Paolo Federighi
Professor
Department of Education Science and Psychology
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Professor of Adult Education at the University of Florence, where she taught since 1972. President of the Specialized Degree Course in Continuing Adult Education. He held courses at the universities of Essen-Duisburg (Germany) and Timisoara (Romania). Honoris causa research doctor in education sciences (2009). He has been working with the DGEAC of the European Commission since 1992 with the role of an expert and member of advisory committees on training policies. He has worked as an Expert for the OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2001) and has previously held similar positions for UNESCO (1979-2000 and then again since 2011) and for the Council of Europe (1994-1997). He has collaborated with the Regional Council of Tuscany in matters of education, vocational training and employment policies (from 1996-2012). Specifically, it has dealt with the introduction of e-learning in training delivery systems, international policies in the field, accompanying the process of renewing the system of vocational and continuing education, its integration processes with systems education and labor policies. Member of the Interministerial National Committee for the Design of Integrated Superior Formation at the Ministry of Education (1998-2009).
Research Interest
Adult education Training policies and strategies Political education economics Institutional and business systems of work training Andragogy
Publications
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Federighi, Paolo (2016). Training in Organizations. In: Prof. Aleksandra Pejatović, Ph.D., Department of Pedagogy and Andragogy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia Prof. Regina Egetenmeyer, Ph.D., Institute for Education, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Wurzburg, Germany Prof. Maria Slowey, Ph.D., Higher Education Research Center, Dublin City University, Ireland. CONTRIBUTION OF RESEARCH TO IMPROVEMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION QUALITY, p. 55-72, Belgrade: Institute for Pedagogy and Andragogy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, University of Wurzburg, Dublin City University, ISBN: 978-86-82019-95-4
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Federighi, Paolo (2016). The evolution of lifelong / lifewide learning, adult education, lifelong education. In: Liliana Dozza, Simonetta Ulivieri. Permanent education from the early ages of life, pp. 219-225, Milan: Franco Angeli, ISBN: 978-88-917-3419-8
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Cambi, Franco; Federighi, Paolo; Mariani, Alessandro (ed.) (2016). Critical and lay pedagogy in Florence: 1950-2015. Templates. Metamorphosis. Figures. Florence: FUP, 9788866558392.
