Closing Conference – Gaeta Castle
First National Conference EMBODIED EDUCATION
Friday 20 June 2025
14.00 - Welcome and registration
15.00 - Institutional welcome
Marco Dell’Isola, Rector of the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Representative of the Ministry of Education and Merit
Francesco Manfredi, President of INDIRE
Giovanni Betta, Vice-Rector for Teaching at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Roberto Baronti Marchiò, Director of DSUSS at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Renata Viganò, President of SIRD
Catia Giaconi, President of SIPeS
Giovanni Fenu, President of SIREM
Marisa Iavarone, President of CIRPED
Pio Alfredo Di Tore, Teaching Coordinator for the Ninth Special Education Teacher Training Cycle at UNICAS
15.45 - Introduction
Filippo Gomez Paloma, Coordinator of the National Scientific Committee for the Embodied Education Project, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
16.00 – Keynote Speaker
Giacomo Rizzolatti, Emeritus Professor of Physiology, University of Parma – Mirror Neurons and Embodied Education
17.00 - Coffee break
17.30 – Round Table – Embodied Education in Italy
Chair: Filippo Gomez Paloma (UNICAS)
Speakers: Michele Baldassarre (UNIBA), Antonio Borgogni (UNIBG), Francesco Peluso Cassese (UNIPEGASO), Giuseppa Compagno (UNIPA), Paola Damiani (UNIMORE), Pio Alfredo Di Tore (UNICAS), Enrico Miatto (IUSVE), Nicolina Pastena (UNIKORE), Livia Petti (UNIMOL), Stefano Polenta (UNIMC)
19.30 – Performance by Monia Mattioli
20.15 - Conference dinner
Saturday 21 June 2025
08.30 - Visit to Gaeta’s Angevin Castle (first group)
9.15 – Workshops (Best Practices in Embodied Education)
W1 – Embodied Education and Subject Teaching (Organising contact: Antonio Cuccaro)
Rapporteur: Marinella Muscarà (UNIKORE); Chair: Alessandra Lo Piccolo (UNIKORE); Discussant: Licia Cianfriglia (ANP) and Rossella De Luca (ANDIS)
W2 – Embodied Education, Sustainability and Inclusion (Organising contact: David Martinez Maireles)
Rapporteur: Tamara Zappaterra (UNIFE); Chair: Filomena Rossi (DS Vairano); Discussant: Angela Magnanini (UNIROMA4) and Donatella Fantozzi (UNIPI)
W3 – Embodied Education and Technologies (Organising contact: Monica Di Domenico)
Rapporteur: Marco Lazzari (UNIBG); Chair: Stefania Pinnelli (UNISALENTO); Discussant: Simone Digennaro (UNICAS) and Claudia Maulini (UNIPARTHENOPE)
W4 – Embodied Education and Professional Development (Organising contact: Fabrizio Schiavo)
Rapporteur: Antonella Nuzzaci (UNIME); Chair: Giuseppa Cappuccio (UNIPA); Discussant: Alessandra Romano (UNISI) and Alessandro Romano (UNIKORE)
W5 – Embodied Education and Bodily Awareness (Organising contact: Chiara Gentilozzi)
Rapporteur: Elsa Bruni (UNICH); Chair: Carmen Palumbo (UNISA); Discussant: Cristiana D’Anna (UNIPEGASO) and Davide Di Palma (UNICAMPANIA)
W6 – Embodied Education and Early Childhood Education (0–6) (Organising contact: Silvia Sangalli)
Rapporteur: Paola Aiello (UNISA); Chair: Stefania Morsanuto (UNIPEGASO); Discussant: Beatrice Saltarelli (IUSVE) and Martina Albanese (UNIPA)
11.15 - Coffee break
11.45 – Plenary feedback session (Topic Rapporteurs)
Chairs: Maria Luisa Iavarone (UNIPARTHENOPE) and Anna Di Pace (UNIPEGASO)
W1 – Marinella Muscarà (UNIKORE)
W2 – Tamara Zappaterra (UNIFE)
W3 – Marco Iazzari (UNIBG)
W4 – Antonella Nuzzaci (UNIME)
W5 – Elsa Bruni (UNICH)
W6 – Paola Aiello (UNISA)
13.00 - Visit to Gaeta’s Angevin Castle (second group)
13.45 – Lunch
15.00 – Keynote Speaker (remote)
Joseph Le Doux, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, New York University, USA
in conversation with
Pier Paolo Limone, Rector of Pegaso Digital University
16.00 - Round Table - Epistemic Pluralism in Embodied Education
Chair: Maurizio Sibilio (UNISA)
Speakers: Andrea Bonifacio (UNICAMPANIA), Marco Borrelli (UNICAMPANIA),
Pierluigi Brustenghi (ASL Foligno), Paola Damiani (UNIMORE), Donatella Poliandri (INVALSI), Flavia Santoianni (UNINA), Domenico Tafuri (UNIPARTHENOPE)
18.00 - Closing remarks
Filippo Gomez Paloma, Coordinator of the National Scientific Committee for the Embodied Education Project, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio