Teaching code

4S006143

Academic staff

Paola Dusi, Federica Valbusa

Credits

4

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

Sem. 1A, Sem. 1B

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

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Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course students and students should:
• know the principles that are at the basis of an idea of a school oriented to the ethic of service;
• know the epistemological foundations that underlie educational research;
• know the steps necessary to define a research project in the educational field.


Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course students and students should:
• be aware of the ethical and professional implications connected to the teaching
activity;
• be able to recognize the educational problems emerging from a context;
• know how to identify strategies of action starting from a specific problem and develop and educational research.


Making judgements
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
• critically analyze the educational needs of a context;
• evaluate one's own and others' educational actions.


Communication
At the end of the course the students should be able to:
• know how to effectively communicate his or her analysis both to colleagues and parents;
• know how to document educational actions and research actions.

Lifelong learning skills
At the end of the course the students should:
• be able to analyze educational issues in order to identify elements useful for the development of professional competencies;
• be able to critically analyze an educational research;
• be able to identify the most adequate lines of long life training.

Program

The course aims to provide knowledge and skills which are necessary to design and realize an educative research in class. The main themes are the following:
- the heuristic and reflective skills of a teacher
- designing an educative research: the analysis of the context, the needs, the problem, the educative experience, the heuristic process
- the qualitative research
- the paradigm, the epistemology, the philosophies of research, the methods of qualitative analysis
- the service research
- Service Learning
- the research for children
- emotional education in school: an example of educative research on emotional self-understanding

TEXTS
Mortari, L. (2009). Ricercare e riflettere. La formazione del docente professionista. Roma: Carocci.
Valbusa, F. e Mortari, L. (2017). L'orto delle emozioni. Teoria e ricerca sull'educazione alla vita affettiva. Milano: Franco Angeli.

During the course supplementary material regarding Service Learning will be provided.

Examination Methods

As regard the evaluation tools, different instruments will be used, including open questions, written report, and oral presentation. 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.