Dr. Maurizio Gentile CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION Surname/First name Gentile Maurizio Job Address Via Colli della Serpentara 76/E-8 00139 Rome Job Telephone +39 338 52.38.695 Job E-mails gentile.m@successoformativo.it - m.gentile@iusve.it Nationality Italian Date of birth 10 January 1969 JOB POSITIONS Current Senior consultant at SPF Group - Rome Lecturer of Instructional Psychology at IUSVE, Faculty of Psychology - Venice Editor of RicercAzione Journal (Action-Research Journal) - Trento Consultant and trainer in teaching, learning and assessment topics - Italy Previous Date: 1994-1996 Job Positions: Consultant in Educational and Training Field Date: 1996-2000 Job Positions: - PhD student and Assistant professor at Salesian University of Rome - Consultant and Trainer in Educational Field Date: 2000-2007 Job Positions: - Lecturer at various Italian University - Consultant and Trainer in Educational, Training Field and Program evaluation - Manager of research projects for academic, public and private national institutions Date: 2007-2008 Job Positions: - Senior Researcher at Provincial Institute for Educational Research and Experimentation (IPRASE), Trento - Lecturer of Instructional Psychology at Salesian University of Venezia, Faculty of Education - Fellows State of Research at the University of Udine, Faculty of Education Date: 2008-2010 Job Positions: - Senior Researcher at Provincial Institute for Educational Research and Experimentation (IPRASE), Trento CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 1
Projects in the Evaluation field - Lecturer of Instructional Psychology at Salesian University of Venice, Faculty of Education - Editor of RicercAzione, six-monthly Journal of research in educational, evaluation studies and youth policies - Associate researcher at Free University of Bozen, Faculty of Education. Topic FA.S.S. Project Factors of Success of School Service Research method Survey ISRE e University of Lecce Venezia e Lecce Role Researcher and author Date 2001 2002 Cooperative Learning and psycho-social outcomes in primary and middle school Research method: Quasi-experimental design : School district of Bassa Val d Elsa (Tuscany Region) and Martinsicuro (Abruzzo Region) Manager, researcher and trainer Date: 2001-2002 Research method: Training evaluation and measurement methods in public organization Action-research City of Venice Training Department (Servizio Formazione del Comune di Venezia), Venice Date: 2003-2008 Role Consultant, trainer, instructional designer and analyst Academic and educational success in High School and VET Research method: Interviews, Focus Groups, survey : Region of Lombardia, Milan Lombardia Region Manager, researcher and interviewer Date: 2005-2007 OCSE-PISA 2006/2009 National and Sub-national data Research method: Quantitative data analysis Manager, co-analyst, co-author Date: 2007-2011 OCSE-PISA 2006 European data Research method: Quantitative data analysis by multilevel analysis regression Institutions: Institute of Research on Economic and Social Studies (IRES, Turin Manager, co-analyst, co-author Date: 2009-2010 TIMSS 2007 National and Sub-national data Research method: Quantitative data analysis and multiple regression Analyst, co-author Date: 2009-2010 Right to the school ( Diritti a scuola ): ameliorative interventations for improvement of mathematics and language literacy of primary, middle and high school students. Research method: Survey, focus groups, observations Puglia Region/PON-FSE School Regional Bureau Third University of Rome - University of Bari Analyst, co-author CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 2
Date: 2009-2011 Projects in the Educational field Topic Cooperative Learning and cognitive, motivational and social outcomes Research method Quasi-experimental research Italian Foundation for Voluntary Service (FIVOL) Rome Role Researcher and trainer Date 1996 1998 Cooperative education through Cooperative Learning Research method Action research University of Udine, Faculty of Education, Udine (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region) Date: 2006-2008 Teaching and assessment practices in the context of classroom Research method Action research Date: 2008-2009 Tema: Research method: Date: Research method Date: Research method Date: Professional learning community and Cooperative Learning Quantitative and qualitative survey Free University of Bozen, Faculty of Education - Bozen Analyst, co-author CURRENT Inclusion and Learning Opportunity Project (ILOP) Action research CURRENT Personalizing learning in the classroom Action research CURRENT University teaching Staff and Professional development in in-service teachers Academic University of LUMSA, Faculty of Education - Rome Date: 1998-1999 Teaching and Learning Processes Academic University of Lazio, School of Secondary Education - Rome Date: 2001-2007 Laboratory of Special Education Academic University of Palermo, Faculty of Education - Palermo Date: 2003-2005 Cooperative Learning Academic University of Udine, Faculty of Education Udine Date: 2006 Quantitative and qualitative research methods CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 3
