The course will allow students to acquire:
- theoretical knowledge and methodological-didactic skills relating to learning and teaching processes which use artistic and poetic forms of human expression.
- basic knowledge relating to the development of expressive and relational human capabilities and of the dynamisms that contribute to the creation and fruition of a work of art.
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With the study of Pedagogy of Expression the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- to describe the epistemological field and methodological procedures that characterize the discipline;
- to identify the problematic issues that lie within the discipline.
In terms of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- to test on themselves the methodological knowledge acquired;
- to devise paths of pedagogy of expression suitable for different educational contexts.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- to connect the theoretical dimension to the educational practice in the expressive field;
- to evaluate workshops related to pedagogy of expression in relation to different educational contexts.
In terms of communication skills:
- to convey the sense and value of pedagogical attention to expressive dynamics;
- to contribute to the realization of educational projects that develop relational and expressive skills.
In terms of learning skills:
- to interpret a poetic and a theatrical text;
- to integrate educational proposals that are not responsive to the dynamics of human expression and understanding.
scheda docente
materiale didattico
In Search of an Author: Expression of Subjectivity and the Educational Gesture as a Poetic Act
Learning Objective:
To guide students through an exploration of the poetic, dramatic, and transformative dimensions of education, understood as an artistic practice.
The course invites participants to read the educational act as a poetic gesture—one capable of listening to both the tragic and the possible in the human experience, and of supporting the shaping of the unfinished through relationship, care, and creative imagination.
Here are some of the key themes that will be developed through study materials and live classroom dialogue:
The educator as artist: one who listens to and welcomes the unfinished aspects of the other, accompanying them toward more authentic forms of expression.
Pedagogy of expression as a space for interiority, a site for elaborating lived experience and creatively transforming pain.
The educator-artist as one who guards silence, welcomes emotion, and gently guides the act of creation.
Education as relational art: grounded in listening, intuition, responsibility, and care. Like the artist, the educator does not work with replicas, but with unrepeatable singularities.
The educational scene as a stage for possibility, where pain, the search for meaning, and freedom find a space to appear and take shape.
Pirandello L., Six characters in search of an author, any edition.
Scaramuzzo G., L’insegnante come l’artista. L’attualità della bellezza nell’opera di chi insegna, Anicia, 2024.
Scaramuzzo G., In-tendere. Pirandello come educatore poetico, Anicia, 2025.
Scaramuzzo G., Per un’ermeneutica dell’educativo, Anicia, 2020.
movie:
Kieślowski, Three Colours: Blue
Programma
Course Title:In Search of an Author: Expression of Subjectivity and the Educational Gesture as a Poetic Act
Learning Objective:
To guide students through an exploration of the poetic, dramatic, and transformative dimensions of education, understood as an artistic practice.
The course invites participants to read the educational act as a poetic gesture—one capable of listening to both the tragic and the possible in the human experience, and of supporting the shaping of the unfinished through relationship, care, and creative imagination.
Here are some of the key themes that will be developed through study materials and live classroom dialogue:
The educator as artist: one who listens to and welcomes the unfinished aspects of the other, accompanying them toward more authentic forms of expression.
Pedagogy of expression as a space for interiority, a site for elaborating lived experience and creatively transforming pain.
The educator-artist as one who guards silence, welcomes emotion, and gently guides the act of creation.
Education as relational art: grounded in listening, intuition, responsibility, and care. Like the artist, the educator does not work with replicas, but with unrepeatable singularities.
The educational scene as a stage for possibility, where pain, the search for meaning, and freedom find a space to appear and take shape.
Testi Adottati
Testi:Pirandello L., Six characters in search of an author, any edition.
Scaramuzzo G., L’insegnante come l’artista. L’attualità della bellezza nell’opera di chi insegna, Anicia, 2024.
Scaramuzzo G., In-tendere. Pirandello come educatore poetico, Anicia, 2025.
Scaramuzzo G., Per un’ermeneutica dell’educativo, Anicia, 2020.
movie:
Kieślowski, Three Colours: Blue
Modalità Frequenza
Attendance is optional, but highly recommended.Modalità Valutazione
The candidate will be asked to make his or her own presentation of the programme and will be asked follow-up questions by the lecturer. The assessment will be very good if the presentation shows that the candidate has taken into account all the material proposed in the course and has created original links between different sources, and if he/she is able to answer the in-depth questions convincingly. The grade will go down the further she/he deviates from the above.