L’accompagnamento come strategia per formare alla ricerca empirica. Implicazioni per la didattica universitaria

The paper focuses on the issue of training practitioners to develop research skills in pre-service education. Moving from an experience carried out at the Catholic University in Milan it reflects upon approaches, strategies and tools available to the university teacher to promote students’ learning. Giving them the opportunity to plan a real research process by supporting their work emerges as an effective training approach because of methodological contents are related to students’ educational practice (present or future); it allows the university teacher to link research and training activities which constitute the principal dimensions of his professional profile.