73380 - LABORATORIO DI FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE PER L'EDUCATORE SOCIALE E CULTURALE I (G.A)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop the student: - is able to move independently in applying the specific techniques learned autonomously or within projects organized by the institutions; - knows how to deal with other subjects on the methods of use and documentation of the techniques learned; - knows how to place the specific knowledge learned in different types of service; - can assess the limits and merits of the technical equipment learned; - knows how to transfer the technologies learned in different contexts by making changes and personal additions.

Course contents

The laboratory intends to present, in a comparative perspective, some main fundamental phases of the history of disability from the modern and contemporary age. During the lectures, one will try to reflect on the changes introduced in the care, education and assistance towards deaf-mutism, blindness and intellectual (autism) and motor disability over the centuries. The lectures of the course, which mainly deal with three forms of disability, have the aim of focalizing the process of codification of the various forms of disability with the birth of methods and institutions founded for the care and education of disabled children. The path of deinstitutionalization towards family communities and socio-health services for people with intellectual disabilities will also be discussed. It will also reflect on the representation of disability in history, thanks to the viewing of documentaries, up to the birth of disabilities studies.

Readings/Bibliography

Caroli, D., Bambini anormali nella Russia pre-rivoluzionaria e sovietica, in M. Ferrari (a cura di), I bambini di una volta. Problemi di metodo. Studi per Egle Becchi, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2006, pp. 195-241.

Gecchele M., Dal Toso P. (a cura di), Educare alla diversità. Una prospettiva storica, Pisa, Edizioni ETS, 2019 (3 chapters).

Schianchi M., Storia della disabilità. Dal castigo degli dèi alla crisi del welfare, Roma, Carocci, 2018.

Optional readings

Canevaro A., Goussot A. (a cura di), La difficile storia degli handicappati, Roma, Carocci editore, 2005, pp. 7-271.

Crispiani, P., Storia della pedagogia speciale: l’origine, lo sviluppo, la differenziazione, Pisa, ETS, 2016, pp. 782 (2 chapters choosen by the student).

De Amicis, E., Nel giardino della follia, Pisa, Ets, 1990, pp. 89 (also another edition).

Dostoevskij, F.M., I demoni (1871), Milano, Garzanti, 1977, pp. xvii-397 (also another edition).

Dickens, C., Barnaby Rudge (1841), Torino, Einaudi, 2004, pp. pp. XV-797.

Foucault M., Gli anormali. Corso al Collège de France (1974-1975), Milano, Feltrinelli, pp. 322.

Morandini M.C., La conquista della parola. L’educazione dei sordomuti a Torino tra Otto e Novecento, Torino, Sei, 2010, pp. 3-197.

Sani R., Storia dei sordomuti nell’Italia dell’Ottocento: istituzioni, metodi, proposte formative, Torino, Sei, 2008, pp. X-550 (the Introduction and 2 chapters).

Turgenev, I., Mumu, Milano, Adelphi, 1997, pp. 71-113 (also another edition).

Teaching methods

According to the Laboratory didactics and teaching, the lectures of the teacher will be followed and accompanied by individual and group activities (aimed at drafting short texts) which focus on the fundamental phases of the codification of the various forms of disability, of the birth of educational institutions, treatment methods and their historical evolution.

Assessment methods

The final evaluation will focus on the works produced by the students during the Laboratory and will take into account the learning of the contents, the capacity for critical re-elaboration and the use of specific terminology to the topics. The teacher will constantly collect the reflective texts written by the students, which will also allow them to evaluate the regular attendance.

Teaching tools

The frontal moments of the lecture make use of visual aids (powerpoint) and lecture notes provided by the teacher.

Office hours

See the website of Dorena Caroli