95774 - General Pedagogy (1) (Lm)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will gain theoretical knowledge relating to education, instruction and teaching; they will be able to use pedagogical language, to understand the link between individual representations and general pedagogy’s theories, in order to argue about pedagogical issues. Students will be able to recognize and analyze the typical features of educational relations and learning settings; they will learn the main methodologies to be used in educational intervention and their operative teaching implications. Furthermore, students will be able to describe the educator’s role and functions relatives to intervention contexts. They will understand how to decipher educational situations, to hypothesize intervention guidelines and to choose consistent assessment criteria, mainly in relation to secondary schools.

Course contents

General pedagogy and educational sciences
The coordinates of the educational relationship
The educational institution and learning processes
Empathy and “Pygmalion” in the classroom
The teacher educator: theories and practices of reflexivity
Communication as a working tool
The group as a learning context
Conflicts and management in class groups
The methodologies of educational practice in the school context
Distance educational links and blended didactics

Readings/Bibliography

Edgar Morin, I sette saperi necessari all'educazione del futuro, Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2001. 

Other materials, such as in-depth notes and multimedia contributions, will be made available in the online section of the course.

NB. The program is the same for both attending and non-attending students.

Teaching methods

The contents will be treated through different methodologies. The lectures will be combined with activities and practical experiments such as role playing, relational games and exercises.

Assessment methods

Intermediate checks will be activated, through guided discussions and small group activities.

The final measurement of learning will take place in oral form and will be structured as follows (in one session):

• structured (and possibly multimedia) presentation of a topic of your choice - Learning measurement criteria: completeness of the content, organization of the presentation, clarity and completeness of the presentation;
• deepening of the topics of the course through a guided discussion - Learning measurement criteria: ability to argue and deepen the contents, clarity and completeness of the exposition.

 

Alternative verification method

In the event that the number of students is very high, a questionnaire will be adopted, consisting of:

• 10 questions closed questions (correct answer: +3; wrong: -3; no answer: -1);
• 2 open answers, (complete answer: +5, incomplete: +3, wrong: -5; no answer -1).

(translation in 30/30 - 30: Maximum possible score = Final evaluation: Score obtained)

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Zanchettin