The Importance of Listening to Children and Adolescents

Silvana Calaprice is Professor of General and Social Pedagogy at the Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Communication of the University of Bari, Italy, where she is the Coordinator of the Degree Course in Education and Training Sciences. She is Vice-President of UNICEF Italy and a member of the Italian Society of Pedagogy. She is President of the Conference of the Coordinators of the Degree Courses for Socio-Pedagogical Educators and Pedagogists (CONCLEP) and coordinator of a research group on educational professions. Her main research interests are adult education, lifelong learning and social and intercultural pedagogy. Her most recent publications include Paradosso dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza… [Paradox of Childhood and Adolescence…] (2016).

Antonella Nuzzaci is Associate Professor of Experimental Pedagogy at the Department of Human Sciences at the University of L’Aquila, Italy, where she is President of the Degree Course in Primary Teacher Education. She is the author of over 200 publications, and has been a speaker at more than 150 conferences. Her research deals with problems related to educational experimentation, the use of cultural heritage by teachers and students, teacher training, evaluation and self-assessment processes, and quality and accreditation systems in higher education.