C8628 - LABORATORIO DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE PROFESSIONALE PER IL LAVORO E LE ORGANIZZAZIONI (G.C2)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop, the student:

• is able to act autonomously in applying the specific techniques learned, either independently or within projects organised by institutions;
• is able to engage with others on how the techniques learned are used and documented;
• is able to situate the specific knowledge acquired within different types of services;
• is able to assess the limitations and strengths of the technical tools learned;
• is able to transfer the technologies learned to a variety of contexts, introducing personal modifications and additions.

Course contents

The workshop is placed in the first year of the curriculum as a bridging device between the theoretical courses on adult learning, on teaching methods for education and training in adult contexts and on organisation, and the professionalising dimension of the graduate profile: the expert in training and learning processes capable of designing, facilitating and evaluating interventions in and with organisational contexts.

The guiding thread is the distinction between innovation of work (new products, technologies, structures) and innovation in work: the transformation of the practices, relationships and learning processes that take place within everyday work activity. Participatory and cooperative methodologies are assumed as the primary lever of this second form of innovation, because they make workers – and, in the FAPA case, future workers – co-constructors of the processes that concern them, transforming the organisation into an enabling context and a learning ecosystem.

Company-based Pre-hiring Training (FAPA) is the case chosen as a practice which, running through the entire workshop, shows:

• a device in which the company, the training provider and the candidates co-design a pathway aimed at job placement before the employment relationship is established;
• how FAPA is a privileged observatory for the LM-57 profile, since it brings together in a single device: analysis of organisational needs, multi-actor co-design, active teaching methods for adults in transition, assessment of competences in real situations, and support for entry into the organisation.

Readings/Bibliography

• Ellerani, P., contributions on cooperative contexts, the development of cultural capital and enabling contexts (theoretical framework on cooperation, capability and organisations).
• Antoni, A., FAPA case materials (dossier, project documents and testimonies) made available on the course platform.

Teaching methods

Participatory and cooperative methodologies are used throughout the workshop. Participants learn cooperative learning by working in formal cooperative groups, and learn participatory research methodologies by designing them. Each session closes with a metacognitive debriefing that makes the double level explicit: the content (FAPA) and the method (the methodology experienced).

Assessment methods

• Group dossier — prototype of a FAPA module: participatory needs analysis, design of the module (objectives, structure, cooperative methodologies, formative assessment), and a methodological note justifying the choices made (max 10 pages + possible annexes).
• Individual reflective journal: three short pieces of writing (at the start, midway and at the end) on one's own learning within the cooperative groups and on the transferability of the methodologies experienced to the professional profile (max 3 pages overall).

Teaching tools

Virtuale platform.
During the sessions, digital tools designed for interactive teaching will be used (videos, podcasts, lecture notes, articles, case studies, slides).

Students with SLD or disabilities: you are advised to contact the relevant University office in good time (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en ). The University Service will propose any adjustments to the students concerned; such adjustments must in any case be submitted to the lecturer for approval at least 15 days in advance, and the lecturer will assess their appropriateness in relation to the learning objectives of the course.

Office hours

See the website of Piergiuseppe Ellerani