Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2026/2027 A.A. 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
M-PED/01
9
A
M-DEA/01
9
A
M-FIL/06
9
A
M-PSI/04
9
A
SPS/07
9
A
M-PED/02
Foreign language B1
6
E
-

2° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2026/2027

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
9
A
M-PED/03
6
B
M-PED/02
6
B
M-PED/01
12
B/C
M-PSI/01 ,M-PSI/04
6
C
SPS/08
6
C
MED/39 ,MED/42
1
F
-

3° Year   It will be activated in the A.Y. 2027/2028

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
M-FIL/03
9
B
M-PED/01
9
B
M-PED/03
6
B
M-PED/01
6
B
M-PED/02
One module to be chosen between the following
6
B
M-STO/02
6
B
IUS/01
6
C
M-PED/04
Final exam
3
E
-
It will be activated in the A.Y. 2027/2028
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
A
M-FIL/03
9
B
M-PED/01
9
B
M-PED/03
6
B
M-PED/01
6
B
M-PED/02
One module to be chosen between the following
6
B
M-STO/02
6
B
IUS/01
6
C
M-PED/04
Final exam
3
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
12
D
-
Between the years: 2°- 3°
14
F
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

General Pedagogy  (2025/2026)

Teaching code

4S00738

Teacher

Agostino Portera

Coordinator

Agostino Portera

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PED/01 - PEDAGOGY, THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 22, 2025 al Oct 31, 2025.

Courses Single

Not Authorized

Lessons timetable MoodleMoodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

Knowledge and Understanding. 1. Know and understand the problems, theories, processes, meanings, and protagonists of the educational relationship. 2. Distinguish and clearly understand the meaning of the concepts: educability, education, and pedagogy. 3. Understand the epistemological and methodological-didactic aspects of General Pedagogy. 4. Comprehend the foundational concepts of pedagogical discourse and the interdisciplinary nature of pedagogy. 5. Identify, in concrete terms, the theoretical and methodological elements essential for constructing educational projects. 6. Know and understand the law and the various areas of educational intervention, including professional opportunities in the field of early childhood educational services. Ability to Apply Knowledge and Understanding: 1. Employ pedagogical knowledge and its multiple currents of thought in various areas of educational intervention. 2. Recognize and be able to apply the foundational elements of educational intervention: objectives, methods, means, content, educator-learner relationship, environment. 3. Implement educational projects in the field of early childhood educational services, taking into account the diversity of individual educational situations. 4. Be able to translate the theoretical reference criteria of pedagogy into the capacity for educational intervention in interpersonal and group contexts. 5. Be able to operate in complex early childhood contexts, considering differences in terms of age, gender, culture, etc.

Program

1. Educational challenges in contemporary society:
- Need for education and pedagogy.
- political, work, and cultural changes and crises;
- placement of pedagogy among the sciences of education;
- various sectors of pedagogical intervention.
2. Centrality of pedagogy and education in contemporary society:
- educability, education, and pedagogy;
- founding concepts of pedagogical discourse and the interdisciplinary nature of pedagogy;
- formal elements of pedagogy: purpose, method, means, contents, educator-student relationship, environment.
3. Educational professions and pedagogical training:
- Role of the professional educator and the pedagogist according to L 205 of 2017;
- Contents and objectives of the various pedagogical teachings;
- Pedagogical currents: pedagogical personalism, problematicism, empiricism;
- Pedagogical responses to the challenge of pluralism and complexity.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Classroom lessons include the use of lectures, group discussions, and exercises in small groups. To prepare for the exam, students must use the following texts.

Learning assessment procedures

Details on the teaching and assessment methods of learning will be communicated at the beginning of the lessons. The exam aims to verify that students have achieved the level of knowledge of the contents outlined in the program and have acquired the skills outlined in the previously indicated objectives. The exam consists of an oral questioning on all the study texts.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

Understanding and knowledge of the topics through lectures and exam texts (online notes are not enough to acquire such knowledge; it is necessary to study from textbooks).
In particular, the following will be assessed: the critical-reflective capacity regarding the concepts and theories presented, the use of appropriate pedagogical language, and the ability to connect theories and concepts to practical hypotheses. Oral interview of approximately 15'. The texts to be studied are the same for attending and non-attending students, as well as for Erasmus students.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

- Knowledge of the topics
- Pedagogical language skills
- Clarity of exposition
- Ability to summarise

Exam language

Italiano (possibile anche inglese, tedesco e spagnolo)

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