TEACHING THROUGH COMPETENCIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (PREFIT)
cod. 1007658

Academic year 2017/18
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Didattica e pedagogia speciale (M-PED/03)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Identification of the main characteristics of competence-oriented design and assessment in high school
Identification of the main characteristics of competence-oriented teaching and learning in high school
Analize the relation between learning outcomes and formative evaluation and between competence validation and formal, not-formal and informal learning
Analize the relation between competence-oriented assessment and school effectiveness
Analyze the relation between competence-oriented teaching and main educational and evaluation models
Analyze the relation between the competence-oriented teaching and the learning environment
Improve the competence-oriented design skills
Improve the competence-oriented assessment skills

Prerequisites

None

Course unit content

Identification of the main educational categories
Definition of formal, informal and not-formal learning
Definition of competency and identification of its main characteristics
Analysis of the relation between competencies and strategic competencies
Educational design and assessment: foundations, models and strategies
Competence-oriented educational design
Competency assessment and competency validation
The multiple roles and functions of educational evaluation
Competence-oriented teaching and learning
Learning environments and competence-oriented teaching and learning

Full programme

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Bibliography

Massa R., Istituzioni di pedagogia e scienze dell'educazione, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1990 (selection)
Trinchero R., Costruire, valutare, certificare competenze. Proposte di attività per la scuola, Franco Angeli, Milano 2012.
Trinchero R., Costruire e certificare competenze nel secondo ciclo, Rizzoli, Milano 2017.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Project work
e-learning

Assessment methods and criteria

Learning outcomes will be assessed through a test.

Other information

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