Academic Year 2014/2015
- Docente: Stefano Piastra
- Credits: 9
- SSD: M-GGR/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary teacher education (cod. 8540)
Learning outcomes
- knowledge of physical processes;
- knowledge of key-themes of Human Geograhy, Economic Geography, Political Geography;
- capability in identify natural and human features in a given landscape (with a specific focus on the Italian landscape);
- skills in using graphs, maps, satellite images, also in Didactics contexts;
- awareness about local/global perspectives;
- active awareness about the concept of Sustainable Development and its application at school (Environmental Education).
Course contents
Geomorphology and Climatology
The Landscape: Human and Natural Features
Issues in Human Geography and Political-Economic Geography (Population, Man-Environment Interactions, Economic Sectors, Themes of Political Geography).
The Tools of Geography: graphs, maps, satellite images
Didactics of Geography and Environmental Education
Readings/Bibliography
Attending to the lectures is warmly recommended
For those who will attend to the lectures:
Notes from the Lectures + PPT presentations uploaded at URL http://campus.unibo.it
P. Dagradi, C. Cencini, Compendio di geografia umana, Bologna, Pàtron, 2003.
C. Giorda, Il mio spazio nel mondo. Geografia per la scuola dell'infanzia e primaria, Roma, Carocci, 2014.
Personal or alternative readings, in English, have to be discussed with the professor.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Workshops.
Assessment methods
Written test, made up of short essays and closed-ended questions.
Teaching tools
Videoprojector, PC.
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Piastra