Curriculum vitae

 

Education

 

  • 1999-2002 Ph. D. in Education. Thesis : « Motivazione degli insegnanti e qualità          pedagogico-didattica dell’offerta formativa » - Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna
  • 1979-1986 Degree in Philosophy. Thesis : « La  riforma della scuola media nel Canton Ticino » - Università degli studi, Milan
  • 1973-1977 Primary school certificate, Scuola Magistrale, Lugano (Switzerland)

 

 

Research activity

2017-2021 Management of the research project “Dual Focus” on the development of a questionnaire for formative assessment of principals in Switzerland, Italy and Chile

                            2008-2015 Participation in the CERI-OECD research project “Innovative Learning                                         Environments”

 

2004-2010       Management of the research project  « MotOr – Motivazione                             nelle organizzazioni », approved and funded by the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI) in collaboration with the CIM institute of the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera Italiana and under supervision of the Psychology faculty of the Geneva University (prof. D. Fabbri Munari and prof. A. Munari), leading to the validation of the MotOr test on the employees’ motivation inside organizations. 

 

2004-2006   Participation in the research project  « Bridges across boundaries » from the European program SOCRATES.

 

2002-2012   Participation to the research project  « Dispositivo di autoanalisi e autovalutazione del piano quadro (DAAP) » of the Swiss Federal training and technology office (UFFT), at present funded by the Swiss canton of Ticino, aiming at the introduction of self-evaluation into schools and at the improvement of quality of teaching and learning. This research project was included between a group of innovative approaches to innovation in schools (ILE) by CERI-OCSE (Paris).   

 

1999-2002   Ph. D. research “Motivazione degli insegnanti e qualità pedagogico-didattica dell’offerta formativa”. Director : prof. P. Bertolini
 

1997  Research “Sviluppo di un concetto per la formazione e l’aggiornamento professionale dei lavoratori impiegati nella costruzione della Nuova traversale ferroviaria alpina (NTFA) nel Cantone Ticino ”. Director:  L. Zanier

 

Publications

 

Articles

  • Lo studente e il telescopio (1993) – Verifiche, Lugano
  • Educazione e qualità (1997) – La didattica, Ed. Laterza, Roma-Bari
  • La casa dell’apprendimento (1999) – Verifiche, Lugano
  • La scuola alle soglie del terzo millennio (1999) – Verifiche, Lugano
  • La qualità nei servizi pubblici(1999) – Riforma e didattica, Ed. Falzea, Reggio Calabria
  • Scuola, mercato e paradigmi della società post-moderna (1999) - Riforma e didattica, Ed. Falzea, Reggio Calabria
  • La lezione di Bruner (2000) – Verifiche, Lugano
  • De l’émergence du courant du School Improvement et exemples d’applications (2004), con E. Berger, N. Bottani, A. Soussi, C. Gavreau e H. Rhyn,  Revue française de pédagogie,
  • L’amico critico, in Autovalutazione: un time out per la scuola, Ufficio studi e ricerche, Bellinzona (2006)
  • Il ruolo della consulenza educativa nello sviluppo dell’autonomia scolastica, Autonomia e dirigenza, 1-2-3 (2007)
  • Il miglioramento della qualità nella scuola e il ruolo chiave del consulente educativo, Orientamenti Pedagogici, 5, Rome (2007)
  • L’educazione degli insegnanti in Europa, Orientamenti Pedagogici, 55, 5, Roma (2008)
  • The Teacher Education in Italy, Germany, England, Sweden and Finland ». European Journal of Education, 44, 2 (2009)
  • Salario al merito e insegnanti: presupposti, esperienze e risultati. Orientamenti Pedagogici, 59, 1, Rome (2012)
  • Il ruolo della  motivazione e della comprensione nello sviluppo della professionalità degli insegnanti. Una riflessione sulle modalità di sviluppo assistito della professionalità docente in ambito scolastico. Educational Reflective Practices, 2, 1, 118-139 (2012).
  • Concezione e realizzazione del “Questionario per la valutazione della didattica e della relazione con l’insegnante”, Swiss Review of Education Sciences, 34, 3, 1-18 (2012)
  • Lo School Improvement Advisor-researcher (SIA): un nuovo ruolo nel contesto formativo. Orientamenti Pedagogici, 63, 1 (2015)
  • Ostinelli, G., Oberrauch, E., Diviani, L., Lunelli, M., & Munari, A. (2016). Motivation and organization. MotOr: a novel strategic device for the management of motivations in organizations. TPM: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 23(1).
  • Ostinelli, G. (2016). The role of motivation and understanding in the change of teaching practices. Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 7(2), 6.
  • Ostinelli, G. The many forms of research-informed practice: a framework for mapping diversity. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (5), 534-549. (2016).
  • Ostinelli, G. (2019). Between university and school: the School Improvement Advisor/researcher (SIA). International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1-17.
  • Ostinelli, G. (2019) Sviluppare la comprensione dei concetti matematici di relazione e funzione mediante la metodologia Understanding by Design. Orientamenti Pedagogici, 66(4), 378
  • Ostinelli, G. (2019)   The development of innovative teaching methods, between units of measurement and the life of bees: a case study. Swiss Journal of Educational Science, 41(3)
  • Ostinelli, G., Crescentini, A.  (2021) Policy, culture and practice in teacher professional development in five European countries. A comparative analysis, Professional Development in Education
  • Ostinelli, G., Crescentini, A. (2022). Dual Focus: uno strumento innovativo per lo sviluppo professionale dei dirigenti scolastici. Ricercazione, 13, 1, 235-258.
  • Ostinelli, G. A framework for analysing Teacher Professional Learning and Development. In Jones, K., Ostinelli, G., Crescentini, A. (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning: Research, Policy and Practice in Europe. London: Routledge.
  • Ostinelli, G., Crescentini, A. Using the Framework to provide a comparative overview of Teacher Professional Learning and Development in 13 European Countries. In Jones, K., Ostinelli, G., Crescentini, A. (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning: Research, Policy and Practice in Europe. London: Routledge.

