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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.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Filosofia - Enrollment from 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.

1° Year

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
M-FIL/03
Foreign language (CB Test) to be chosen between English, French, German, Spanish, Russian language
6
E
-

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-FIL/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-FIL/03
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
M-FIL/03
Foreign language (CB Test) to be chosen between English, French, German, Spanish, Russian language
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module to be chosen among the following
1 module to be chosen among the following
activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
3 modules to be chosen among the following
6
B
M-FIL/01
1 module to be chosen among the following
12
B
M-FIL/03
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
2 modules to be chosen among the following
12
A
L-ANT/02
12
A
L-FIL-LET/02
12
A
L-FIL-LET/04
12
A
M-STO/01
12
A
L-ANT/03
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
Between the years: 2°- 3°
3 modules to be chosen among the following

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Teaching code

4S007530

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 23, 2019 al Oct 31, 2019.

Learning outcomes

A theory of education expresses a conception of the human flourishing and of the ways through which it can be promoted; coherently, it orients the design of educative experiences aimed at developing the different existentive dimensions of the person. The theory of education on which the course is focused is the Socratic one that conceives education as a practice of care: according to this conception, the mission of the educator consists in encouraging the other to care for him/herself.
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course, students should know the theories of education that, from the antiquity to the present day, develop the conception of education as a practice of care; furthermore, they should have understood how the educative experiences, designed starting from these theories, qualify themselves.
Moreover, students should know what are the fundamental issues that arise from a theoretical reflection on teaching and education, what are the problems that nowadays emerge in the educational contexts and what are the main challenges that the didactic practice has to face today.
Capacity to apply knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course, students should be able to frame the pedagogical reflection adequately, by giving reference to the fundamental theories of education deepened during the lessons, and its main practical declinations, with reference to educative and didactic projects realized in schools.
Autonomy of judgment:
At the end of the course, students should have developed:
- the capacity to individuate and critically investigate the educational needs of contemporaneity;
- the capacity to critically evaluate the didactic and educative practices, being able to recognize the theoretical perspectives that orient their design;
- the capacity to critically examine the coherence between the educative experiences and the theoretical conceptions to which they explicitly inspire themselves.

Program

The course will present the fundamental principles of the philosophy of care, in connection with the development of a theory of education to virtue ethics, that integrates the Platonic perspective with the Aristotelian one. In particular, the course will focus on the following themes:

- Ethics, care and virtue in Plato and Aristotle
- Phenomenology of care
- Theory of education to virtue ethics in connection with care
- Essence and teachability of virtues
- Socratic conversation as an instrument for the education to virtue ethics


TEXTS

- Mortari, L. (2019). Aver cura di sé. Milano: Raffaello Cortina.

- Mortari, L. e Valbusa, F. (2017). Sentieri di educazione etica. Verona: Edizioni Universitarie Cortina.

- Burroughs, M. D., Valbusa, F., Arda Tuncdemir, T. B., Mortari, L. (2018). MelArete and PEECh: two educational approaches to develop ethical and emotional competences. RicercAzione, 10 (2) (https://www.iprase.tn.it/documents/20178/1593139/08+MelArete+and+PEECh_Burroughs+et+al..pdf/56f80fe5-e61a-4a65-8639-4fdd0c8fa3bb) OR, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, Valbusa, F., Ubbiali, M., & Silva, R. (2018). The Good in the Children’s Thinking. An Educative Research in Kindergarten and Primary School. Encyclopaideia, 22(50), 47-66 (https://encp.unibo.it/article/view/7918/7638)

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Mortari Aver cura di sé Cortina 2019
Burroughs, M. D., Valbusa, F., Arda Tuncdemir, T. B., Mortari, L. MelArete and PEECh: two educational approaches to develop ethical and emotional competences. RicercAzione, 10 (2). 2018
Mortari Luigina e Valbusa Federica Sentieri di educazione etica Edizioni Libreria Cortina Verona 2017 9788877492067

Examination Methods

As regard the evaluation tools, different instruments will be used, including open questions, written reports, and oral presentations. The evaluation will concern the capacity of critically managing and rethinking the learning contents, and the comprehension of the fundamental concepts explained in the texts of the course.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and in accordance with the University of Verona guidelines, during the 2020 summer session the assessment modality will be modified as follows: ONLINE ORAL EXAM.



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