Federica Caruso is a PhD student in Education Studies. Her main research interests include the relationship between ethnography and discourse analysis in educational activities, the implication of the structure of classroom practice on the pupils’ participation, and the analysis of multi-professional collaborative work. She is currently researching inter-professional practice through the conceptual and methodological lenses of Linguistic Ethnography.

Recent publications

Caruso, F.and Sorzio, P. (2009) ‘Mente, intersoggettività, apprendimento nella pratica educativa’ in E. Frauenfelder & F. Santoianni (eds.) 'A mente aperta. Ambienti di apprendimento, contesti di formazione.', Napoli: Pisanti Editori; 283-292[Agency, Discourse, and Intersubjectivity in educational practice]

Caruso, F.and Sorzio, P. (2008) ‘La costruzione dell’intersoggettività in un’attività collaborativa multiprofessionale. Un modello di analisi applicata alla discussione in un corso di formazione per insegnanti in servizio’, in Sipef, Quarterly Journal of the Italian Society of Psychology and Education, 10 (1), 3-20. [Developing intersubjectivity in a multi-professional collaborative activity. A case study evaluation of an in-service teacher education programme]

Caruso, F. (2006) ‘La condivisione dei significanti tra insegnanti e ricercatori: una prospettiva dialogica’, Atti della Biennale 2006, School of Education, University of Padua, (Italy), 283-292. [Sharing meanings between researchers and teachers: a dialogical perspective]

Caruso, F. and Sorzio, P. (2006) ‘L’applicazione dell’ analisi di caso per la valutazione di un‘esperienza di formazione in itinere per insegnanti della scuola primaria’ in Generazioni, Quarterly Journal of Italian Faculties of Education, 6, 193-209.
[Applying the focal analysis model to reconstruct the interactional dynamics within a teacher training course]