22910168 - General education

The course aims to provide students with theoretical knowledge and skills related to:
- care, education and socialization of children from 0 to 6 years;
- the analysis of individual and group educational needs;
- the analysis of social and cultural reality of territories;
- the use of appropriate research methods in the educational field.

Through the study of General Pedagogy, the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives:

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge and critical understanding of the epistemological foundations of the pedagogical disciplines, the main currents of thought and the historical and social dimensions of the educational models and of the policies of the processes of social inclusion.
Applying knowledge and understanding:
- understand the specificity of educational situations by analyzing them from different points of view (social, cultural, etc.) in order to adopt appropriate educational practices.
Making judgements:
- ability to critically analyze and elaborate educational choices in a reflective form.
Communication skills:
- ability to enhance and use the various formats of books and new communication and information technologies in care, education and socialization of children.
Learning skills:
- ability to observe the contexts and to reflect critically on the dynamics that characterize them;
- ability to access scientific literature in the sector of education, identifying reliable sources.

Canali

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Programma

The workshop aims to deepen the central themes of general pedagogy within the context of the integrated 0-6 system through reflection and shared discussion of ministerial documents and guidelines, as well as an in-depth study of the key words concerning education and care in early childhood educational contexts. This work will make use of moments of debate, cooperative work and the production of written and/or multimedia material that gives an account of the in-depth work for the acquisition of a specific terminology of reference, capable of orienting future knowledge. The workshop will be a space for experimentation, in which students will be able to build moments of exchange, sharing, questions and proposals of a theoretical and practical nature with reference to the stimuli proposed.

Testi Adottati

M. Amadini- A. Bobbio - A.Bondioli - E. Musi, Itinerari di pedagogia dell'infanzia, Morcelliana, Brescia, 2022 (The parts of the text to be studied will be indicated at the opening of the workshop lessons)

Modalità Valutazione

The assessment will consist of an oral test, in conjunction with a discussion of the contents of the general pedagogy course, of which the workshop is a part

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Programma

The course aims to initiate students to the study of themes and problems of general Pedagogy, with particular attention to the pedagogical and educational reflection that emerged during the twentieth century. Some significant constructs of the pedagogical discourse will be examined in depth, in comparison with the Socratic lesson: education and paideia, ethics and moral action, practice of care and self-care, communication and dialogic relationship.
Part of the program will be dedicated to early childhood and applications to educational settings for children.

Testi Adottati

A. Broccoli, Dialogare, Morcelliana, Brescia 2021;
Platone, Apologia di Socrate, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005 (edizione consigliata);


Per il Laboratorio obbligatorio (3 CFU):

F. Cambi, C. Di Bari, D. Sarsini, Il mondo dell'infanzia. Dalla scoperta, al mito, alla relazione di cura, Apogeo, Milano 2012.
Materials and exercises on Form on Line will also be an integral part of the course.


THE PROGRAM IS VALID FOR THREE ACADEMIC YEARS

Modalità Erogazione

The course (9 CFU, 6 + 3 of Laboratory) includes 36 hours of conventional didactics and 18 hours of LABORATORY work, in total carried out in the form of frontal lessons and students' participation. In the case of an extension of the health emergency by COVID-19 all the provisions that regulate the way in which teaching activities and student evaluation are carried out will be implemented. In particular, the following arrangements will apply: - use of the Form on Line platform for audio files related to the lessons and any activation of an interactive Forum in which the participation of students is required; - use of the Microsoft Teams platform for interviews, receptions and live lectures.

Modalità Frequenza

ATTENDANCE AT LESSON IS NOT MANDATORY.

Modalità Valutazione

The examination consists of an interview on the topics of the course, which will ascertain the possession of specific knowledge of some topics in General Pedagogy. The final grade, expressed in thirtieths, will take into account: of the ability to critically rework the knowledge acquired; of the possession of adequate expressive property and specialized terminology