Luigina Mortari
Biographic Data
| ID | 304059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luigina Mortari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luigina |
| FAMILY NAME | Mortari |
| SIGNATURE | MORTARI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Verona |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7181-6072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Game-Based Learning to Promote Clinical Reasoning
Pediatric dentistry requires different professional knowledge and skills, including technical and analytical thinking skills, essential for deep clinical reasoning. To analyze the students’ awareness of their cognitive processes when solving clinical problems, a qualitative and inductive study with second and fifth year students in the Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics at the University of Verona was conducted. Adopting a phenomen…
Game‐based learning to promote clinical reasoning in paediatric dentistry
The project presents an innovative approach to fostering critical and analytical thinking during clinical procedures among students of Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics degree programme at the University of Verona.Second-and fifth-year students were questioned about their cognitive processes through two open-ended questions alongside the laboratory practice sessions.The aim was to understand their educational and training needs.Content analysis of…
The diary of virtues for primary school children
Dialoguing with the main existing traditions in ethical education, namely character education, the cognitive developmental approach, and the caring approach, this article presents the MelArete program and explains the theoretical framework on which it is grounded. The program is designed to educate primary school children to reason about the ethical concepts of good, care, and virtue. The educational activities in the MelArete program include wri…
Introducing comprehensive sexuality education in Italian schools
The national piloting of this educational activity provided positive insights regarding the co-construction, implementation and short-outcome evaluation, suggesting potential for scalability and future inclusion of CSE in the curricula of Italian schools
Sexuality education in Italy 2016-2020
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools. The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality education (SBSE) activities carried out by external providers and implemented in Italy from 2016 to 2…
The Empirical Phenomenological Method
Phenomenological philosophy was developed by Husserl for the eidetic sciences, which are interested in the general essences or persistent characteristics of things. By contrast, the empirical sciences are sciences of facts, interested in the concrete, singular, contextual and accidental qualities of phenomena. We do not encounter general, pure essences in concrete reality; instead, we meet phenomena, which present themselves as the particular act…
Esserci con cura
This paper addresses Addams’ relevance and possible interlocutions with recent feminist, transfeminist, and queer theories and movements. It aims to focus on Addams’ contributions beyond myths and overwritings, as a guide towards new views and practices of public space, and new ways to intend knowledge. Namely, it focuses on the interweaving between politics and urban spaces, highlighting how the Hull House experience and Addams’ reflections are …
Preschool Teachers’ Emotion Socialization and Child Social-Emotional Behavior in Two Countries
In this study we investigated how early childhood teachers’ emotion socialization behaviors contribute to children’s social-emotional competence (SEC), as well as whether these contributions differ by culture. Participants included 117 teachers and 381 preschoolers in US or Italian classrooms. Teachers’ and children’s emotions and reactions to each others’ emotions were observed within small group contexts, and children’s SEC was assessed via obs…
Rethinking “the family” in foster care in Italy
In Italy, family fostering is in most cases a voluntary service where foster parents are non-professional helpers. About half of the foster parents are couples with children of their own, which makes fostering a “family enterprise.” Within growing attention to children’s voices in research, the paper focuses on children living foster care (as children in care and as foster parents’ children) and the ways they engage in constructing their family l…
Nurses’ Views on the Use of Physical Restraints in Intensive Care
Despite the worldwide promotion of a "restraint-free" model of care due to the questionable ethical and legal issues and the many adverse physical and psychosocial effects of physical restraints, their use remains relatively high, especially in the intensive care setting. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the experiences of nurses using physical restraints in the intensive care setting. Semi-structured interviews with 20 nurs…
Words Faithful to the Phenomenon
The article presents the developing of a tool aimed to analyze the decision-making (DM) processes in critical care contexts. It was developed in a study conducted through a phenomenological approach. By analyzing the discursive practice through which physicians in an intensive care unit (ICU) arrive at decisions, we construct a discursive profile of each ICU involved, to improve the ICU team members' knowledge of the complexity of their DM proces…
