Learning objectives
Knowledge and understanding: to know and understand the course's key concepts and themes;
Ability in applying knowledge and understanding: to propose valid interpretation of the course texts and materials, with due attention to contexts;
Making judgments: this is the main objective of the course, especially about critical awareness in the evaluation of complex social and educational situations;
Communication skills:learning a non-technical but suitable pedagogical lexicon, and being able to communicate with a variety of stakeholders;
Learning skills: being able to reflect in pedagogical terms on a given situation and being able to interconnect it with one's own knowledge, according to individual talents.
Prerequisites
None.
Course unit content
Course title: The pedagogic perspective.
The course will try to make students familiar with the pedagogical glance, i.e., to bring about pedagogical instruments and perspectives in reflecting on the contexts and situations that the student will meet as a professional.
After an introduction about some methods and concepts of general pedagogy and their historical development, the course will examine a series of texts and materials which will develop the comprehension of the peculiar pedagogical approach to different social and community contexts.
Full programme
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Bibliography
Compulsory readings will include materials available on Elly (or the web) and traditional books.
BOOK EXTRACTS available on the Elly platform:
Durkheim - Voce "éducation" nel Nouveau Dictionnaire de Pédagogie (1911). Traduzione italiana dall'antologia a cura di Nedo Baracani.
Pier Paolo Vergerio - L'educazione del principe (1402 circa). Prima parte del trattato. Edizione a cura di Eugenio Garin.
Juan Huarte - Essame degli ingegni (ed.or. 1575).Primo capitolo. Traduzione italiana dell'epoca
Herbert Spencer - Educazione morale (ed. or. 1861) Estratto. Traduzione italiana dell'epoca da Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical
All workshop materials included in the Elly webpage.
BOOK:
Letture di pedagogia. Un percorso antologico, a cura di Damiano Felini, Carocci 2022.
Teaching methods
Lectures; classroom discussion; mid-course workshops on the Elly platform.
Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination based on excerpts from the texts. Questions will be posed in order to assess the knowledge of the texts, the awareness of educational and social themes, and the ability to formulate personal and meditated opinions on such themes.
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