What do you think about INSTALL?

Nowadays, in European universities we are witnessing a growing phenomenon of non- traditional students / disadvantaged, groups at risk of drop-out and low academic achievement. In order to respond to this phenomenon, beginning in October of 2011, was funded by the European Community the INSTALL project (Innovative Solutions To Acquire Learning to Learn), of which the leader is the SInaPSI Federico II University Centre of Naples and the Prof. Maria Francesca Freda is the scientific coordinator, in collaboration with the NUIM University of Ireland, the University of Seville of Spain, the NSPSPA of Romania. Install proposed a group formative training (Narrative Mediation path) conducted by a psychologist, Narrative Group trainer (NGT), to support the process of mentalization, intended as reflexive competence, using different narrative codes: Metaphoric, Iconography, Written and Bodily. The training aims to promote reflexive competence of Learning to Learn fostering a functional adaptation to the university context. At the end of the meetings, were made ten in depth narrative interviews aimed to explore, from the words of the participants: the constraints and resources of INSTALL training; methodological aspects facilitating the reflective process; the implications in terms of academic performance at the end of the training. In addition, they were asked to narrate an incident of academic life, following the path in which they believe they have used new strategies, expression of a functional positioning in the university. The analysis of the interviews with IPA method, shows some NGT functions that, implemented, can support students in reflexive process and to develop functional competences to academic goals.