Representations, technologies and competence for Learning Disabilities

Learning disabilities (LD) are a core topic in the recent regulatory and scientific debate in Education. Teachers must develop new competence because some students may have reading, writing and math disabilities. For this reason, they have to become mediators and have to create an inclusive organization of learning environments. Starting from this framework and within a research approach on Teachers’ Thinking that takes pre-reflective knowledge in the educational practice of teachers-to-be into account, the research study “Rappresentazioni, tecnologie e competenze per i DSA” (Representations, technologies and competence for LD) has been carried out. This research project, in cooperation between University of Foggia and University of Bari, is made up of a 23-question questionnaire including multiple choice and open questions submitted to 972 teachers in the making.