Teaching code

4S006132

Credits

8

Coordinator

Paolo Scotton

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PED/02 - HISTORY OF PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

PRE-SCHOOL
1. Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
- know the main stages of the evolution of pedagogical thought and of the main authors who have marked the history of pedagogy, especially those who have dealt with the nursery school;
- know the evolution of different education-training modalities throughout history;
- know the main theoretical models of education of the kindergarten established over time e the consequent educational-didactic practices;
- know the characteristics of the role of the educator in different periods;
- Know organizational and evaluative techniques of the school context of the kindergarten;
- know the evolution of the consideration of the """"different"""" in the school system: from exclusion to inclusion.
2. Applying Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the course the students will have to:
- Being able to critically compare the various educational models of the childhood school present in history, their complexity and current reality;
- be able to understand historical-pedagogical texts and to place them in time;
- be able to grasp the permanencies and absences in the current world in the evolution of pedagogical thought in order to bring out the lines of continuity that link the various eras;
- To be capable of a historical sense and of a scientific approach in reading the present and of contextualizing the various sources.
3. Making Judgments
At the end of the course the students will have to demonstrate:
- Ability to critically analyze historical educational models and to grasp the positive aspects of past and present;
- Ability to overcome prejudices and preconceptions of the present and the past;
- Possess the capacity for a scientific approach in historical-pedagogical research.
4. Communication Skills
At the end of the course the students will have to:
- Knowing how to consciously use the specific terms / concepts in their historical evolution;
- Knowing how to compose relationships in a correct way from the point of view of historical research;
- Knowing how to document what is produced in a precise and pertinent way.
5. Learning Skills
At the end of the course the students will have to:
- Being able to deal with historical research individually;
- To find historical sources and to know how to analyze them;
- To identify, in the various cultural and educational models present in history, reflections, methods and examples valid for their activity.

PRIMARY SCHOOL
1. Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Know the main stages of the evolution of pedagogical thought and of the main authors who have marked the history of pedagogy, especially those who have dealt with primary school;
- know the main theoretical models of education in the primary school established over time and the consequent educational-didactic practices that;
- know the evolution of different ways of teaching learning throughout history;
- know the characteristics of the master in different periods;
- Know organizational and evaluation techniques of the primary school context ;
- know the evolution of the consideration of the """"different"""" in the school system: from exclusion to inclusion.
2. Applying Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the course the student will be able to:
- critically compare the various educational models of primary school present in history, their complexity and current reality;
- understand historical-pedagogical texts and to place them in time;
- grasp the permanencies and absences in the current world in the evolution of pedagogical thought in order to bring out the lines of continuity that link the various eras;
- To be capable of a historical sense and of a scientific approach in reading the present and of contextualizing the various sources.
3. Making Judgments
At the end of the course the students will have to demonstrate:
- Ability to critically analyze historical educational models and to grasp the positive aspects of past and present;
- Ability to overcome some prejudices and preconceptions of the present and the past;
- Having the capacity for a scientific approach in historical-pedagogical research.
4. Communication Skills
At the end of the course the students will have to:
- Knowing how to consciously use the specific terms / concepts in their historical evolution;
- Knowing how to compose relationships in a correct way from the point of view of historical research;
- Knowing how to document what is produced in a precise and pertinent way.
5. Learning Skills
At the end of the course the students will have to:
- Being able to deal with historical research individually;
- To find historical sources and to know how to analyze them;
- To identify, in the various cultural and educational models present in history, reflections, methods and examples valid for their activity.

Program

The course focuses on the development of pedagogy and education from a critical and historically situated understanding of the different educational proposals that emerged in modern and contemporary history.

In particular, the course is divided into two modules:

M1- Origin and development of pedagogical science.
The first module focuses on the birth and diffusion of modern and contemporary pedagogy, analysing some of the most relevant issues and significant pedagogical proposals to understand the historical evolution of the discipline, both at the national and international level (Enlightenment, Romantic, positivist, activist, idealist, libertarian, Marxist, Christian, cognitivist, and critical pedagogy).

M2- Education in the mass society. Educational challenges and responses from the twentieth century to today.
The second module will focus on the historical-critical analysis of the contributions of some authors who have marked contemporary educational theories and practices. In particular: John Dewey, Maria Montessori, José Ortega y Gasset, Antonio Gramsci, Lorenzo Milani, Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich, Mario Lodi.

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Assessment of learning will take place as follows:

A. The first module will be assessed through a written exam with open questions, designed to test the basic knowledge, the ability to reflect on these notions, and a thorough understanding of a text. (15 points)

B. For the second module, a personal paper (academic essay) must be written, based on the reading of the texts chosen by the student from those indicated in the second module. The paper will then be discussed orally in the exam. (15 points)