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.

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Laurea in Scienze dell'educazione - 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.

CURRICULUM TIPO:
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 2°- 3°
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S008115

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

Sem. 1A dal Sep 26, 2022 al Nov 5, 2022.

Learning objectives

Knowledge and understanding 1. Reflecting on the meaning of educational work and on its fundamental structures, issues, problems and concepts that can be found in every educational experience. 2. Kowing and understanding problems, theories, processes, meanings and actors of the educational relationship. 3. Knowing and understanding the fundamental elements of education: history, objectives, methods and languages of educational action. 4. Knowing and understanding sectors and specificity of the educational work. Applying knowledge and understanding 1. Knowing how to apply, in concrete situations, the theoretical and methodological elements, which are essential in the design of educational projects. 2. Designing projects and educational interventions in accordance with the identified needs and he different working contexts. 3. Obtaining educational competences related with the multiple differences and diversities of the specific context.

Prerequisites and basic notions

The course does not require any special prerequisites.

Program

PROGRAM: 1. Educational challenges in contemporary society: - need for education and pedagogy. ¬- changes and political, work and cultural crisis; - placement of pedagogy among the educational sciences; - various sectors of pedagogical intervention; 2. Centrality of pedagogy and education in contemporary society: - educability, education and pedagogy; - founding concepts of pedagogical discourse and interdisciplinary nature of pedagogy; - formal elements of pedagogy: purpose, method, means, contents, educator-pupil relationship, environment. 3. Educational professions and pedagogical training: - role of the professional educator and 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 meetings involve the use of lectures, group discussions and small-group exercises. For exam preparation, students should use the following texts.
general part:
- PORTERA, A., BÖHM W., SECCO, L., Educabilità, educazione e Pedagogia nella società complessa. Lineamenti introduttivi. UTET, Torino, 2007.
parte monografica
- IORI, V. (a cura di), Educatori e Pedagogisti. Senso dell’agire educativo e riconoscimento professionale. Erickson, Trento, 2018. PLEASE NOTE: CHAPTERS OF THE IORI BOOK TO BE STUDYED FOR THE EXAMINATION (only the following chapters are studied):
CAP.1 Le professioni educative e la formazione pedagogica (Vanna Iori)
CAP. 5 L’insolita minestra: riscattare il senso dell’esperienza quotidiana (Daniele Bruzzone)
CAP. 7 Instabili equilibri: la relazione educativa tra prossimità e differenza (Mario Mapelli)
CAP. 8 Nella mia fine è il tuo inizio: il legame paradossale (Alessandra Augelli)
Appendice (a cura di Vanna Iori); the appendix is a contribution to be studied and will be examined.
- BAUMAN, Z. & PORTERA, A., Education and Intercultural Identity. Routledge, London, 2020 (oppure: TRAMMA, S., L’educatore imperfetto. Senso e complessità del lavoro educativo. Carocci, Roma 2018).
The course will be supported by specific exercises, which will form an integral part of the examination programme. One of the following texts (which must not have been used for other examinations) must be used for this practical part:
- * KANIZA, S. & MARIANI, M. (a cura di), Introduzione alla pedagogia generale. Pearson, Milano, 2020.
- * BALDACCI, M., Trattato di pedagogia generale. Carocci, Roma, 2018.
- * MORIN, E., I sette sapere necessari all’educazione del futuro. Cortina, Milano, 2001.
- BERTAGNA, G. (a cura di), Educazione e formazione. Studium, Roma, 2018.
- ZOLETTO, D., A partire dai punti di forza. Popular Culture, eterogeneità, educazione. Franco angeli, Milano, 2019.
- MORIN, E., La testa ben fatta. Riforma dell’insegnamento e riforma del pensiero. Cortina, Milano, 2000.
- DELORS, J., Nell’educazione un Tesoro. Armando, Roma, 1997.
- GRANESE, A., Istituzioni di pedagogia generale. CEDAM, Padova, 2003.
- BRUNER, J., La cultura dell’educazione. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1997.
- *SIGURTÀ BRAIBANTI, S, La bellezza: luogo d’incontro. Edizioni dell’Orso, Alessandria, 2019
- BAUMAN, Z., & MAZZEO R., Conversazioni sull’educazione. Erickson, Trento, 2012
- CONTINI, M., La comunicazione intersoggettiva fra solitudini e globalizzazione. La Nuova Italia, Firenze, 2002.
- PORTERA, A., Tesori sommersi. Emigrazione, identità, bisogni educativi interculturali. F. Angeli, Milano, 2016.
- PORTERA, A., LA MARCA A., CATARCI M., Pedagogia interculturale. La Scuola, Brescia, 2015.
- GARDNER, H., Sapere per comprendere. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1999.
- MILANI, L., Lettera a una professoressa. Libreria editrice fiorentina, Firenze
- DELORS, J., Nell’educazione un Tesoro. Armando, Roma, 1997.
- MARITAIN, J., L’educazione al bivio. La Scuola, Brescia, 1963.
- * BREZINKA, W., L’educazione in una società disorientata. Armando, Roma, 1989.
- PERETTI, M., Valori perenni e pedagogia. La Scuola, Brescia, 1984.
- RICOEUR, P., La Persona. Morcelliana, Brescia, 1997.
BENASAYAG, M. & SCHMIT, G., L’epoca delle passioni tristi. Feltrinelli, Milano, 2008.
- *FRABBONI, F., PINTO MINERVA F., Manuale di pedagogia generale. Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2000.
- NUSSBAUM, M.C., Non per profitto. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2011.
- BECK, U., I rischi della libertà. L’individuo nell’epoca della globalizzazione. Il Mulino, Bologna, 2000.
* Recommended text for non-attending students. Other texts may only be chosen after consultation with the lecturer.

Learning assessment procedures

The educational and evaluation modalities of learning will be communicated at the beginning of the lessons. The exam aims at verifying the level of achievement of the educational objectives previously mentioned. The exam is oral on all the textbooks.

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

During the test the knowledge of the exam program, the critical-reflective capacity with respect to the concepts and theories that are exposed, the use of the correct pedagogical language, the ability to connect theories and concepts to hypotheses of practical prefigurations will be verified.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

Oral interview lasting approximately 20 '. The texts to be studied are the same for attending and non-attending students, as well as for Erasmus students.

Exam language

italiano (o inglese)