62742 - STORIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI SCOLASTICHE

Learning outcomes

The course introduces students to the history of scholastic education in the Western world from ancient times to today. At the end of the course, the student has acquired knowledge in relation to the places of education, the documentation produced, the protagonists, the pedagogical relationship between teachers and pupils, the teaching programs, the educational objectives in force in the different ages. He can apply the acquired knowledge in order to critically read, in the original language or in translation, the main written texts and the iconographic sources relating to school and education. He can distinguish typologies, genesis and functions of book and archival documentation in the school environment. He is able to recognize the theoretical presuppositions of doctrines and educational models, their specificities and their evolution in the different eras. He is able to formulate critical judgments on the historical issues of education and will be able to contribute to a more conscious planning in the school and in the educational contexts in which he will be involved.

Course contents

The course will present the characteristics of educational institutions in West Europe from Roman times to the end of the Middle Ages, in particular:

- The school in Roman antiquity

- The patristic age: the construction of a Christian culture

- Schools in the early Middle Ages and the Carolingian reform

- Places of education and teachers in the 11th century

- The “renaissance” of the 12th century

- The universities and the specialisation of knowledge

- The self-representation of students and teachers

- The problems of student life in the Middle Ages

For each period, the historical contexts, cultural and philosophical characteristics, teachers, works and texts will be taken into consideration (reading documents and texts in Italian translation - exceptionally, in the case of short texts for which no translation is available, the Latin texts will be read and translated by the teacher), material tools and manuscripts, iconographic representations, forms of self-representation (also satirical).

Readings/Bibliography

Monographies (one of your choise):

- Henri-Irénée Marrou, Storia dell’educazione nell’antichità, Roma, Edizioni Studium, 1994, pp. 307-457 (Part 3. Roma e l’educazione classica; Epilogo)

- Paolo Rosso, La scuola nel Medioevo. Secoli VI-XV, Roma, Carocci, 2018 (whole)

- Pierre Riché – Jacques Verger, Nani sulle spalle dei giganti. Maestri e allievi nel Medioevo, Milano, Jaca Book, 2019 (whole)

Essays (two of your choise):

- Pierre Riché, I luoghi della trasmissione del sapere nell’alto medioevo (secoli V-XI), in Le università dell’Europa. La nascita delle università, ed. G. P. Brizzi – J. Verger, Milano, Silvana editoriale, 1990, pp. 19-49

- Donald Auberon Bullough, Le scuole cattedrali e la cultura dell’Italia settentrionale prima dei Comuni, in Vescovi e diocesi in Italia nel medioevo (sec. IX-XIII). Atti del II Convegno di Storia della Chiesa in Italia, Roma 5-9 settembre 1961, Padova, Antenore, 1964, pp. 111-143

- Mia Münster-Swendsen, The Model of Scholastic Mastery in Northern Europe c. 970-1200, in Teaching and learning in Northern Europe, 1000-1200, ed. S. N. Vaughn – J. C. Rubenstein, Turnhout, Brepols, 2006, pp. 307-342

- Girolamo Arnaldi, L’università di Bologna, in Le università dell’Europa. La nascita delle università, ed. G. P. Brizzi – J. Verger, Milano, Silvana editoriale, 1990, pp. 85-149

- Alfonso Maierù, L’insegnamento nelle scuole e nelle università. Commenti biblici e teologia, in Storia dell’Italia religiosa. 1. L’antichità e il medioevo, ed. G. De Rosa – T. Gregory – A. Vauchez, Roma – Bari, Laterza, 1993, pp. 375-396

- Antonio Ivan Pini, Il mondo universitario: professori, studenti, bidelli, in Ceti, modelli, comportamenti nella società medievale (secoli XIII - metà XIV); diciassettesimo convegno internazionale di studi. Pistoia, 14-17 maggio 1999, ed. G. Cherubini, Pistoia, presso la sede del Centro, 2001, pp. 123-145

Teaching methods

Classes (30 hours). Face-to-face teaching will alternate explanation, reading and analysis of texts. It is recommended that students attend the lectures, which will be an opportunity for deepen and dialogue.

Assessment methods

The final examination will take place in oral form and will include a test, lasting approximately 30 minutes, on the student's ability to

- understand and outline the characteristics of educational institutions in the various periods, from the Roman era to the end of the Middle Ages;

- summarise and comment on texts, referring to the general issues of the history of education;

- present and discuss the contents of a monography and two essays of your choice from the Bibliography.

The final assessment will take account of all the above aspects. Serious gaps in understanding and exposition of the characters of the periods, inability to adequately summarise and comment on the texts and bibliography, lack of adequate language will lead to an unsatisfactory grade.

Programme for non-attending students

Non-attending students, who were not able to attend the lectures or could not find the lecture notes, will have to prepare two monographies and four essays (to be chosen from the Bibliography). An online meeting will be held in the weeks before the classes start to explain the examination programme to interested students and answer any questions they may have. For specific requirements, please contact the teacher at least one month in advance.

 

Students with disability and DSA

All student who are affected by learning disability (DSA) and in need of special strategies to compensate it, are kindly requested to contact Prof. Licciardello, in order to be referred to the colleagues in charge and get proper advice and instructions.

Teaching tools

Digital tools available online will be indicated and used during the lectures. The texts discussed in class and, if necessary, essays that are more difficult to find, will be uploaded onto Virtual by the teacher.

Office hours

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