Learning objectives
The course aims to familiarize students with theoretical treatment of educational issues and have them acquire the critical tools to highlight their limitations
Prerequisites
Students must have obtained 10 learning credits in General Education
Course unit content
The course focuses on two main topics: during the first part of the course, we’ll focus on the contemporary trend of educational researchers to overlap Theory of education and Philosophy of education; in the second part, we’ll delve into epistemology of education through the analysis of what one of the main authors in this field wrote.
Bibliography
E. Bardulla - C. Gemma - C. Laneve - G. Mollo - G. Minichiello - R. Pagano - A. Schiedi, La Pedagogia generale. Aspetti, temi, questioni, Monduzzi Editoriale 2011.
F. Cambi, Manuale di filosofia dell’educazione, Laterza, 2000.
D. Felini, La città dei nomi comuni (L’epistemologia pedagogica di Sergio De Giacinto), Unicopli, 2010.