Learning objectives
From the analysis of real situations in different educational settings (childcare and parenting educational services, non formal and informal education, vocational training, continuing education) and through an experiential learning approach, students will have the opportunity to develop skills related to the development of: 1) different types of design documents, 2) evaluation of educational interventions.
Course unit content
1. Institutional and organizational contexts of educational and socio-educational services
2. Instructional design approaches and models of educational services
3. Approaches and models of evaluation of educational services
4. Evaluation and assessment in educational services for early childhood
Bibliography
The texts required to assist the achievement of the objectives of the course are as follows:
Leone L., Prezza M. (2003), Costruire e valutare i progetti nel sociale, Franco Angeli, Milano.
Lipari D. (2002), Logiche di azione formativa nelle organizzazioni, Guerini e Associati, Milano.
Stame N. (1988), L'esperienza della valutazione, Edizioni SEAM, Roma.
Stame N. (a cura di), (2007), I classici della valutazione, Franco Angeli, Milano, pp. 3-177; 272-336; 417-428.
Giovannini M.L., Marcuccio M., Truffelli E. (2009), L’applicazione dei “metodi misti” nell’analisi di percorsi integrati tra istruzione e formazione professionale in Domenici G., Semeraro R., Le nuove sfide della ricerca didattica tra saperi, comunità sociali e culture, Monolite, Roma, pp. 21-34.
Zanelli P., Sagginati B., Fabbri E. (a cura di), Autovalutazione come risorsa. Ricerca-sperimentazione sulla qualità educativa nei nidi della provincia di Forlì-Cesena, Junior, Bergamo.
Lecture notes.
Teaching methods
We will always refer to the main approaches and models central to the international debate.
Assessment methods and criteria
For students attending
Optional: 1) a project work or 2) a written examination, lasting three hours, which involves the development of an educational project.
For students not attending
A written examination, lasting three hours, which involves the development of an educational project.
