Sauro Civitillo Research Associate and PhD Candidate University of Potsdam, Germany Faculty of Human Sciences Department of Inclusive Education Diversity in Education and Development Email address: sauro.civitillo@uni- potsdam.de Telephone: +49 (0) 331 977-6361 Professional Experience Nov. 2014 Present University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Department of Inclusive Education 2012 2014 Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistic, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Student Assistant at the Department of Language Archive 2009-2010 Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Visiting Researcher at the Department of Learning and Plasticity 2006 2008 Institute for Public Health, Rome, Italy Internship at the Department of Alcohol Abuse Education 2012 2014 Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands MSc, Research Master in Behavioural Science 2011 2012 Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, the Netherlands MSc, Master in Educational Sciences: Educational Effectiveness and Instructional Design 2006 2009 University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy MSc, Master in Clinical Psychology 2003 2006 University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy BSc, Bachelor in Clinical Psychology
Publications Peer review journals Civitillo, S., Juang, L. & Schachner, M., (2018). Challenging beliefs about cultural diversity in education: A synthesis and critical review of trainings with pre- service teachers. Educational Research Review. Civitillo, S., Schachner, M., Juang, L, Van de Vijver, F., Handrick, A., & Noack, P. (2017). Towards a better understanding of cultural diversity approaches at school: A multi- informant and mixed- methods study. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 12, 1-14. Civitillo, S., Juang, L, Schachner, M., & Börnert, M. (2016). Validierung einer deutschen Version der Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self- Efficacy Scale. Empirische Sonderpadagögik, 3, 279-288. Civitillo, S., Denessen, E. & Molenaar, I. (2016). How to see the classroom through the eyes of a teacher: Consistency between perceptions on diversity and differentiation practices. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 16, 587-591. Civitillo, S., Vervloed, M., & de Moor, J. (2016). Examining pre- service teachers beliefs about inclusive education in the Netherlands. Support for Learning, 31, 104-121. Journals for educational practitioners Civitillo, S., Juang, L, & Schachner, M. (2016). Kulturelle vorstellungen in der lehrerbildung: Status quo und möglichkeiten der veränderung. ZEIF, 9, 1-8. Book review Civitillo, S., (2015). The making of a Modern Greek identity: Education, nationalism and the teaching of a Greek national past. International Journal of History of Education, 51, 653-655. Conference presentations Civitillo, S., Juang, L, Schachner, M., & Badra, M. (2018, February). Examining teacher beliefs, reflection skills, and strategies about cultural diversity in classroom: A case study. In M. Schachner and L. Juang (Chairs) Symposium presented 6th Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF, Basel, Switzerland. Civitillo, S., Juang, L, Schachner, M., & Badra, M. (2017, November). Examining teacher beliefs, reflection skills, and strategies about cultural diversity in classroom: A Berlin case study. Presentation held at 4th Conference of the Berlin Interdisciplinary Education Research Network, BIEN. Berlin, Germany.
