- 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
Notes from the Lectures
P. Dagradi, C. Cencini, Compendio di geografia umana, Bologna, Pàtron, 2003.
C. Giorda, M. Puttilli, Educare al territorio, educare il territorio. Geografia per la formazione, Roma, Carocci, 2011.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Workshops
Assessment methods
Written test, made up of short essays and closed-ended questions.
Teaching tools
PPT Presentations, uploaded on the website http://campus.cib.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Piastra