Analyzing How Discursive Practices Affect Physicians’ Decision-Making Processes
An intensive care unit (ICU) is a demanding environment, defined by significant complexity, in which physicians must make decisions in situations characterized by high levels of uncertainty. This study used a phenomenological approach to investigate the decision-making (DM) processes among ICU physicians' team with the aim of understanding what happens when ICU physicians must reach a decision about the infectious status of a patient. The focus w…
The agency of things
This article focuses on the constitutive role of space and artefacts in delineating the moral order of a specific context. Building on the premises of a post-humanistic phenomenology, it proposes a theoretical contribution to a critical understanding of communication as a complex phenomenon distributed between human and non-human semiotic agents. Drawing on ethnographic research in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the article empirically illustrates…
Reflectivity in Research Practice
The article grounds on the assumption that researchers, in order to be not mere technicians but competent practitioners of research, should be able to reflect in a deep way. That means they should reflect not only on the practical acts of research but also on the mental experience which constructs the meaning about practice. Reflection is a very important mental activity, both in private and professional life. Learning the practice of reflection …
Formative Evaluation of Eccomi Pronto [‘Here I Am Ready’]
Fenomenologia della cura
Un metodo a-metodico
Reflectivity in Research Practice
The article grounds on the assumption that researchers, in order to be not mere technicians but competent practitioners of research, should be able to reflect in a deep way. That means they should reflect not only on the practical acts of research but also on the mental experience which constructs the meaning about practice. Reflection is a very important mental activity, both in private and professional life. Learning the practice of reflection …
The agency of things
This article focuses on the constitutive role of space and artefacts in delineating the moral order of a specific context. Building on the premises of a post-humanistic phenomenology, it proposes a theoretical contribution to a critical understanding of communication as a complex phenomenon distributed between human and non-human semiotic agents. Drawing on ethnographic research in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the article empirically illustrates…
The Empirical Phenomenological Method
Phenomenological philosophy was developed by Husserl for the eidetic sciences, which are interested in the general essences or persistent characteristics of things. By contrast, the empirical sciences are sciences of facts, interested in the concrete, singular, contextual and accidental qualities of phenomena. We do not encounter general, pure essences in concrete reality; instead, we meet phenomena, which present themselves as the particular act…
Words Faithful to the Phenomenon
The article presents the developing of a tool aimed to analyze the decision-making (DM) processes in critical care contexts. It was developed in a study conducted through a phenomenological approach. By analyzing the discursive practice through which physicians in an intensive care unit (ICU) arrive at decisions, we construct a discursive profile of each ICU involved, to improve the ICU team members' knowledge of the complexity of their DM proces…
Un metodo a-metodico
Formative Evaluation of Eccomi Pronto [‘Here I Am Ready’]
Fenomenologia della cura
The agency of things
This article focuses on the constitutive role of space and artefacts in delineating the moral order of a specific context. Building on the premises of a post-humanistic phenomenology, it proposes a theoretical contribution to a critical understanding of communication as a complex phenomenon distributed between human and non-human semiotic agents. Drawing on ethnographic research in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the article empirically illustrates…
Reflectivity in Research Practice
The article grounds on the assumption that researchers, in order to be not mere technicians but competent practitioners of research, should be able to reflect in a deep way. That means they should reflect not only on the practical acts of research but also on the mental experience which constructs the meaning about practice. Reflection is a very important mental activity, both in private and professional life. Learning the practice of reflection …
Analyzing How Discursive Practices Affect Physicians’ Decision-Making Processes
An intensive care unit (ICU) is a demanding environment, defined by significant complexity, in which physicians must make decisions in situations characterized by high levels of uncertainty. This study used a phenomenological approach to investigate the decision-making (DM) processes among ICU physicians' team with the aim of understanding what happens when ICU physicians must reach a decision about the infectious status of a patient. The focus w…
