93486 - Iconography and Iconology Workshop (D)

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary Teacher Education (cod. 5711)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, the student: will be able to apply what is presented in the integrated course within a simulated learning environment; can reflect critically on the themes proposed in the groups.

Course contents

The workshop focuses on the use of art and visual languages in early childhood and primary education, with particular attention to the opportunities offered by digital technologies, including those based on artificial intelligence.

Drawing on the National Curriculum Guidelines for Preschool and the First Cycle of Education, the workshop aims to highlight the fundamental role of artistic experience in developing children's expressive skills. In this perspective, various visual languages will be explored through activities involving the reading and creation of images, as well as the knowledge and creative reinterpretation of artistic heritage.

With regard to technologies, the workshop will examine the potential of digital media and generative artificial intelligence tools to promote a critical, informed, and responsible approach, aimed at fostering imagination and creativity.

Readings/Bibliography

Macauda, A., Arte e innovazione tecnologica per una didattica immersiva, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2018.

Teacher will give other contents to study in digital form.

Teaching methods

Discussions

Group work

Guided virtual tours

Self-study activities

Assessment methods

The workshop is integrated into the course Iconography and Iconology for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary Teacher Education.

The workshop requires the completion of an individual assignment to be presented and submitted to the teacher.

The workshop assessment will contribute to the final grade of the written exam in Iconography and Iconology. Specifically, the assessment will result in one of the following:

  • rejected (in which case the exam cannot be taken and the workshop must be attended again the following year)
  • -1 / 0 / +1 added or withdrawn from/to the score of the written test of the course in Iconography and Iconology.

Please note that attending and passing the workshop is a prerequisite for taking the exam.

Teaching tools

Slides, short video

Web app e App mobile

Digital Museum “MOdE-Museo Officina dell’Educazione” of Department Education studies [http://www.doc.mode.unibo.it/]

Office hours

See the website of Anita Macauda

SDGs

Quality education

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.