Books

  • K. Jones, G. Ostinelli, A. Crescentini (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe: Research, Policy and Practice. London: Routledge (2023)
  • L@scuola1.0 (@School1.0) (2019), Il Mulino, Bologna.
  • Motivazione e comportamento (Motivation and Behaviour) (2005). Erickson, Trento.
  • Autovalutazione d’istituto. Istruzioni per l’uso (School self-evaluation. User instructions) (2006). Carocci, Roma (with Emanuele Berger).
  • Alptransit. Previsioni sull’impiego di personale nella tratta ticinese (Alptransit. Previews on personnel employment in Ticino) (1999) – Dipartimento Educazione, Cultura e Sport (DECS), Bellinzona.
  • Forthcoming: Dominus. L’essere umano fra tecnologia e umanesimo (Dominus – The human being between technology and humanism) (2025).

 

Chapters in books

  • Modelli teorici per l’efficacia e il miglioramento della scuola, con E. Berger e N. Bottani, in N. Bottani, A. Cenerini (Eds.), « Una pagella per la scuola. La valutazione tra autonomia e equità », Erickson, Trento (2003)
  • Introduzione. In M. Fullan e  A. Hargreaves Cosa vale la pena cambiare nella nostra scuola ?. Erickson, Trento (2005)
  • Évolution du secteur tertiaire de l'éducation dans la Suisse italienne: risques et opportunités, con E. Berger. In Y. Dutercq (Ed.) Où va l'éducation entre public et privé ? DeBoeck, Bruxelles  (2011)
  • Introduzione. In CERI/OCSE Apprendere e innovare. Il Mulino, Bologna (2010) 
  • La contestualizzazione del codice deontologico nella pratica educativa. En M. Ostinelli y M. Mainardi (Eds.) Un’etica per la scuola. Roma: Carocci (2016)
  • Ostinelli, G., A Framework for Analysing Teacher Professional Learning and Development. In K.Jones, G. Ostinelli, A. Crescentini (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe: Research, Policy and Practice. London: Routledge (2023)
  • Crescentini, A., Ostinelli, G. Using the Framework to provide a comparative overview of Teacher Professional Learning and Development in 14 European Countries. In K. Jones, G. Ostinelli, A. Crescentini (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe: Research, Policy and Practice. London: Routledge (2023)
  • K. Jones, G. Ostinelli, A. Crescentini, Conclusion - A reflection on the different routes towards innovation in teacher professional learning. In K. Jones, G. Ostinelli, A. Crescentini (Eds.) Innovation in Teacher Professional Learning in Europe: Research, Policy and Practice. London: Routledge (2023)

Activities as advisor:

  • 2003-2004, Rome:  “Progetto di ricerca per la costruzione di un sistema regionale di qualità del servizio scolastico”, by Piero Romei. advisor at the  Direzione Generale dell’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per il Lazio del MIUR (Ministero Italiano Università e Ricerca)
  • 2011, Rovereto:  Project “Percorsi di aggiornamento e di accrescimento professionale per dirigenti scolastici e direttori di CFP – Leadership per l’apprendimento (LpA). Advisor at the Centro per la formazione continua e l’aggiornamento del personale insegnante della Provincia di Trento.