Words Faithful to the Phenomenon
The article presents the developing of a tool aimed to analyze the decision-making (DM) processes in critical care contexts. It was developed in a study conducted through a phenomenological approach. By analyzing the discursive practice through which physicians in an intensive care unit (ICU) arrive at decisions, we construct a discursive profile of each ICU involved, to improve the ICU team members' knowledge of the complexity of their DM proces…
Nurses’ Views on the Use of Physical Restraints in Intensive Care
Despite the worldwide promotion of a "restraint-free" model of care due to the questionable ethical and legal issues and the many adverse physical and psychosocial effects of physical restraints, their use remains relatively high, especially in the intensive care setting. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to explore the experiences of nurses using physical restraints in the intensive care setting. Semi-structured interviews with 20 nurs…
Esserci con cura
This paper addresses Addams’ relevance and possible interlocutions with recent feminist, transfeminist, and queer theories and movements. It aims to focus on Addams’ contributions beyond myths and overwritings, as a guide towards new views and practices of public space, and new ways to intend knowledge. Namely, it focuses on the interweaving between politics and urban spaces, highlighting how the Hull House experience and Addams’ reflections are …
Preschool Teachers’ Emotion Socialization and Child Social-Emotional Behavior in Two Countries
In this study we investigated how early childhood teachers’ emotion socialization behaviors contribute to children’s social-emotional competence (SEC), as well as whether these contributions differ by culture. Participants included 117 teachers and 381 preschoolers in US or Italian classrooms. Teachers’ and children’s emotions and reactions to each others’ emotions were observed within small group contexts, and children’s SEC was assessed via obs…
Rethinking “the family” in foster care in Italy
In Italy, family fostering is in most cases a voluntary service where foster parents are non-professional helpers. About half of the foster parents are couples with children of their own, which makes fostering a “family enterprise.” Within growing attention to children’s voices in research, the paper focuses on children living foster care (as children in care and as foster parents’ children) and the ways they engage in constructing their family l…
Sexuality education in Italy 2016-2020
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools. The aim of this study was to develop an inventory of school-based sexuality education (SBSE) activities carried out by external providers and implemented in Italy from 2016 to 2…
The Empirical Phenomenological Method
Phenomenological philosophy was developed by Husserl for the eidetic sciences, which are interested in the general essences or persistent characteristics of things. By contrast, the empirical sciences are sciences of facts, interested in the concrete, singular, contextual and accidental qualities of phenomena. We do not encounter general, pure essences in concrete reality; instead, we meet phenomena, which present themselves as the particular act…
Introducing comprehensive sexuality education in Italian schools
The national piloting of this educational activity provided positive insights regarding the co-construction, implementation and short-outcome evaluation, suggesting potential for scalability and future inclusion of CSE in the curricula of Italian schools
Game-Based Learning to Promote Clinical Reasoning
Pediatric dentistry requires different professional knowledge and skills, including technical and analytical thinking skills, essential for deep clinical reasoning. To analyze the students’ awareness of their cognitive processes when solving clinical problems, a qualitative and inductive study with second and fifth year students in the Degree Course in Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics at the University of Verona was conducted. Adopting a phenomen…
Game‐based learning to promote clinical reasoning in paediatric dentistry
The project presents an innovative approach to fostering critical and analytical thinking during clinical procedures among students of Dentistry and Dental Prosthetics degree programme at the University of Verona.Second-and fifth-year students were questioned about their cognitive processes through two open-ended questions alongside the laboratory practice sessions.The aim was to understand their educational and training needs.Content analysis of…
The diary of virtues for primary school children
Dialoguing with the main existing traditions in ethical education, namely character education, the cognitive developmental approach, and the caring approach, this article presents the MelArete program and explains the theoretical framework on which it is grounded. The program is designed to educate primary school children to reason about the ethical concepts of good, care, and virtue. The educational activities in the MelArete program include wri…
Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Medical education (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works)