135 EDUCATION SCIENCES & SOCIETY Body and Didactics. Possible directions of inter- national research CATIA GIACONI, MARIA BEATRIZ RODRIGUES, PIER GIUSEPPE ROSSI, SIMONE APARACIDA CAPELLINI, RODOLFO V ASTOLA * Abstract: he paper investigates the role of the body in didactics. It looks up for points of contact between the functional sceneries of the classroom and some recent approaches, such like simplexity, neurosciences and enactivism. he two experiments presented they aim to demonstrate the importance of body awareness to improve the didactic quality. he irst experience used a SenseWear Armband that provided data about the energetic expenditure of a teacher during diferent activities in a lesson. he second experiment relied on a neurofeedback device integrated to a sensor, it detected body temperature with the aim of understanding the role of the body in the process of self-regulation-learning and management of attention and arousal. Riassunto: L’articolo analizza il ruolo del corpo nelle azioni didattiche alla luce di alcuni approcci recenti, come l’enattivismo e le neuroscienze. Due esperimenti sono pre- sentati a scopo di dimostrare l’importanza del ruolo del corpo nella metrica didattica. La prima esperienza descrive l’esperimento con SenseWear Armband che fornisce varie informazioni sul dispendio energetico di un insegnante durante le diverse attività della lezione. Il secondo esperimento utilizza il neurofeedback integrato ad un sensore di ri- levamento della temperatura del corpo al ine di capirne il ruolo del corpo nel processo di auto-regolazione e di gestione della attenzione. Key words: Body, Didactics, Simplexity, Enactivism, Neurofeedback, Self-regulation- learning. Introduction he contribution enquires from an educational standpoint the role of the body in didactic actions, aiming at interaction between the viewpoint of didactics and some recent approaches such like simplexity, neurosciences and enactivism. * Even if the work is an all authors’ collaboration, the pages 135-144 are made by Pier Giu- seppe Rossi; pp. 144-150 are made by Catia Giaconi.