Do we know our students? Are we able to enhance their resources? How can we foster the expression of their potential and make use of them in our teaching activities?

These are the questions from which the organisers of the study day started, involving speakers who will bring different points of view on the topic. The day's programme also includes a panel discussion with various experts involved in the field of education, to offer a complementary view of teachers and lecturers and an opportunity for discussion.

Programm

08.30 - Welcome

09.00 - Institutional greetings
School Division (DS)
Department of Formation and Learning (DFA)

09.20 - Motivating a cynical generation: the rediscovery of meaning in post-covid adolescence
Antonio Piotti, psychologist, psychotherapist, scholar of philosophy, lecturer at the Minotaur School of Psychotherapy in Milan

10.10 - Highly sensitive pupils: knowing individual differences to foster well-being at school
Luciana Castelli, Professor in Wellbeing in Educational Systems, DFA

10.40 - Coffee break

11.10 - Smartphones, social media and well-being in adolescence: the HappyB study
Laura Marciano, postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard Chan T.H. School of Public Health, Boston (USA)

11.40 - Character strengths for well-being and school transitions
Jenny Marcionetti, Professor in Pathways and Transitions in Educational Systems, DFA

12.10 - Questions

12.30 - Lunch break

14.00 - Round table introduction
Aldo Bertagni, Head of Communication, Department of Education, Culture and Sport

14.20 - Round table with professionals working with young people in out-of-school contexts
Moderator: Aldo Bertagni

15.30 - Questions and closure of the conference

Registration

The study day is addressed to secondary school teachers in Ticino. A certificate of attendance will be issued for participation in the event.

Registration at www.supsi.ch/go/giornata-studio-sms

For further information: dfa.diplomasms@supsi.ch