Dr Giovanna Fassetta
- Senior Lecturer in Social Inclusion (Culture, Literacies, Inclusion & Pedagogy)
telephone:
0141 3302431
email:
Giovanna.Fassetta@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
St Andrew's Building, (Room 680), 11 Eldon Street, Glasgow, G3 6NH
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5661-4429Biography
I am a qualified teacher with over 20 years experience of working in schools before moving to academia. I taught in Italy, Eritrea and the UK both as a class teacher (primary) and as a specialist language teacher (early years, primary and secondary). I also taught literacy classes for adults from migrant backgrounds and trained primary teachers of modern languages on behalf of Edinburgh and Glasgow Local Authorities.
My current research focusses on: inclusion in education of children and young people from migrant, asylum seeking and refugee backgrounds; linguistic diversity and multilingualism in education; teaching/learning in situations of conflict and protracted crisis; the experiences of teachers from refugee backgrounds.
I currently teach topics that relate to social inclusion in two Master's degree programmes: the Education for Sustainable Future MSc programme, where I lead the course Approaches to Inclusive Learning (EDUC51008); and the Inclusive Education MEd programme, where I also lead the Dissertation course (EDUC5142P).
Research interests
I am interested in research that explores:
- the educational experiences of children and young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, with a particular focus on the role that multilingualism and intercultural encounters can have on inclusion and belonging;
- educational resilience and strategies for teaching and learning in contexts of emergency and (protracted) crisis;
- approaches to social change that avoid perpetuating oversimplified solutions and that recognise interconnection and interdependence, and how these can be 'translated' into educational practices.
I favour qualitative approaches and participatory methodologies, and my research expertise includes the use of visual and arts-based methods.
Grants
2024 Co-I - Education in Conflict (ODA, UofG internal funding, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)
2024 Co-I - LINEs for Palestine (British Council, Language for Resilience Grants, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)
2023 PI - Welcoming Languages 2 (GKEF, UofG internal funding)
2022 Co-I - Learning for Informal and Non-formal Educators in Refugee Settings in Leabanon and Jordan LINEs project (Internal funding, PI Dr Maria Grazia Imperiale)
2022 PI - AHRC (Follow On Funding) "Welcoming Languages: Including a Refugee Language in Scottish Education" (Ref. AH/W006030/1)
2020 PI - Covid Allocation for the "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) - Development Award" (RCUK EPSRC - CoA 308326)
2019 Co-I - AHRC GCRF Project "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) Network Plus" (AH/T007931/1, PI Prof Alison Phipps)
2019 PI - AHRC GCRF Project "Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive Peace (CUSP) - Development Award" (Ref. AH/T005424/1)
2018 PI - GCRF IAA Project "Accelerating the impact of the Online Arabic from Palestine (OAfP) language course" (Ref. EP/S51584X/1)
2018 PI - ESRC/AHRC GCRF Project "Indigenous engagement, research partnerships and knowledge mobilisation" (Consultancy)
2017 PI - AHRC GCRF Project "The impact of language. Collaborating across borders to the design, development and promotion of an online Palestinian Arabic course" (Ref. AH/R004617/1)
Supervision
I currently supervise Master and PhD students working in the areas of language and multilingualism; migration, education and inclusion; intergenerational trauma and educational trajectories; education to nonviolence; inclusion in higher education of students from refugee backgrounds.
I welcome PhD proposals in my areas of interest (see 'research interests' section), in particular those using participatory approaches and/or visual and arts based methods.
- Balasingham, Harishankar
Exploring the unheard voices of Sri Lankan Tamil youth - DALI, DILARA
Investigation of the Relationship between Bullying Perception and Mental Health Problems of Autistic Children - Nimyel, Adebolaji Kudirat
Pathway experiences to accessing, progressing, and completing higher education – a case study of refugees and asylum-seeking people in Scotland. - Psochios, Nikolaos
The “Other” Antigones: Telling Stories of (Mis)Recognition
Teaching
I lead and teach the course "Approaches to Inclusive Learning: Psychology, Knowledge and Curriculum" (EDUC51008).
I lead and teach the course "Major Dissertation (SM04)" (EDUC5142P)
I teach in the following courses: "The Evolving Concept of Inclusion" (EDUC5387); "Inclusive Classrooms Inclusive Pedagogies" (EDUC5359).
Additional information
I am a member of the School of Education Ethics Committee.
I co-convene the Glasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet)