Academic IUSVE - Salesian University of Venice, Faculty of Psychology - Venice Date: 2007-2008 Instructional Psychology Academic IUSVE - Salesian University of Venice, Faculty of Psychology - Venice Date: since 2007 Professional development activities for schools and public institutions : Date: 1996-2005 Role. Trainer s: Instructional strategies for promoting motivation to learn On this topic were commissioned 18 interventions by public and private schools, universities, associations. Cooperative Learning On this topic were commissioned 60 interventions by public and private schools, universities, associations. Date: 1997-2007 Trainer and consultant s: Date: 1999-2001 Trainer s: Teaching and Learning processes Ministry of Education Certificate of Management Qualification of Educational Institutions Changes in teaching and learning processes and Reform of the Italian school On this topic were commissioned 20 interventions by public schools, network of schools and Italian trade union Date: 2003-2006 Trainer and consultant Date: 2004-2011 Trainer Assessment for learning and curriculum oriented to competencies On this topic were commissioned 9 interventions by public schools and network of schools ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Date 1993 Level in national classification Date 1998 Level in national classification 105/110 Date 2000 Degree in Psychology Salesian University of Rome Faculty of Education 110/110 Summa cum Laude Degree in Educational and Developlmental Psychology La Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Psychology PhD in Psychology CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 4
Level in national classification Salesian University of Rome - Faculty of Education 110/110 Summa cum Laude CERTIFICATES Dates 6-7/04/1997 17-18/07/1997 24-25/01/1998 30-31/05/1998 26-29/07/98 Certificate of participation to Copperative Learning course International Salesian Institute of Educational Research (ISRE) - Venice Date 25-31/08/1997 Certificate of participation to Copperative Learning course Date From 27/11/1999 to 27/11/2000 Date 21/05/1996 Psychology Association of Lazio Region (Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio) Certificate of participation to School Psychologist project Italian Foundation for Voluntary Service (FIVOL) Rome National license in Psychology University La Sapienza of Rome and National Psychology Association Date 17-18/07/2009 Date 25-28/10/2010 Date 4-6/07/2011 Certificate of participation to RASCH Model workshop Provincial Institute for Educational Research and Experimentation (IPRASE) Certificate of participation to Assessment trainer of PISA and National Evaluation System course. Italian Minister of Education and National Institute for the Evaluation of Educational System (INVALSI) Certificate of participation to TALTAC: Software for Text Analysis course. University La Sapienza of Rome - Faculty of Economy CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 5
MEMBERSHIP Member of Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK) since 2006 to 2011. Member of European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) since 2004.Member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Alexandria (Virginia-USA) since 2004. NATIONAL AWARD Medal of Salesian University of Rome for excellence outcomes in Phd Rome - 9 October, 2000. Unconditional second award of Italian Trainer Association (Associazione Italiana Formatori) given to Method of assessment of learning outcomes and quality of training in public organizations - Palermo - 22 October, 2004. PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Mother Tongue Italian Other language: English SELF-ASSESSMENT EUROPEAN LEVEL Understanding Speaking Writing Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production B2 Intermediate Level C1 Advanced Level B2 Intermediate Level * THE COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE (CEF) LEVEL B1 Intermediate Level B1 Intermediate Level Computer Skills OS WRITING Windows Word 2007 XP/ 7 Publisher 2007 PRESENTATION Power Point 2007 READER & PDF Adobe Acrobat STD 7.0 PDF Fill 6.0 SECURITY Norton 360 Cryptainer LE 6.0 E-MAIL Outlook 2007 BATA BASE Procite 5.0 STATISTICS SPSS 18.0 HLM 6.06 CONQUEST ELECTRONIC SHEET Excel 2007 PC MANAGEMENT Register Booster INTERNET Explorer 8.0 Firefox 7. Skype CMS E-107 Moodle 1.8 Maurizio Gentile November 14, 2011 CV_MG_EN_Nov-11 6