42437 - Social Dynamics and Learning

Academic Year 2011/2012

  • Moduli: Patrizia Selleri (Modulo 1) Carlo Tomasetto (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in School and community psychology (cod. 0993)

Learning outcomes

At the end of course, the student knows:- socio-costructivist theory about teaching and learning; - theory about social judment in the school context; dynamics of social comparison; tecniques of research in social context; instruments for individual assessment

Course contents

First part: Patrizia Selleri (30 h)

Second part: Carlo Tomasetto (30h)

Readings/Bibliography

Ligorio B., Pontecorvo C. (2010) (a cura di) La scuola come contesto, Roma, Carocci.

Butera F. (2006) La meritocrazia a scuola: un serio ostacolo per l'apprendimento, Psicologia Sociale, 3, 431-448

Guiso L., Monte F., Sapienza P., Zingales L. (2008) Culture, Gender, and Math, Science, 320, 1164-1165.

Tomasetto, C., Alparone, FR, & Cadinu, M. (2011). Girls' math performance under stereotype threat. The moderating role of mothers' gender stereotypes. Developmental Psychology, 47, 943-947.

Good, J.J., Woodzicka, J.A., & Wigfield, L.C. (2010). The Effects of Gender Stereotypic and Counter-Stereotypic Textbook Images on Science Performance. Journal of Social Psychology, 150, 132-147.

Beilock, S.L.,  Gunderson, E.A., Ramirez, G., & Levine, S.C. (2010). Female teachers ' math anxiety affects girls ' math achievement. PNAS, 107, 1860-1863.

.

Teaching methods

the course offers:

- academic lessons

- discussion of research

- illustration of psychological instruments

 

Assessment methods

For the assessment, student will answers to five open-questions in written form. Duration of the test: 2:30 hours

Teaching tools

Teaching tools are:

- links to relevant websites

- seminaries about interesting topics

Links to further information

http://laboratori.psice.unibo.it/acronym_title_sviluppo_educazione_formazione_ricerca_azione_sefora_acronym/

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Selleri

See the website of Carlo Tomasetto