 

Workshops, conferences and papers

  • 28 th November 2003, Bologna : workshop « Costruire la qualità sul lavoro » dell’AICQ, (Associazione Italiana Cultura della Qualità) « Approcci organizzati alla qualità e scuola »
  • 16th January 2003, Udine : workshop « Pro. Va. Re. » de l’lRRE Friuli « Daap: una metodologia per l’autovalutazione nelle scuole professionali »
  • 5 th March 2004, Bologna : workshop « I percorsi della scuola secondaria – Il dilemma dell’istruzione tecnica e professionale » dell’ADI (Associazione Docenti Italiani), « L’istruzione professionale nella Confederazione Elvetica »
  • 22 th  January 2004, Lucerne : workshop  ISPFP (Istituto svizzero per la pedagogia nella formazione professionale) « Daap : une méthodologie pour l’autoévaluation pour les écoles professionnelles »
  • 14 th January 2004, Rome : workshop « Qualità e scuola », della regione Lazio  « Il modello DAAP per l’autovalutazione nelle scuole »
  • 9 th March 2004, Locarno : lecture at the ASP (Alta Scuola Pedagogica) « Scuola e ricerca, motivazioni e fondamenti »
  • 15 th March 2005, Locarno : lecture at the ASP (Alta Scuola Pedagogica) « La ricerca in educazione: tra epistemologia concetti, metodi, tipologia »
  • 10 th June  2005, Ferrara : workshop « Alternanza studio – lavoro, esperienze a confronto » del CDS (Centro Documentazione e Studi), « Esperienze di alternanza di studio e lavoro in Europa »
  • 22 th September 2005, Lugano :  Congress « Leadership educativa e scuola che cambia » della Società svizzera di ricerca in educazione (SSRE) « Un nuovo ruolo nel contesto scolastico : il consulente educativo »
  • 28 th February 2007, Milano : workshop at the Ufficio scolastico regionale della Lombardia «Percorso di formazione per le scuole che attuano iniziative di alternanza scuola-lavoro »,  «I percorsi in alternanza : individuare le competenze, definire gli indicatori, certificare/dichiarare …»
  • 10 th May 2007, Roma : Congress  « L’integrazione attraverso la lingua. Promozione dell’educazione interculturale in Europa » organizzato dal Goethe Institut in collaborazione con l’UE
  • 7 th September 2007, Kreuzlingen: Congress of the  Società svizzera di ricerca in educazione (SSRE) « L'analyse de la motivation des enseignants avec le test MotOr »
  • 23 th November 2007, Roma: national congress DISAL « Dirigere scuole come   imprese sociali e comunità di apprendimento »
  • 9 th January 2008, Geneva : « L’action du “school improvement advisor/researcher (SIA)” dans l’amelioration des systemes scolaires contemporains ». Paper at the Colloque ADMEE « L’amélioration de l’école et le rôle-clé du consultant éducatif »
  • 11 th September 2008, Göteborg « The School Improvement Advisor/Researcher (Sia): helping the individual school in the foundation and organization of the self-managed improvement ». Paper presented to the EERA-ECER congress.
  • 23 th January 2009, Louvain-la-neuve : « L'évaluation de l'enseignement par l'institut scolaire avec l'assistance  du School Improvement Advisor/researcher   (SIA) ». Paper presented to the Colloque ADMEE « Evaluation et développement professionnel»
  • 29 th September 2009, Vienna,  « The Circle of Understanding: Developing Teaching through the Participation to Circular and Interactive Processes of Comprehension», Paper presented to the EERA-ECER congress.
  • 6 th January 2010, Kuala Lumpur « The Role of the “Knowledegeable Other” in Improving Student Achievement, School Climate and Teacher Efficacy: Case Studies from a Canadian and Swiss Perspective and Experience», paper presented to the 23th Icsei International Congress.
  • 26 th August 2010, Helsinki, « Motivation and Job Satisfaction amongst European Teachers: Are They Influenced by Pay?», Paper presented to the EERA-ECER congress.
  • 12 th January 2011, Paris,  « Développement de formes partagées et interactives d’évaluation entre élèves et enseignant ». Paper presented to the Colloque ADMEE «Évaluation et enseignement supérieur»
  • 13 th September 2011, Berlin, « Teaching, between myths and research ». Paper presented to the EERA-ECER congress.
  • 10 th November 2011 « Understanding by design: l’esperienza in Canton Ticino ». Presentation at the workshop “Le culture dell’apprendimento: una risorsa per la gestione della scuola”, Comano (Tn), Italy.
  • 21 th September 2012, Càdiz, « Leadership and Management of Teacher Education: a Case Study ». Paper presented to the EERA-ECER conference.
  • 3 th January 2013, Santiago (Chile) “Teacher professional development between methodological innovation and paradigmatic change”, 26th ICSEI International Congress
