Teaching code

4S006153

Credits

10

Coordinator

Ivan Traina

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PED/03 - METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

Special Needs Pedagogy
The goal of the course is to let preservice teachers understand the challenges that students with special educational needs represent in contemporary school: the focus is related to the role of the teacher in this challenge. At the same time it is crucial to identify the necessary sources to realize an inclusive project: it starts from the knowledge of the different realities the students can find in a class (Special Educational Needs, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, learning disabilities, foreign students, behavioral diseases). In order to achieve this, the teacher needs inclusive educational skills and, in the meanwhile, the ability to reach compensatory and dispensatory techniques: teachers must be able to evaluate the competence of the student trying to highlight their strong points such as the cognitive profile and way of learning, beyond difficulties. Preservice teachers will learn to find the most efficient strategies: a special attention will be given to the most efficient techniques for the classroom management.

Teaching for inclusion
The goal of the course is to describe the different problematic situations that a teacher must face (Special Educational Needs, ADHD, ASD, foreign students, behavioral problems), and to give to preservice teacher the skills of inclusive education necessary to put into place compensatory and dispensatory measures. Besides the preservice teachers will also learn to assess the skills of the student trying to highlight their cognitive and learning style because this evaluation makes it possible to establish the most effective teaching strategies in the individual disciplines, to ensure the inclusion of students in difficulty.

Prerequisites and basic notions

The prerequisites for students will be:
- knowledge of the main pedagogical and didactic theories in the age period the 3-6 year;
- knowledge of the lines of psychological development in in the age period 3-6 year;

Program

The program consists of the following topics:
- Introduction and basic concepts about inclusion;
- Historical overview of models and approaches to disability and in-depth study of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
- In-depth study of the bio-psychosocial model and introduction to the ICF;
- The legislation that led to inclusion and Special Educational Needs;
- The IEP and the Index for Inclusion. A tools's comparison;
- The inclusive school: what aspects to consider to create an inclusive environment;
- The prerequisites and class management for inclusion;
- The inclusive curriculum;
- The teachers' profile for promoting an inclusive school;
- The classmates as resource.
Coure' materials:
- Lessons slides.
- Chapters 1, 2 e 3 of the book "Il piano educativo individualizzato su base ICF. Strumenti e prospettive per la scuola”, (Angelo Lascioli e Luciano Pasqualotto).
- Chapters 5, 12 e 14 of the book “Didattica speciale e inclusione scolastica”, (Lucio Cottini).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

Different teaching methods will be used during the course, including:
- Frontal lesson;
- Articles' reading and debating;
- Case studies (related to kindergarten);
- Laboratory activities;
- View of videos;
- Experiences drawn from the professional context (Kindergarten).

Learning assessment procedures

The learning assessment will take place through a written test (composed by 15 questions, each question with four possible answers and only one correct), related to the topics covered during the course. Students must demonstrate:
- To have understood the relevant elements underlying the main theories and main documents relating to inclusion;
- To have understood the elements characterizing the inclusive educational action;
- To be able to critically analyze the case studies and experiences presented.

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation will be out of thirty. Each correct answer will receive 2 points, each error or answer not given will receive zero points. To pass the exam, at least 9 questions should be answered correctly.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

More information will be provided during the lessons.

Exam language

Italiano