Learning objectives
<p>Being able to define the concepts of "profession", "professionalism", "professionalisation", "new-professionalism"</p>
<p>Being able to identify the ethical problems arising out of changes in sciences and technologies</p>
<p>Being able to think critically the relationship between practitioner and client in the context of post-modern "Society of Individuals"</p>
<p>Being able to recognize teaching like a genuine moral profession</p>
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<p> Recent development of professional ethics has resulted from rethinking of profession in the light of new moral problems arising out of advances in sciences and technologies. Applied philosophers, ethicists, sociologists and lawyers have devoted considerable energy to exploring dilemmas emerging from care practices and theyr effect on the practitioner-patient relationship. Many professional group have begun to think critically about the kind of service they offer and about the nature of the relationship between provider and recipient. In many areas of life, social, political and technological changes have challenged both traditional ideas of practice and underlying conceptions of what professions are. Competing trends toward "professionalisation", on the one hand (via, f.i., the proliferation of codes of ethics or of professional conducts) and toward challenging the power of the traditional "liberal professions" on the other, have required exploration of the concept of "profession" and "professional". The course argues a case for viewing the professions as moral projects. In the face of post-modern "Society of Individuals", the course will explore furthermore teaching as genuine profession and the moral role of the teacher. </p>
Full programme
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Bibliography
<p>E.Damiano, L'insegnante. Identificazione di una professione, La Scuola, Brescia 2004</p>
<p>E.Damiano, L'insegnante etico. Saggio sull'insegnamento come professione morale, La Cittadella, Assisi 2007</p>
<p>A. Bosio, Verso un marketing delle professioni?, in "Micro & Macro Marketing", n.1, aprile 2004, pp. 103-116</p>
Teaching methods
<p>Test about research <La professione "diafana". Bisogno di psicologia e domanda di psicologi nella popolazione lombarda> (Bosio 2005)</p>
<p>On-field investigation through interviews with psychologists about moral dilemmas in profession</p>
Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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