- Docente: Alessandro Tolomelli
- Credits: 8
- SSD: M-PED/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Planning and managing of educational intervention in social distress (cod. 9228)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Planning and managing of educational intervention in social distress (cod. 6741)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to develop for the student:
- knowledge about theoretical framework and the main pedagogical directions applied to educational practice;
- knowledge of the different beficiants;
- capacities of applying the knowledge acquired in the design of educational and training processes aimed to including social distress;
- skills on promoting training and updating activities aimed to community educators;
- skills on design of prevention interventions;
- skills on coordinating work of social educators and social workers;
- communication skills both in the relationship with the individual subject in education and in the relationship with groups of subjects in education;
- abilities on identify suitable tools and training courses that are functional to the development of his personal and professional growth.
Course contents
The course includes a general and introductory part about the pedagogy of marginality and deviance, which aims to enlight the theoretical paradigms and the main methodological orientations.
Besides, a second part dedicated to the analysis of specific contexts, with the aim of highlighting their peculiarities and dimensions of specific competence in a pedagogical view.
In the general part, there will be deveoped concepts such as:
- "difference" and "diversity";
- "integration" and "inclusion";
- "complexity", "pedagogical problematicism" and "empowerment" approaches;
- community development and anthropological-cultural competence and capacity on relationships caring.
The specific topics that will be deepened are:
- adolescence pedagogy,
- pedagogical skills on migrantion context,
- prejudice and discrimination,
- educational work in contexts of social vulnerability,
- network in the early school leaving coping,
- community development.
Readings/Bibliography
Compulsory books:
Contini M., Elogio dello scarto e della resistenza, Clueb, Bologna, 2009
Barone P., Pedagogia della marginalità e della devianza. Modelli teorici, questione minorile, criteri di consulenza e intervento, Guerini, Milano, 2011.
Tolomelli A., Il valore pedagogico della divergenza, Guerini, Milano, 2022
Monographic part:
the student will choose one book between the ones below
1. P. P. Propato, Quale problematicismo? Antonio Banfi e il pensiero marxiano. Prospettive teoriche e sfide contemporanee, Bologna University Press, Bologna, 2024. Open Access at: https://buponline.com/prodotto/quale-problematicismo-antonio-banfi-e-il-pensiero-marxiano/
2. Decembrotto L. (a cura di), Adultità fragili, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2020
3. Manuel “Fu Kyodo” Simoncini, Hip-Hop Philosophy – Educare alla creatività con il rap, Edizioni La Carmelina, Ferrara 2021
4. Riccio B., Tarabusi F. (a cura di), Incontrare le migrazioni, Emil, Città di Castello (PG), 2023
5. Guerzoni G., Tolomelli A. ( a cura di), Per non perdere la strada. Progetto ATOMS. Fare rete tra teorie ed esperienze nel contrasto alla dispersione scolastica e formativa, Clueb, Bologna, 2017
6. Melazzini C., Insegnare al principe di Danimarca, Sellerio, Palermo, 2011
7. Deligny Ferdinand, I vagabondi efficaci, Edizioni dell'Asino, Roma, 2020
8. Milani C., Fant D., Pedagogia hacker, Eleuthera, 2024,
9. Tolomelli A., Homo Eligens. L'empowerment come paradigma della formazione, Junior, 2007.
Teaching methods
Lessons, seminars with experts and study of documents and other sources.
Assessment methods
The exam will be written with open-ended questions. Attending students may submit a 4,000-6,000-character essay on the text of their choice, to be emailed to the instructor no later than three days before the exam. The in-person exam will focus primarily on the general section, with only a small focus on the specialization for attending students, and on the entire syllabus for non-attending students.
The assessment will focus on the candidate's ability to summarize, consistency with the theories and content presented in the course, the ability to critically interpret these theories, and clarity of presentation.
Each exam consists of multiple open-ended questions, and each question is assigned a score out of 30. The total score obtained for the answers will be the final grade out of 30:
18-20: Sufficient
21-24: Fair/Satisfactory
25-27: Good/Excellent
28-30: Excellent
30 cum laude: Excellent with distinction
Students with DSA or disabilities: it is recommended that they contact the responsible University office (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, considering the teaching objectives.
Teaching tools
Audiovisual contents, powerpoint presentations will be proposed and also active teaching laboratory activities will be proposed.
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Tolomelli
SDGs




This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.