Davide Di Palma

Prof. Davide Di Palma


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2019 in Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
RRRoberta Rosa
Roberta Rosa
AAAntonio Ascione
Antonio Ascione
Technological innovations concern a new opportunity for experimental pedagogical development in any school and formative context. This statement is reflected in the didactic dimension of motor and sports sciences. The main objective of this contribution is to analyse the so called "exergames" as an innovative proposal to be included in the formative offer, in motor and sports fields, of the school system in order to guarantee a more effective didactic approach. In this regard, through a review of the scientific reference literature, the pedagogical benefits on students in terms of increased level of learning and motivation to study will be framed.

1 January 2019 in Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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AAAntonio Ascione
Antonio Ascione
Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
RRRoberta Rosa
Roberta Rosa
The aim of this paper is to support the experimentation of new integrated educational methods to promote the development of new knowledge. Through the involvement of the body it is possible to make training "real"; that is: making it become effective through learning practices to transformation that is significant from an educational and lifelong learning point of view. In the training field, the tool that can represent the reciprocity between theory and practice is the laboratory; in the existential realm, the effectiveness of the interdependence between thought-action is embodied by corporeity. Therefore, the two key words "laboratory" and "corporeity" allow accessing the realm of the theory and that of pedagogical practice, placing it on the ground of contact and relationship in which experimentation, transformation and innovation are generated. Therefore, everything is explicit in the need to hypothesize models of school and social education that bestow back greater legitimacy to the laboratory and to the effectiveness of corporeity, and in which it is possible to realize not only real opportunities to experiment the potential of each type of knowledge, but above all the implicit transformative potential in the possibility of combining them together.

1 January 2019 in Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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RRRoberta Rosa
Roberta Rosa
AAAntonio Ascione
Antonio Ascione
Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
This contribution aims to investigate whether the Biodanza SRT tool can be an experimental pedagogical approach able to positively stimulate the development of self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy and the promotion of learning and motivation also in school systems. It is an important component to be correlated in the main training processes of the individual. In this regard, for a sample of school-age subjects, a Biodanza laboratory activity was proposed (divided into seven meetings) and, at the end of the same, through a mixedtype questionnaire, the pedagogical effectiveness of this project was assessed.

13 January 2025 in Education Sciences
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Domenico TafuriDomenico Tafuri
Domenico Tafuri
Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
This experimental study evaluated the effectiveness of an innovative motor science teaching program aimed at promoting the inclusion and involvement of students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in secondary school. Sixty students (30 in the sample group and 30 in the control group) participated in the program, while 10 specially trained motor education teachers implemented the activities. The quantitative analysis showed a significant improvement in school inclusion scores (as measured by the Ainscow Inclusion Scale) and school engagement scores (Student Engagement Scale), with a strong positive correlation between the two parameters (r = 0.62, p < 0.01). The qualitative analysis, based on interviews with teachers, revealed positive perceptions of the program and emphasized the importance of training to address behavioral difficulties and ensure an inclusive school environment. The results suggest that customized motor education programs, combined with targeted training for teachers, can foster greater inclusion of students with ADHD in the school setting.

1 January 2016 in International Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences
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GVGiuseppe Vito
Giuseppe Vito
ASAlessandra Sorrentini
Alessandra Sorrentini
Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
VRVincenzo Raiola
Vincenzo Raiola
MTMaria Tabouras
Maria Tabouras
The aim of this paper is to define the broad conditions in the predisposition of the bid to host a mega sport event that allow: a) the success in the selection; b) the maximization of benefits in the pre, during and post-event phases; c) the environmental and social sustainability of touristic flows attracted by the event. The specific reference is to the Italian bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games in Rome, to which literature has not yet dedicated specific contributions. The methodology consists in a multiple case study regarding six mega events (four successful and two unsuccessful ones) specifically focused on the outcome of the bid and on the level of benefits achieved by local communities having hosted such events. The time horizon of the study concerns the short term in particular, but it also examines the implications in the medium / long term. The results consist in the identification of the best practices used in the cases under consideration -with particular reference to the ability of primary stakeholders to build effective relationships each other and with other stakeholders- and in their transposition, after the necessary adaptation to the political, social and infrastructural pre-existing conditions, to the suction of Rome to host the 2024 Olympic Games. Findings can be transferred to the various stakeholders of the event under design with the aim to provide a contribution of the scientific community to the best setting of the initiative with particular reference to the preparation of the bid.

1 January 2019 in Journal of Human Sport and Exercise
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Davide Di PalmaDavide Di Palma
Davide Di Palma
SISalvatore Iovino
Salvatore Iovino
AAAntonio Ascione
Antonio Ascione