- Docente: Giuseppina Speltini
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PSI/05
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Expert Social And Cultural Education (cod. 8776)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the student - knows the main theoretical and methodological orientations of Social Psychology; - is able to distinguish between the concepts of personal identity and social identity; - is able to master concepts such as: risk and security factors, resilience, global therapeutic environment, therapeutic community, adolescent deviance - knows the concept of empowerment and burn-out; - knows the main issues related to the migration process; - knows the main theories of social development; - is able to master the concepts of ecological context and psychosocial transition; - knows in detail the developmental task in adolescence; - is able to run educational projects in the field of prevention and intervention on social distress; - is able to participate actively in all team work and supervision; - is able to critically evaluate educational projects in the field of prevention and intervention on social distress; - knows the main tools for information retrieval within this area of intervention; - can carry out bibliographical researches in his/her field of study; - is able to conduct group activities; - is able to conduct individual interviews; - is able to draw up reports of research and reports on his/her activities; - knows how to use the main software submission in electronic format; - is able to make autoupdating activities; - is able to carry out self-assessment and self-monitor activities periodically and in a critical way.
Course contents
The program concerns some main areas:
- Adolescence and emerging adulthood in their "normality" and
"non normality" (school as a complex context; migration; substance
addiction; juvenile violence and deliquency).
- The helping professions between potentials and risks.
- Social Psychology of prejudices and stereotypes and their possible solutions.
- The actual societies and the risk of indifference.
Readings/Bibliography
- G. Speltini (a cura di) (2016). L'età giovanile: disagio e risorse psicosociali. Bologna, Il Mulino.
- A. Zamperini, M. Menegatto (2011). La società degli indifferenti. Roma, Carocci.
- P. Villano (2013, nuova edizione). Pregiudizi e stereotipi, Roma, Carocci
- M. Poggi Johnson (2007). Stranieri e vicini. Bologna, Il Mulino
Teaching methods
The course is organised on the basis of:
- lectures supported by PowerPoint slides;
- group discussions about the proposed themes;
- supporting material taken from different disciplinary fields (literature,cinema, essay writing).
Assessment methods
The exam will be a writing with three open questions. Before the end of the course a list of the possible examination questions will be provided by the teacher.
Teaching tools
Lessons will be accompanied by PowerPoint slides.
Office hours
See the website of Giuseppina Speltini