75792 - Pedagogy of Artistic Expression (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - is able to problematize the theme of artistic expression in its various components; - it is able to observe and evaluate teaching and training activities among specific type of artistic skills; - has developed its own concept of teaching / training in relation to its specific field of artistic expression; - is able to formulate methodological principles functional to the field of artistic expression of its competence.

Course contents

The general part of the course will address the following themes/categories: - Educational process and apprenticeship. Erikson model. Self Expression. Arts education. Artistic expression. Training. Pedagogical skills and teaching. For a pedagogy of artistic expression

The monographic part of the course will focus on the intersections between art, religiosity and education, with particular attention to singing, dance, drama and images.

The course delves into a specific pedagogical field, so it is highly recommended (for those who have never attended pedagogy courses) to read (before the start of lessons) the additional text for non-attending students. This is a pre-professional teaching, aimed at those (animators/educators/teachers, art teachers) who carry out or intend to carry out educational activities in artistic expression as an expression of the Self, inside and outside of school Therefore, it can be usefully integrated with the course of Theory and practice of training.

The first aim of the course concerns the definition of "artistic expression" as a holistic and integrated activity, and the understanding of the relationship between emotional/motivational dimensions and specific technical skills / competences, especially throughout childhood. Equal importance is intended to be recognized (by activating paths of self-reflexivity) to the experiences (representations, motivations, emotions) of those who, as educators and/or teachers, find themselves carrying out activities linked to artistic expression, with the aim of orienting them towards control of one's communication according to specific educational intentions in the plurality of languages and artistic techniques. Lastly, the "open" structure of the contents offered by the course is underlined, which corresponds to a partly experimental teaching system that requires active and critical participation of the interested students, each of whom will be proposed and agreed on a specific path and different personal readings.

In relation to these, it is necessary for all students (even and especially if not attending) to enroll and agree with the teacher on their study path and personal activities planned, by means of a direct conversation (NO MAIL).

Students (attending or non-attending) are strongly recommended to register at the beginning of the course by December 2024. Late registrations will entail a later admission to the final examinations.

The frequency is achieved through 24 hours in presence, documented by the signatures, and the exercises planned (Teaching methods).

To be allowed to take the exams, non-attending students are required to participate to two meetings, at least two months before the possible exam date during the teacher’s office hours

* Registration via form to be filled in at the teacher's reception or in class if the deadline for December has not been respected. Obviously the course must be present in the study plan.

Students with SLD or temporary or permanent disabilities: It is suggested that they get in touch as soon as possible with the relevant University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en) and with the lecturer in order to seek together the most effective strategies for following the lessons and/or preparing for the examination.

 

Readings/Bibliography

General part:

Caputo M., Pinelli G. (a cura di), Pedagogia dell’espressione artistica, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2019.

Moscato M.T., Premesse per una pedagogia del lavoro: l'apprendistato come forma strutturale, "Formazione, Lavoro, persona", anno VI, n. 16, pp. 52-76 (materiali didattici online).

Monographic part:

Caputo M. (a cura di), Espressione artistica e contesti formativi, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2019.

Caputo M., Pinelli G. (a cura di), Arte, religiosità, educazione, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2018.

Book for non-attending students:

Moscato M.T., Il viaggio come metafora pedagogica, Scholé, Brescia, 2019 (ristampa).

Teaching methods

According to the educational objectives of the course, which aims to obtain the active participation of the students, frontal lessons, participatory lessons, classroom activities conducted by the teacher will be used in alternation with each other.

 

Assessment methods

The exam will evaluate the student's personal activities, which had been agreed with the teacher through the tutoring meetings. The exam may include an integrative interview.

At the end of the course and in view of the exam session, each student is required to produce two written papers*.

The first paper, common to all and to be delivered close to the assignment interview for the second paper, is a self-reflective report, with which the student analyzes his own artistic education/training path, previously exposed in narrative terms, to the light of the theoretical-pedagogical categories proposed by the course, to which it must refer in formal and academic terms.

The second paper will be assigned during an individual interview, generally scheduled 10 days before the submission deadline (consult the notices and reception calendar). You will receive a bibliography within the course teaching material with the task of drawing key themes and categories useful for a pedagogical discussion of artistic expression as an expression of the Self.

*The individual papers, drawn up following the required templates deposited on Virtuale, must always be sent via email, according to the calendar on the "useful contents" teacher web page. Text length: between 6 and 10 pages (from 12,000 to 20,000 characters max, spaces included).

The second paper will be delivered, via email, on the day indicated in the calendar (send only on the date indicated; write in the subject "II TPF exam paper 2025 - Surname"; emails sent using other methods or on other dates will be ignored).

(The delivery dates of the second paper will be published in February and July 2025. The date of the oral interview will be communicated together with the bibliography relating to the second paper).

Rating Descriptors:

• The student demonstrates a thorough knowledge and a comprehensive view of the issues proposed in the course, an expressive capacity of the content required for the autonomous and appropriate use of both the specific language and the methodological tools of the discipline, knows provide an original reflection on problems and Pedagogical themes (27 - 30 e lode).

• The student demonstrates that he possesses an appropriate but incomplete knowledge of the topics proposed in the course, with a relevant but not always specific language, uses the methodological tools of the discipline independently and correctly guides the problems and pedagogical themes (22-26).

• The student demonstrates that he possesses a relevant but inappropriate knowledge (or appropriate with linguistic-formal errors) of the topics proposed in the course, uses, if guided, the methodological tools of the discipline and he focuses on problems and pedagogical issues (18 - 21).

• The student demonstrates numerous gaps in the preparation, expresses non-relevant knowledge and / or conceptual errors, or with serious linguistic errors, can not use the conceptual and methodological tools, and does not know how to navigate among the themes and issues of the discipline (examinations not passed).

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