30803 - Professional Skills Laboratory: Pedagogy II (G.G)

Academic Year 2025/2026

Learning outcomes

At the end of the laboratory, the student will be able to perform the following actions. Able to move independently in applying the technical specifications learned independently or within design organized by the institutions. - Compare with other parties on profiles and documentation of the techniques learned. - Place the learned knowledge in different types of services. - Evaluate the strengths and limitations of the techniques learned. - Transfers the technologies learned in different contexts while making modifications and personal additions.

Course contents

Supervision in pedagogical direction: metariflessive methodologies and techniques. The workshop will explore the practice of supervision in the pedagogical direction. They will face evidence about the application areas and methodologies that can be activated to stimulate and develop the reading of the educational complex. The objective is to test different methods through reflection about the specific contexts and operational supervision of modulation techniques (theater, encounter groups, task forces, etc.)

Readings/Bibliography

Pedagogical Reflexivity

Contini M.G., In Praise of Discard and Resistance, CLUEB, Bologna, 2009.

Contini M.G., Intersubjective Communication between Solitude and Globalization, La nuova Italia, Milan, 2002.

Contini M.G. (ed.), Dis-alliances in Educational Contexts, Carocci, Rome, 2012.

Morin E., The Seven Knowledges Necessary for the Education of the Future, Cortina, Milan, 1999.

Freire P., Pedagogy of Hope: A New Approach to the Pedagogy of the Oppressed, EGA, Turin, 2008.

Contini, Fabbri, Manuzzi, Not by Brain Alone, Cortina, Milan, 2006.

Tolomelli A. (ed.), The Pedagogical Value of Divergence, Guerini, Milan, 2022.

Bertin G.M., Education for Change, Babalibri, Milan, 2023.

Mariani A., Sarsini D. (ed.), On Metacognition, CLUEB, Bologna, 2006.

Bleger J., Psychology of Conduct, (Trans. L. Sartini), Armando Editore, Rome, 2018.

Supervision and Reflective Practices

Belardi N., Wallnofer G., Supervision in the Educational Professions, Erickson, Trento, 2007.

Massa R., Antonacci F., Cappa F. (ed.), Lessons on the Plague, Theater, and Education, Franco Angeli, Milan, 2001.

Olivieri F., Pedagogical Supervision. An Intervention Model, Carocci, Rome, 2024.

Schon D.A., Training the Reflective Professional, Franco Angeli, Milan, 2006.

Zanchettin A., “Pedagogical Supervision: A Time-Place for Discussion and Planning” in For a Nursery Pedagogy. Educational Scenarios and Orientations, A. Gigli and Manuzzi P. (eds.), Guerini Editore, 2005

Zanchettin A., Pedagogical Supervision in Professional Training, in Research on Pedagogy and Didattics, 4, February, 2009


NB: The texts are provided solely as additional material for further study of the topics covered in the workshop.

Teaching methods

Short front contributions necessary to the classification of themes, will be developed through active methodologies, such as reflexive games, exercises, simulations.

Assessment methods

Active ongoing continuity and participation. Short final paper.

Teaching tools

Students with DSA or disabilities: it is recommended that they contact the responsible University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, considering the teaching objectives.

Office hours

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