  • 11th September 2013, Istanbul, “The School Improvement Advisor/researcher (SIA), a Balance of Four Years of Activity”, paper presented to the EERA-ECER conference
  • 5th  January 2014, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)“Leading School Improvement through Coaching”, with  Margery McMahon, paper presented at the 27th  ICSEI International Congress
  • 5th September 2014, “The effects of educational research on teaching practices in Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and France”, paper presented to EERA-ECER conference
  • 3 th January 2015, Cincinnati “Listening, advising and helping teachers, in-between a critical friend and an academic researcher”,  paper presented at the 28th  ICSEI International Congress
  • 13 th August 2015, Belo Horizonte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, workshop "Pesquisa e desenvolvimento em pesquisa educacional e prática nas escolas: onde está o anel quebrado?"
  • 10 th September 2015, “The Many Forms of Research Informed Practice: a Framework for Mapping Diversity”, paper presented to EERA-ECER conference, Cadiz
  • 26 th August 2016, “The Link Between Teaching Competencies and in-service Education in the Perception of Primary and Secondary School Teachers”, paper presented to EERA-ECER conference, Budapest
  • 9-11 th of January  2017, “Estudios e investigaciones sobre la formación”, Summit internacional de educación, VI Jornadas Interamericanas de dirección y liderazgo escolar, Universidad Católica, Santiago (Chile)
  • 19 th  of January 2017, Santiago, Universidad Diego Portales, Workshops “La formación de profesores de escuela básica en Ticino” e “Investigando los efectos de la investigación educativa en la práctica pedagógica
  • 21-25 th August 2017, The School Improvement Advisor: researcher, helping in the development of a community of practice in a Swiss primary school, paper presented to the EERA ECER conference, Copenhagen
  • 22 th of August 2017, Chair of symposium “Professionalization, Motivation and Society”, EERA ECER conference, Copenhagen
  • 9 th of January 2018, Singapore, “Assessing directorships in the schools of Ticino”, paper presented to the 31th  ICSEI International Congress
  • 17-18 th of May 2018, Talca (Cile), conferency at Università Cattolica del Maule “Dirección, Gestión, Liderazgo y Política Educativa”
  • 4 th of September 2018, Teacher professional development in Italy, France, Germany, England, Finland and Ontario, paper presented with A. Crescentini to the EERA ECER conference, Bolzano
  • 4 th of September 2018, Chair of symposium “Models and theories in teacher professional development”, EERA ECER conference, Bolzano
  • 5 th of September 2018, “Testing Understanding by Design”, paper presented to the EERA ECER conference, Bolzano
  • 6 th of September 2018, discussant at the symposium “Teacher Professional Learning As A Response To Issues Of Teacher Retention And Recruitment: Perspectives From Iceland, Sweden and England”
  • 3 th  of September 2019. Chair of the symposium “The Professional Learning and Development of Leaders: International perspectives on learning to lead”. EERA ECER conference, Hamburg.
  • 3 th of September 2019. “The development of a formative assessment leadership questionnaire in Swiss, Italian and Chilean schools”, paper presented with A. Crescentini to the EERA ECER conference.
  • 6th of September 2021, Teacher Professional Learning and Development in Italy, France, Germany, England, Denmark, Finland, Wales, Estonia, Romania, Portugal and Belgium (Flanders), paper presented online with Alberto Crescentini at the EERA-ECER conference, Geneva.
  • 28th – 29th of June 2022, Leadership for Professional Learning symposium, Dublin.
  • 1 th of September 2022, Teacher professional learning in Switzerland, paper presented online with Alberto Crescentini at the EERA-ECER conference, Yerevan.
  • 15 th of December 2022, Meeting “Il rapporto col futuro dei giovani del sud impegnati nel Servizio Civile Universale”, Salerno, IARD Institute
  • 5 th of February, 2023, Meeting “I docenti in Europa”, “La formazione continua degli insegnanti in Europa”, Goethe Institut, Rome
  • 16 th of May 2023, Meeting KUTSU: Opettajankoulutusfoorumin kevätseminaari: Jatkuva oppiminen (Spring seminar of the forum for teacher education: continuous learning) - Miten opettajien jatkuvaa oppimista edistetään Euroopassa? (How is it fostered teacher continuous learning in Europe?) – Finnish Ministry of culture - Helsinki

