorial
2016 – Contribution in collection (chapter or essay)
4. A. Moè, L. Rocca e G. Donadelli (2016). Quanto è bello insegnare la storia e la geografia! di In C. Minelle, L. Rocca, F. Bussi (a cura di) Storia e geografia Idee per una didattica congiunta. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”. Pag 111-121.
5. L. Rocca (2016). Indicatori per l’insegnamento della geografia e della storia. Una proposta di metodo. In C. Minelle, L. Rocca, F. Bussi (a cura di) Storia e geografia Idee per una didattica congiunta. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”. p.162-170.
2016 - Conference contribution
1. C. Minelle, L. Rocca, F. Bussi (a cura di) (2016). Storia e geografia Idee per una didattica congiunta. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”.
2. L. Rocca (2016). Introduzione. In C. Minelle, L. Rocca, F. Bussi (a cura di) Storia e geografia Idee per una didattica congiunta. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”. Pag. 13-21.
3. L. Rocca (2016). Storia e geografia: Giano bifronte. In C. Minelle, L. Rocca, F. Bussi (a cura di) Storia e geografia Idee per una didattica congiunta. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”. Pag. 79-86.
6. L. Rocca e A. Fagiuoli (2016). Un processo olistico di certificazione delle competenze in sistemi territoriali complessi: “Il quartetto nel ventunesimo secolo: tecniche e stili”. In L. Rocca (a cura di) Impronte di paesaggi sonori. Roma: Carocci editore, Collana “Ambiente Società e Territorio”.

7. G. Donadelli, C. Gallanti, L. Rocca, M. Varotto (2016). University Heritage, Museums and Third Mission: a geographical viewpoint on social engagement, in: Proc. XVI Universeum Meeting Conference. University Heritage and Cultural Engagement of European Universities, Athens.
8. G. Donadelli, C. Gallanti, L. Rocca, M. Varotto (2016). The past for the future of Geography: introducing Padova’s Museum of Geography, in: Proc. XVI Universeum Meeting Conference. University Heritage and Cultural Engagement of European Universities, Athens.
9. L. Rocca e A. Fagiuoli (2016). Cartoline sonore. Rappresentare i luoghi dal punto dell’ascolto. In M. Tabusi e E. Dell’Agnese. Musica e territorio. Atti del Workshop del gruppo di lavoro AGEI “Media e Geografia”, 28 maggio 2015.
10. L. Addimando, L. Rocca (2016). Progettazione partecipata di nuovi strumenti di governance universitaria: un’esperienza empirica nel Canton Ticino. In EBook of Abstracts, Giorante nazionali di Psicologia Positiva, IX Edizione. Cultura della prosperità attualità e prospettive. Cesena, 9-11 giugno 2016. p. 37-38.
11. L. Addimando, L. Rocca, L. Cignetti, M. Egloff, M. Mainardi (2016). Disegnare sinergie tra formazione e ricerca: il caso del Dipartimento di Formazione e Apprendimento dell’Università della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI). In EBook of Abstracts, Giorante nazionali di Psicologia Positiva, IX Edizione. Cultura della prosperità attualità e prospettive. Cesena, 9-11 giugno 2016. p. 38.
2015 - Contribution in collection (chapter or essay)
2015 – Paper
2014 - Contribution in collection (chapter or essay)
14. L. Rocca, L. Chiarullo, P. Morseletto and G. Donadelli (2014). Using Participatory Processes with Young People for the Definition of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Genoa. R. de Miguel, González and K. Donert Innovative Learning Geography in Europe: New Challenges for the 21st Century, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 141-163.

Research Area

ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE EPFL; Cooperation & Development Center CODEV. EPFL Leading House mandate belongs to the research cooperation programmes of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
Travelling Soundscape Workshop for Preservation and Valorization of Sound (TSW) and follow up (see Annex 1) http://www2.supsi.ch/cms/tsw/ http://cooperation.epfl.ch/page-127239-en.html
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Principal Investigator
2016 to now
Project DFA: Discovering acoustic places for a landscape education.
Adopting a community-based, action-oriented model of social learning is a model that proposes that learning can occur by simply ‘doing’ activities or by making use of the creative reworking.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinator and Senior Researcher.
2015 to now
Erasmus Plus Project
Type of Employment: Pedagogia della cittadinanza e formazione degli insegnanti: un’alleanza tra scuola e territorio (Citizenship pedagogy and teacher education: an alliance between school, territory, community – STEP School Territory Environment Pedagogy).
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Action Coordinator for Switzerland and Senior Researcher.
2015 to now
Musei d’arte e disabilità visive: Pari opportunità nella vita culturale della Svizzera italiana. http://www.mci.supsi.ch Art museums and visual disability: Equal opportunities in the cultural life of the Italian part of Switzerland "Mediation Culture Inclusion" is a project developed by SUPSI to promote free access to the cultural and artistic world of the Italian part of Switzerland, identifying scalable and repeatable solutions that make the main art museums accessible to people with visual impairments. The project includes a mapping of Swiss and foreign good practices, a deep investigation among blind and visually impaired public and an a long range of practical experimentation with inclusive cultural mediation activities carried out during 2017 in collaboration with the project partners.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Senior Researcher
2011 to now
University heritage, museums and third mission: a geographical viewpoint on social engagement Department of Historical and Geographic Sciences and the Ancient World, University of Padua
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Senior Researcher and co-coordinator. Responsible for accessibility and inclusion
20012 to now
University of Padova
Type of Employment: Participation in the working group coordinated by Professor Salvatore Soresi and Professor Laura Nota of “La.RIOS – Laboratory of Research and Participation for the Orientation of Choices – University of Padova, Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization”.
2012 to now
University of Padova
Type of Employment: Establishment of an interdepartmental working group which has the objective of researching the beliefs of teachers; the effects of beliefs on performance; emotional processes and well- being; focus on the positive; strategic and emotional-motivational aspects of learning. Collaboration is Research Projects
with Professor Francesca Pazzaglia and Doctor Moè of the Department of General Psychology of the University of Padova.
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinator of research and Senior Researcher.
September 2015 - October 2016
Resett Project
Drawing synergies between education and research. With Loredana Addimando, Luca Cignetti, Michele Egloff.