ZECCA LUISA

Role
Full Professor  
Academic disciplines
Didactics and Special pedagogy (PAED-02/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, DIDACTICS, SPECIAL PEDAGOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL PEDAGOGY (11/PAED-02)
Office phone
Room:
  • U06, Floor: 4, Room: 4099
Reception hours

Thursday, 13:30-15:00 pm, U16 (Via Giolli, ang. Thomas Mann), second floor, room 10. 

Biography

Luisa Zecca is currently Full Professor at “Riccardo Massa” Department of Human Sciences for Education of the University of Milano-Bicocca. She has received Visiting (ESPE, New Hampshire University) and Teaching Fellowships (SUPSI). She has been involved in different research and dissemination activities in more than 20 national and international projects. She is a member of several institutions (CeSDID, CRESPI) and research teams (SIRD, PRIN 2018-21, SIPED, Education for Social Justice). She is director of different projects (DEMETER) and she coordinates the pedagogical research activities of the Laboratory of Robotics for the Cognitive and Social Sciences. Her research interest is especially focused on didactic planning and evaluation, with special reference to robotics and laboratory didactics. She has authored 2 books and more than 50 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and communications in international conferences.

Publications

  • Sacerdote, L., Zecca, L. (2025). PLURAL PERSPECTIVES: A CASE STUDY ON A MULTICULTURAL SETTLING-IN EXPERIENCE. In U.o.V. Luis Gómez Chova (a cura di), EDULEARN25 Proceedings 17th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies 30 June-2 July, 2025 Palma, Spain (pp. 7038-7045). Valencia : IATED Academy [10.21125/edulearn.2025.1737]. Detail

  • Sacerdote, L., Zecca, L. (2025). PLURAL PERSPECTIVES: A CASE STUDY ON A MULTICULTURAL SETTLING-IN EXPERIENCE. Intervento presentato a: EDULEARN25 17th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies - 30 June-2 July, 2025, Palma (Spain) [10.21125/edulearn.2025]. Detail

  • Sacerdote, L., La Fortuna, A., Morea, N., Zecca, L. (2025). SCHOOL DROPOUT AND ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP. A SOCIAL AND SUSTAINABLE EXPERIENCE IN LOMBARDY. Intervento presentato a: 3rd International Conference of the journal “Scuola Democratica” Education and/for Social Justice, Cagliari, Italia. Detail

  • Sacerdote, L., Zecca, L. (2025). “L’altro” come presenza trasformativa per la legalità. Un’esperienza di ricerca-azione dentro e fuori il carcere: ipotesi per un modello sostenibile. RIVISTA DI STUDI E RICERCHE SULLA CRIMINALITÀ ORGANIZZATA, 11(1/2025), 66-93 [10.54103/cross-28123]. Detail

  • Lenzi, S., Fredella, C., Lefterov, P., Zecca, L. (2025). Lo sviluppo di competenze linguistiche in bambini e bambine con italiano L2. Intervento presentato a: Convegno del centro di ricerca CRESPI. Alla Ricerca della Formazione perduta, Bologna, Italia. Detail

Research projects

CHAT. Chance in Action. Teachers' Capacity Building in Challenging School Environments
Year: 2025
Call: FAQC 2025 - seconda finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
Centro polifunzionale contro la dispersione scolastica
Year: 2024
Grantors: MUSA - MULTILAYERED URBAN SUSTAINABILITY ACTION S.C.A R.L.
Developing an innovative IN-service Training model for ECEC Staff
Year: 2023
Call: FAQC 2023 - prima finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
L’ABC di quartiere a San Siro e oltre
Year: 2023
Call: Bando 57
Grantors: FONDAZIONE DI COMUNITA' DI MILANO CITTA', SUD EST, SUD OVEST E ADDA MARTESANA
Giovani e Milano. Un percorso di ricerca
Year: 2022
Call: Bando 57 2022
Grantors: FONDAZIONE DI COMUNITA' DI MILANO CITTA', SUD EST, SUD OVEST E ADDA MARTESANA

Awards

Scientific fellowships

  • Fellow - Universidad de Seville, 2016
  • Fellow - ESPE Université d'Aix-Marseille, 2016
  • Fellow - SUPSI, 2013
  • Fellow - University of New Hampshire, 1999
  • Fellow - University of New Hampshire, 1998

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2012 - 2015
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2017 - 2020
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2015 - 2017

Congresses/Conferences

  • Program committee - Educación para la ciudadanía y formación del profesorado: una alianza entre escuela y territorio(Spagna), 2018

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