B2225 - Didactic Approaches for the Pedagogical Coordination of Childcare Services

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student:

- knows the different types of services for children and is able to compare their evolution on the local, national, and European levels; - knows the functions attributed to the role of the coordinator in services for children on the pedagogical and educational level as well as on the institutional and organizational level;

- knows the main techniques related to the facilitation and support of group work;

- is able to build projects of educational continuity between services and schools for children in the perspective of the widest accessibility and social inclusion;

- is able to carry out group discussions, elaborate projects, build case interpretation tools;

- is able to raise awareness and involve the work group in paths of evaluation and self-evaluation of services;

- is able to support pedagogical reflection on the educational processes carried out in services and preschools;

- is able to use plural tools and languages for communication with families;

- is able to choose the most appropriate behavioral strategies to promote collaboration between different subjects/entities, identifying synergies and meeting points.

Course contents

The teaching will deal with the main issues related to the pedagogical coordination of children's educational services, analyzing this function that, in Italy as in Europe, is gaining more and more importance and centrality.


The teaching will therefore focus on the role of the pedagogical coordinator in relation to the management of children's services, analyzing its various functions in support of pedagogical and educational planning, equipé work and supervision of educational groups, but also to the dimensions of system governance. The frame of reference is that established by the integrated system 0-6 years and the pedagogical guidelines 0-6 years required in application of Decree Law 65/17.


In this sense, the course offers an overview of the types of childcare services and focuses on the issues of pedagogical coordination of childcare services and the issues of supporting the professionalization of educational teams.


Specifically, the following topics will be analyzed


- The Italian legislation on the integrated system: from Law 65/2017 to the Pedagogical Guidelines 0-6.


- Educational continuity in the national guidelines: a comparison between the 0-3 guidelines and the national curriculum directions.


- Coordination of early childhood education services: role and functions of the pedagogical coordinator.


- Territorial pedagogical coordination: networking.


- Support for the professionalization of educational staff: in-service training.


- Working in equipé between training and supervision: ways and tools of pedagogical reflexivity.

Readings/Bibliography

FOR ALL STUDENTS


Required Texts:

Balduzzi L., Falcinelli F., Picchio MC (in stampa). La partecipazione degli educatori/insegnanti nello 0-6. FrancoAngeli. Milano

Guerra M., Luciano E. (in stampa). Accanto a Bambine e Bambini. Questioni e prospettive per educare nello 0-6. Edizioni Junior. Parma

Gariboldi A, Maffero R., Pelloni A. (a cura di) (2013). Sostenere, connettere, promuovere. Il coordinatore pedagogico. Edizioni Junior. Parma 



And, by choice, one of the following volumes:

Cerini G., Spinosi M. (2021). Pedagogical guidelines for the integrated system 0-6. Tecnodid. Naples

Nunnari M.A. (2022), Coordinator and territorial coordination. Realizing the integrated system 0-6. Zeroseiup. Perugia.

The texts published on the Virtual platform are an integral part of the examination bibliography.

 

ERASMUS STUDENTS.
Please contact the lecturer to define the examination program.

 

COMPENSATORY TOOLS FOR DSA STUDENTS

DSA students are asked to contact the office in charge and follow the usual procedures for agreeing on how to conduct the exam (right to additional time and/or choice of oral exam, use of maps, use of pc, ...).

Teaching methods

Frontal lecture (inductive, deductive and dialogic), video analysis, and case studies

Assessment methods

Oral exam of an argumentative nature. The exam will test your knowledge of the topics covered in class and in the texts in the bibliography.

Indicators that will contribute to the evaluation are

- Relevance of the answer to the question posed by the professor;

- Clarity of presentation of content;

- Use of appropriate disciplinary language;

- Ability to elaborate and make connections between major themes;

- Ability to provide examples and cases related to childhood education contexts.

The grade will be expressed in 30/30.

Teaching tools

ppt presentations

movies

materials distributed by the lecturer during class to facilitate discussion

TEAMS platform for remote delivery

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Balduzzi