Barbara Distefano

Teacher Trainer in Berlin

• Born in Catania, Italy;
• BA in Modern Literature, University of Catania;
• MA in Modern Philology, University of Catania;
• CEDILS (Certification of Competence in Teaching Italian), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice;
• PGCE in Humanities, University of Catania;
• PhD and Doctor Europaeus in Literature and Education (19^th-20^th century), University of Palermo-University of Oxford. Research interests: writers-teachers, literary representations of teachers, didactics of literature, school archives;
• DARIAH-EU Fellowship, European Summer Universities in Digital Humanities 2021 and 2022, University of Leipzig;
• Italian as a Second/Foreign Language Teacher since 2007;
• Fields of expertise: writing skills, language learning, educational technology, digital humanities, sociology and history of the teaching profession;
• Author of the face-to-face course:
  • Humanities and STEAM Integration: A Digital Approach to Multidisciplinary Learning
  • Hate Speech in Schools: Monitoring Tools and Coping Strategies
• Teacher Trainer at Europass since 2022.