42437 - Social Dynamics and Learning

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student:
 -knows  the most relevant theories of teaching and learning
 - knows  theories about the social judgment in school context
 - knows the caracteristics of specific process in school context: teaching, learning and  evaluation
 - is able to master the relationship between theories,  methodologies and tools
 - is able to understand the practical  implications arising from the correct use of assessment instruments.

Course contents

 

The course will take place during the first semester (from October to December 2016) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education (address: piazza A. Moro).

The course will take place during the first semester (from October to December 2015) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education (address: p.zza A. Moro, 90).

The course is organized  in three parts:

- Development of cognitive processes

- Development of processes of learning in everyday school context

- Social and cognitive dynamics between teachers and students

Readings/Bibliography

Carugati F., Selleri, P. (2014) Social Development and the Development of Social representations: Two Sides of the Same Coin?, in A. Antonietti, E. Confalonieri, A. Marchetti (Eds.)Reflective Thinking in Educational Setting. A Cultural Framework, Cambridge University Press, N.Y., pp. 15-54.

Antonietti A., Colombo B. (2014) Learning from Multimedia Artifacts, in A. Antonietti, E. Confalonieri, A. Marchetti (Eds.)Reflective Thinking in Educational Setting. A Cultural Framework, Cambridge University Press, N.Y., pp. 55-101.

Olson, D. R. (2014) Schooling and Literacy in Mind and Society,in A. Antonietti, E. Confalonieri, A. Marchetti (Eds.)Reflective Thinking in Educational Setting. A Cultural Framework, Cambridge University Press, N.Y. pp.227-242

Ajello A.M, Ghione V., Belardi C. ( 2010). Psicologia e scuola. Una prospettiva socioculturale, Roma, Infantiae.org

Ligorio M.B., Pontecorvo C. (2010). ( a cura di) La scuola come contesto, Roma, Carocci (section I,II,III)

Teaching methods

- lessons in classroom

- group activities

Assessment methods

 Final assessment:

5 open questions

TIME: 2 hours and 30 minuts

Teaching tools

-movies

-interviews

-supplementary seminars

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.aspx?UPN=patrizia.selleri%40unibo.it

Office hours

See the website of Patrizia Selleri