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V. 9 N. 1 (2024): Innovazione e trasformazione delle didattiche nelle Scienze Umane, Giuridico-Economiche e Socio-Politiche

Faculty come Change Agent tra cambiamenti e sfide: il caso dell’Università Patavina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/exioa1-2024oa18031
Inviata
27 giugno 2024
Pubblicato
16-07-2024

Abstract

L’innovazione didattica rientra tra le azioni che i sistemi di Higher Education sono chiamati ad implementare per continuare a svolgere il ruolo di agenzie che guidano il cambiamento. È un’iniziativa che all’Università di Padova ormai da circa otto anni è declinata in percorsi diversi, uno dei quali è il percorso per change agent (CA), i quali hanno la funzione di generare cambiamento all’interno dei loro contesti. La finalità di questa ricerca, a carattere qualitativo, è di conoscere quali cambiamenti hanno sperimentato i docenti coinvolti sia nei processi di insegnamento/apprendimento sia come CA nei loro dipartimenti di afferenza. I risultati mostrano che ci sia stato un cambiamento significativo in termini di prospettive e pratica didattica, ma ulteriori sforzi sono da compiere per svolgere una funzione efficace come CA.

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