68003 - Active Teaching Methodologies

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary Teacher Education (cod. 5711)

    Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary teacher education (cod. 8540)

Course contents

The course will address the main issues related to active methodologies and teaching methods, framing them within the broader field of teaching and learning methodologies and Education.

Specifically, the topics covered will be:

- definition of teaching-learning methodlogies; the main education currents: Dewey's activism, cognitivism, socio-constructivism

- the teaching methods between transmission, activism and cooperation

- laboratory teaching

- transitions: vertical and horizontal educational continuity.

The course intends to introduce students to an educational planning capable of enhancing the knowledge and use of traditional-transmissive, active and cooperative teaching methods in preschool and primary school contexts, also in a perspective of educational continuity.

The course is conducted both in presence and on line (teams platform will be used). Materials used to support the lessons and the study, in italian language are available on the elearning website virtuale.unibo.it.  The access to Virtuale is available with university student userid and password.

Readings/Bibliography

REGARDING THE 8 CFU COURSE:

COMPULSURY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Nigris E., Zuccoli F., Teruggi L. (2021). Didattica generale. Seconda Edizione. Person: Milano-Torino.

NB. Please, do not refer to the previus edition of the text.

Balduzzi L. (2021). Pronti per cosa? Innovare i servizi e la scuola dell'infanzia a partire dalle pratiche di continuità educativa. FrancoAngeli: Milano.

Johnson D.W., Johnson R.T. e Holubec E.J. (1996). Apprendimento cooperativo in classe. Migliorare il clima emotivo e il rendimento. Erikson: Trento.

REGARDING TO THE 3 CFU COURSE

For the students who will attend the 3 CFU course, the bibliography is the follewing:

Nigris E., Zuccoli F., Teruggi L. (2021). Didattica generale. Seconda Edizione. Person: Milano-Torino.

NB. Please, do not refer to the previus edition of the text.

Balduzzi L. (2021). Pronti per cosa? Innovare i servizi e la scuola dell'infanzia a partire dalle pratiche di continuità educativa. FrancoAngeli: Milano.

 

REGARDING ERASMUS STUDENTS

Nigris E., Zuccoli F., Teruggi L. (2021). Didattica generale. Seconda Edizione. Person: Milano-Torino. NB. Non più valida l'edizione precedente del volume.

Johnson D.W., Johnson R.T. e Holubec E.J. (1996). Apprendimento cooperativo in classe. Migliorare il clima emotivo e il rendimento. Erikson: Trento.

Balduzzi L. (2021). Pronti per cosa? Innovare i servizi e la scuola dell'infanzia a partire dalle pratiche di continuità educativa. FrancoAngeli: Milano.

 

 

Teaching methods

Power point presetation, video analysis, papers provided by the teacher during the course.

Assessment methods

Test with multiple choice questions and short essays. The correction criteria and the modalities ratings will be indicated on the first page of the written test. The Exams will be graded from 1 to 30 (minimum vore is 18/30).

To inscript to the exam please use the Almaesami webside.

Teaching tools

Lessons, Video analysis, documents and workgroup.

Office hours

See the website of Lucia Balduzzi