68003 - Active Teaching Methodologies

Learning outcomes

At the end of the couse students will have achieved the following objectives:
- knowledge of the main theories of knowledge and learning;
- knowledge of the Dewey's theory of the active teaching;
- knowledge of the concept of individual experience and social experience;
- knowledge of the main methodologies of play in teaching school in kindergarten and primary school;
- ability to identify relationship between the classification' s games and educational objectives to be included in educational programming;
- ability to manage group work  in classroom;
- ability to recognize a playful approach in teaching the discipline;
- ability to use teaching methodologies for active learning;
- ability to organize teaching strategies for group work, for educatonal playing, for mimicry;
- ability to realize operating models of pole playing in educational setting of Primary school.

Course contents

The themes of the course will include:

- theories of learning and teaching methods
- the active method
- the teaching laboratory
- the educational research
- the group work in the construction of knowledge
- the educational gaming
- communities of practice
- active teaching strategies

Readings/Bibliography

Gherardi V.,  Metodologie e didattiche attive. Prospettive di ricerca e proposte operative, Aracne, Roma 2013

Gherardi V., La didattica nella scuola di base, Carocci, Roma 2010

Gherardi V.,  Testo e contesto, ETS, Pisa 2005

Two texts choasen form the following:

Nigris E., Negri S.C., Zuccoli F. (a cura di), Esperienza e didattica, Carocci, Roma 2007

Lodi M., Il paese sbagliato, Einaudi, Torino 2007

Pennac D., Diario di scuola, Feltrinelli, Milano 2008

Gherardi V., Caronia L., La pagina e lo schermo. Libro e TV: antagonisti o alleati?, Aracne, Roma 2013.

For students wishing to take the form Metodologia e tecnica del gioco e dell'animazione (3 CR), reference texts for consideration are:

Gherardi V.,  Metodologie e didattiche attive. Prospettive di ricerca e proposte operative, Aracne, Roma 2013 (esclusa la quarta parte).

a test to choose from:

Staccioli G., Il gioco e il giocare, Carocci, Roma 2001( consigliato per l'indirizzo Scuola Primaria ).

Manini M., Gherardi V., Balduzzi L., Gioco, Bambini, Genitori, Carocci, Roma 2005 ( consigliato per indirizzo Scuola dell'Infanzia ).

Teaching methods

lessons and group work

Assessment methods

The examination will be in written form. It is to answer three questions in an oper form, like short essay, on the topics covered by hte course. It will be appreciated the synthetic form and conceptual synthesis of the responses.
The answer to each question will receive a score from 1 to 10 for a total of 30 points.
Group work done during the coruse by students who attend will be recognized as part of the examination.

Teaching tools

video projector, dvd

Office hours

See the website of Vanna Gherardi