Curriculum

Chiara D'ALESSIO Curriculum

CHIARA D’ALESSIO
8/6/1967 – Castellammare di Stabia (NA) - Italy
Current Job Position:
Professor of Educational Psychology at Salerno University, Faculty of Educational Sciences since a.y. 2004/2005.
Researcher at the University of Salerno, Faculty of Educational Sciences, since 2004.
Professional Qualifications:
Degree in Educational Sciences with honours at the University of Rome "Pontifical Salesiana", A.Y 1990.
Degree in Psychology with honours at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", A.Y 1991.
Professional qualification in Psychology, attained at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", A.Y. 1994.
Admission to the Register of Professional Psychologists,1995.
Admission to the Register of Professional Psychotherapeutics,1999.
Specialized post-graduate courses, training and schools:
Educational and professional orientation, 1993.
Training for parents of children with conduct problems, 1995.
Qualified Primary school teacher, 1995.
Ph.D. on Methodology of psychological and educational research, 1999.
Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy, 1999.
Qualification of teacher in Philosophy, Psychologist And Educational Science, 2000.
Cooperation in research works:
Research work on “Development of diagnostic abilities and psychological intervention” at the Department of training and research for educators and psychotherapeutics Institute of Rome.
Research activity on psychological testing at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Science, Salesiana Pontifical University, Rome.
Participated as a researcher in the CNR (National Research Centre) project on “Multimedial didactic Communication and distance learning”.
Director of research project “Building identity in a developmental and educational perspective”, University of Salerno (2006 and current year).
Academic work:
Teacher of “Psychopedagogy”, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Salerno.
Psychologist for student (psychological help). University of Salerno.
Teacher of “Psychopathology and didactic of reading and writing” for courses qualifying primary teachers. University of Salerno
Teacher of “Psychology of development and education” for courses qualifying primary teachers. University of Salerno.
Teacher of “Special Pedagogy” at qualifying high school teachers. University of Salerno.
Lecturer in several national and international congresses on Educational Psychology topics.
Extra-academic work:
Teacher in History, Psychology, Philosophy, Pedagogy at the High Schools.
Activity of educational and professional orientation at secondary and high schools of Lazio and Campania regions
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for secondary and high schools teachers on “Didactic according to the curriculum”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for primary teachers on “Children communication, self-confidence and achievement”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for primary teachers on “Children pictures”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for secondary and high schools teachers on “Language, communication, the research in didactic activities”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for primary, secondary and high schools teachers on “Training for listening and psychological communication of parents”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for secondary and high schools teachers on “Evaluation and orientation”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for high schools teachers on “Difficulties in adolescence”
Lecturer and coordinator in refresher courses for primary, secondary and high schools teachers on “Cooperative learning”
Participation as teacher and coordinator in research and experimentation of projects on “Cooperative learning” at several Italian schools
Member of the examination board on Psychology and Pedagogy for Graduation Exams.
Membership to Scientific Societies:
Member of Ph.D. teacher team in “Methodology of psychological and educational research” at the University of Salerno.
Actual research interest:
The building of sense of identity during human development focused on disorders and difficulties in schools, advice on didactic and education school techniques, vocational guidance, prevention and treatment of difficulties that arise in educational institutions . The relation between sport practice in children and adolescents and their cognitive and social development; sport as a medium for preventing and treating developmental disorders in physical and learning disabilities. Studies on these themes have generated several books and articles. For further details about them it is possible to see on the Italian version of the CV.