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This contribution describes some steps of a research, by its nature constantly in progress, which has seen us engaged on several occasions in recent years, namely the collection and sharing of the stories and memories of Tuscan male and female educators. The contribution namely focuses on the intersections with Public History, a discipline or approach to history which is now rapidly consolidating in Italy as well.

This contribution describes some steps of a research, by its nature constantly in progress, which has seen us engaged on several occasions in recent years, namely the collection and sharing of the stories and memories of Tuscan male and female educators. The contribution namely focuses on the intersections with Public History, a discipline or approach to history which is now rapidly consolidating in Italy as well.

The paper introduces the thematic session of the current volume of RIEF, no. 1/2017, which is dedicated to the memories of family education. Oral and Visual History found especially in recent years “citizenship” also in the historical-educational field, at national and international level. The most recent prospects of historical research are actually moving towards the use of voices, sounds and images for the reconstruction of the transformation of individual and collective identity processes, in public and private everyday contexts, and also through the collective vision. Families, family relationships and cultures, and the universe of intergenerational relations as well are fields of research that can be enriched by the use of this type of sources., Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare, n° 1 gennaio-giugno 2017

Resumen basado en el de la publicación Título, resumen y palabras clave en español e inglés Monográfico con el título: "Elementos artísticos en la historia de la educación: las prácticas artísticas en los espacios educativos" Se ofrece un informe inicial de la investigación dirigida a la creación y archivo de videotestimonios sobre los recuerdos de la infancia y la escuela de los italianos nacidos en los años cuarenta y cincuenta. Durante este periodo crítico, las escuelas italianas estaban todavía basadas en modelos pedagógicos y prácticas de enseñanza de décadas previas; sin embargo, se estaban produciendo los primeros experimentos innovadores y significativos procesos de democratización. Se intenta realizar una primera presentación de un proyecto que implica la creación y recopilación de numerosas entrevistas de vídeo en las que los recuerdos de la escuela y la infancia sean el tema principal ya desde la fase del diseño de la entrevista. También, se pretende crear un archivo digital en vídeo de recuerdos de la escuela y la educación. ESP

Resumen basado en el de la publicación Monográfico con el título, Enseñanza superior en Europa : objetivos contemporáneos para instituciones históricas En la primera parte del artículo se analizan las líneas principales que han caracterizado la formación del profesorado de secundaria en Italia en los últimos 15 años. Se destacan las cuestiones legislativas y reglamentarias para la finalización de la educación universitaria con el fin de acceder al empleo en las escuelas secundarias. En particular, se hace hincapié en las condiciones organizativas y políticas que han dado forma y contenido a los caminos de especialización / cualificación docente y, sobre la base de una literatura ampliamente establecida en el debate actual. También se reflexiona sobre cuánto y cómo estos ajustes corresponden a puntos de vista culturales precisos que alimentan una cierta idea de escuela, de profesor y en definitiva de sociedad. En la segunda parte, a partir de la experiencia directa de formación inicial para secundaria, se resumen los pasos de una práctica reflexiva sobre el papel político y cultural del profesor, cuya valorización debe invocarse explícitamente en el contexto de los cursos de capacitación y actualización, para completar el proceso de preparación profesional adecuada a los retos de nuestro tiempo. ESP

The synthesis of isobutanol via the Guerbet condensation between methanol and ethanol was studied by using sodium methoxide (MeONa) as soluble basic component and copper-based catalysts as heterogeneous dehydrogenating/hydrogenating metal species. The effect of the nature of the catalyst and the relative amount of its individual components with respect to the reacting alcohols as well as of temperature on productivity and selectivity of the process was investigated. The collected data indicated that the copper chromite/MeONa was more active than Cu-Raney/MeONa system. The reaction was shown to proceed with the formation only of n-propanol and isobutanol. Ethanol conversion up to 61% with selectivity to isobutanol up to 98.4% was obtained. The same catalytic systems were also employed in the reaction of the methanol/ethanol/n-propanol ternary mixture. Again copper chromite/MeONa resulted more active than the Cu-Raney/MeONa system. Finally, experiments were carried out on methanol/n-propanol mixtures in the presence of the copper chromite/MeONa catalytic system by recycling both the recovered solid copper component and the liquid reaction mixture for evidencing eventual copper leaching by MeONa. On the basis of the obtained results it was concluded that in the Guerbet reaction copper chromite works as heterogeneous catalyst.

This paper provides an initial report on research, still in progress, aimed at the creation and archiving of video testimonies on the memories of childhood and school among Italians born in the 1940s and 1950s. During this critical period, Italian schools were still based on pedagogical models as well as on teaching practices from previous decades; however, they were also making the first tentative experiments with innovation and launching significant processes of democratisation. Oral testimonies of the experiences of pupils are therefore an undoubtedly valuable source for researchers involved in the complex process of creating the collective memory of school. Archived collections contain a wealth of written and audio-visual documents in which these life stories can be found. Normally, however, at least in the Italian setting, these are ego-documents collected and organised according to other research categories, to which the scholastic experience only serves as background. Memories of the time spent at the school desk were not considered central to the account and often remain part of a much broader context, from which it normally emerges only incidentally. Thus, school years were not the focus of the research. This contribution is therefore an attempt to make an initial resentation of a project involving the creation and collection of numerous video interviews in which memories of school and childhood were the main topic right from the interview planning stage. The ultimate goal of the research is to create a digital video archive of memories about school and education

Le scritture di carattere autobiografico come i diari o le raccolte epistolari offrono allo storico elementi preziosi per l’approfondimento delle conoscenze riguardanti aspetti centrali della vita sociale e culturale nel corso dell’età antica e permettono di fare luce sulla dimensione privata dei rapporti familiari. Questo contributo in particolare presenta alcune testimonianze di celebri autori romani nelle quali emergono le dinamiche della relazione genitore/figlio, soprattutto in merito ai temi dell’educazione, in una fase storica (I a.C. – II d.C.) in cui a Roma emerge e si afferma il valore dell’istruzione scolastica., Rivista Italiana di Educazione Familiare, n°1 gennaio-giugno 2008

The homopolymerization of styrene by using different catalytic systems based on bis(salicylaldiminate)nickel(II) and methylaluminoxane was investigated. In particular, the effect on catalyst activity and polymer characteristics by electron withdrawing groups located on the phenolic moiety was studied. The influence of the bulkiness of the substituents on the N-aldimine ligand was also ascertained. Finally the catalytic performances were investigated as a function of the main reaction parameters, such as temperature, Al/Ni molar ratio and duration.

The homopolymerization of ethylene by using different catalytic systems based on dinitro-substituted bis(salicylaldiminate)nickel(II) precursors such as bis[3,5-dinitro-N(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)]nickel(II) and bis[3,5-dinitro-N(phenyl)]nickel(II) in combination with organoaluminum compounds was investigated. In particular, the catalytic performances were studied as a function of the main reaction parameters, such as temperature, pressure, Al/Ni molar ratio, and duration. Methylaluminoxane resulted in the best co-catalyst. Activities up to 200 kg polyethylene/(mol Ni × h) to give a linear high-molecular-weight polymer were achieved. The influence of the bulkiness of the substituents on the N-aryl group of the aldimine ligand was also checked; it resulted in a determinant for catalytic activity rather than for polymer characteristics. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 2534–2542, 2004