Civitillo, S., Juang, L, Schachner, M., (2017, June). Presentation held at 10 th Biennial Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. New York, United States of America. Civitillo, S., Juang, L, Schachner, M., & Börnert, M. (2017, March). Validierung einer deutschen Version der Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self- Efficacy Scale In Sog Yee Mok (Chair) Diversität in der Schule - Einstellungen und Schülerbeurteilungen von (zukünftigen) Lehrkräften und deren Auswirkungen Symposium presented 5th Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, GEBF, Heidelberg, Germany. Civitillo, S., Schachner, M., Juang, L, & van de Vijver, F. (2016, September). Latent and manifest approaches to cultural diversity at school. Presentation held at the Conference IAIE, Mobilities, Transitions, Transformations: Intercultural Education at the Crossroads. Budapest, Hungary. Civitillo, S., Schachner, M., Juang, L, van de Vijver, F., & Noack, P. (2016, August). Cultural diversity school approach: A multi- informant and mixed methods study. Presentation held at 15th Conference of Cross- Cultural Psychology. Nagoya, Japan. Civitillo, S., Schachner, M., Juang, L, Van de Vijver, F., Handrick, A., & Noack, P. (2016, July). Towards a better understanding of cultural diversity approaches at school: A multi- informant and mixed- methods study. Poster presented at 1st Cultural Diversity, Migration, and Education Conference. Civitillo, S., Juang, L, & Schachner, M. (2016, June). Challenging cultural diversity beliefs in teacher education: A systematic review of the literature. Presentation held at EARLI Conference Diversity and Inclusion as a Challenge for Teacher Education. Zurich, Switzerland. Civitillo, S., Schachner, M., Juang, L, van de Vijver, F., & Noack, P. (2016, March). Linking teachers diversity perceptions of the school context and multicultural practices in German secondary schools. Poster presented at 4th Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, Berlin, Germany. Civitillo, S., Juang, L., & Schachner, M. (2015, December). Becoming a culturally responsive teacher: A systematic review of the literature on teacher preparation for the 21st century. In Civitillo, S. (Chair) Teacher beliefs and attitudes towards inclusive practices in education: A look at cultural diversity and special educational needs. Symposium presented at 2nd Conference Teacher training, Heidelberg, Germany. Civitillo, S., Handrick, A., Schachner, M., Noack, P., & van de Vijver, F.J.R. (2015, September). Teachers diversity beliefs and multicultural practices at school: A mixed methods study. Presentation held at 15th Meeting of the Social Psychology Section. Civitillo, S., Denessen, E. & Molenaar, I. (2015, July). Classroom diversity and differentiation practices. Presentation held at 8th Inclusive and Support Education Congress, Portugal, Lisbon.
Civitillo, S., de Moor, J. & Vervloed, M. (2015, June) Pre- service teachers' beliefs towards the development of inclusive school practices: the case of the Netherlands. Poster presented at Arbeitsgruppe Empirische Sonderpädagogische, Teaching Activities Teaching qualification International Teaching Professionals. Advanced qualification for teaching in higher education. 07/2015 07/2016. Potsdam Graduate School. University of Potsdam, Courses Taught Diversity and Social Inequalities as part of the Inclusive Education master curriculum at University of Counselling in Educational Contexts as part of the Inclusive Education bachelor curriculum at University of Introduction to SPSS as part of the Inclusive Education curriculum at University of Introduction to R at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Funded by Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Programme. Cultural Diversity in Organisational Contexts as part of the Work Psychology curriculum at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Funded by Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Programme. Writing a Scientific Paper at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. Funded by Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Programme Scholarships and Grants Lecture series: (1000 ) co- applicants: Ursula Moffitt, Jana Vietze, and Miriam Schwarzenthal. PoGS, University of Potsdam, 11/2017-01/2018 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Programme Scholarship of European Union (2100 ) for 1 month of teaching, faculty of psychology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. 03/2017 04/2017 Erasmus Programme Scholarship of European Union (3000 ) for 9 months of training and data collection for the MA thesis at the Faculty of Education, University of Applied Science, HAN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. 01/2008 09/2008
University La Sapienza Rome Scholarship for Master thesis abroad (2000 ). Comparing inclusive education policies in three countries: Italy, the Netherlands, and Macedonia. Project Leader Prof. Dr. Rosa Ferri, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy; University of Applied Science, HAN, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; University of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia. 01/2008 12/2008 Ad Hoc Reviewer Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2018 Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2018 International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2017 Sage Open, 2016 International Journal of Psychology, 2015 Professional Membership Potsdamer Zentrum für Empirische Inklusionsforschung (ZEIF) European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Potsdam Graduated School (PoGS) Language Proficiency English C1 German B2 Dutch B1 Spanish B1 Italian Mother tongue IT Skills Statistical software: R, SPSS, Mplus, Python. Qualitative analysis software: Atlas.ti, MAXQDA, Elan. Other software: Microsoft Office packages, HTML, XML, CSS.