Topics

Research topics

MIND Plus organizes its work around interconnected areas centered on education, inclusion, technology and human development. Topics are not treated as isolated boxes: the project actively searches for relationships between them.

Inclusive and Special Education

Educational inclusion, accessibility, participation, support systems, teacher preparation, universal design for learning and evidence-based practices.

Autism and Neurodiversity

Autism, neurodivergence, participation, learning environments, inclusion, support strategies, communication and social development.

Giftedness and High Abilities

Identification, educational needs, twice-exceptionality, underachievement, talent development and inclusive educational responses.

Artificial Intelligence and Education

Generative AI, learning, assessment, personalized education, teacher practice, cognitive autonomy, ethics, accessibility and educational innovation.

Learning and Educational Methodologies

Teaching methods, instructional design, evidence-based education, learning sciences, assessment and comparisons between educational approaches.

Student Behavior and Educational Guidance

Motivation, belonging, discipline, conflict, school engagement, dropout prevention, family-school relationships and educational guidance.

Generations, School and Society

Generational change, digital culture, attention, technology use, youth behavior and transformations in the contemporary school.

Critical Foundations of Education and Technology

Philosophical, ethical and conceptual analysis of education, inclusion, intelligence, autonomy, technology, evidence and human development.

Things Are Different From What You Believed

A recurring evidence-focused series examining cases in which common assumptions and empirical findings diverge. The conclusion is never predetermined: sometimes evidence challenges conventional wisdom, sometimes it supports it, and sometimes the most accurate answer is that the evidence remains mixed.