Acknonwledgements

  • The article “The many forms of research-informed practice: a framework for mapping diversity”. European Journal of Teacher Education, 39 (5), 534-549 was recognized as “high quality” CtP research in the BERA Closed to practice research project.
  • My paper “The school improvement advisor/researcher: helping the individual school in the self-management of improvement” is quoted in the books “Realization- The change imperative for deepening district-wide reform” and “Putting faces on the data” by Lyn Sharratt and Michael Fullan

 

Skills and knowledge

Education and Psychology

Management of projects for school leadership and improvement

Knowledge and skills on motivation theory and testing

Knowledge in epistemology of Education

Knowledge and skills in research methodology

Knowledge and skills in the domain of quality of organizations

Wide practice in teaching to adults

General skills

Skills in information technology (software programming and development)

Expert for SVF-ASFC (Swiss association for education in leadership)

Curricula assessment expert (SEFRI – Swiss federal office for training and technology)

ISO Quality manager

Member of the scientific board of the IARD institute

(https://www.istitutoiard.org

Convenor in the Network 1 of the EERA-ECER conference

Member of the advisory board of the Leadership for professional learning symposium

 (https://lfplsymposium.org)

Member of the scientific board of the journal Professional Development in Education

(https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rjie20)

 

  • 2021-2024                Lecturer UniTreEdu Milan
  • 2007-2021                  State teaching expert and advisor. DECS-Cantone Ticino (Switzerland)
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  • 2012 – 2016              Education faculty, Università Cattolica del Sacro                                                     Cuore, Milan/Brescia: contracted professor
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  • 2003 - 2011                Education faculty, Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna : contracted                                    professor
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  • 2003 - 2010                Divisione della formazione professionale e Ufficio                                                       Studi e Ricerche del DECS (Dipartimento Educazione, Cultura e Sport)   del Canton Ticino, Bellinzona : researcher
  • 2007-2021    Curricula assessment expert (SEFRI – Swiss federal office for training   and technology)
  • 2004              Workshop «La qualité dans les organisations: buts, méthodologies et instruments » at the Psychology faculty of Geneva University, inside the DESS « Psychologie et ressources humaines » by prof. A. Munari.
  • 1997 -1998                 Scuola superiore di lavoro sociale (SSLS) e Scuola universitaria professionale (SUPSI), Mendrisio : Education teacher
  • 1995 - 1996                 Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI):           participation to the creation of the school
  • 1995 - 1996                Divisione della formazione professionale del DECS (Dipartimento Educazione, Cultura e Sport) del Cantone Ticino: expert for special needs education
  • 1990 - 1995                Teacher in the vocational school, researcher in the project “Sviluppo di un concetto per la formazione e l’aggiornamento professionale dei      lavoratori impiegati nella costruzione della Nuova traversale ferroviaria alpina (NTFA) nel Cantone Ticino ”
  • 1978 - 1990                Primary school teacher

 

Languages

Italian : mother tongue

Portuguese (Brazilian) : very good, almost as Italian

Spanish : very good, almost as Italian

English : very good

French : very good

German : good

 

Various

 

Translation from English to Italian of the book « What’s Worth Fighting for in Your School? » by  M. Fullan e A. Hargreaves, (title : « Cosa vale la pena cambiare nella nostra scuola ? »  ed. Erickson, Trento, 2005)

 

Translation from English to Italian of the book « Innovating to Learn, Learning to Innovate » by CERI/OCSE, (title : « Apprendere e innovare »  ed. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010)