Teaching code

4S02384

Credits

9

Coordinator

Daniela Raccanello

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-PSI/04 - DEVELOPMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Courses Single

Authorized

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING 1. To know and understand the characteristics of the processes of development and learning in different psychological domains (motor-perceptual, cognitive, communicative-linguistic, emotional, relational-social), along the whole life course. 2. To know and understand the psychological theories on the processes of development and learning. 3. To know and understand the risk and promotion factors for the individual paths of development and learning. CAPACITA' DI APPLICARE CONOSCENZE E COMPRENSIONE 1. To take into account the behavior of individuals of a specific age within a specific context according to the acquired knowledge. 2. To apply the acquired knowledge in the process of assessment of the behavior of individuals and their interactions in educational contexts, both to identify risk indicators and to favor processes of social integration. 3. To take into account the relation between the characteristics of individuals of different ages (individual factors and competences) and characteristics of the context (family, social and cultural factors) to understand the individual differences in the processes of development and learning, and identify specific promotion factors.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites are required.

Program

The program of the theoretical lessons includes:
• Basic aspects of developmental and educational psychology
• Cognitive and language development
• Social contexts and social, moral, and self development
• Individual differences
• Sociocultural diversity
• Exceptional learners
• Behaviorist and social cognitive approaches
• Information processing approach
• Complex cognitive processes
• Socioconstructivist approaches
• Learning and cognition in different content areas
• Motivation, teaching, and learning
• Emotions, teaching, and learning
• Planning, instruction, technology, and classroom management
• Classroom assessment
• Emotions and disasters: the case of the Covid-19 pandemic
The syllabus of the laboratory focuses on emotional competence, promoting applied knowledge related to the following abilities, referred to both one’s own life and to the psychologist profession, in particular about psychoeducation, also referring to stressful events:
• Ability to recognize and express emotions, nonverbally and verbally.
• Ability to understand emotions.
• Ability to regulate emotions and coping.
Moreover, the laboratory will cover applied knowledge referring to the ethics of research in psychology with children and adolescents, referring to the current version of the Ethics Code of the Italian Association of Psychology.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The course will include frontal theoretical lessons, aiming at transmitting basic notions, integrated by cooperative learning, aiming at deepening the knowledge of specific aspects of the syllabus, also through the study of research papers. The content of the texts and the lessons is coherent with the syllabus. Further didactic materials are available from the teacher.
Students in particular situations of fragility, unable to attend lessons due to disability conditions or particularly disabling learning disorders, are invited to contact the "Inclusion and Accessibility Service", which will assess on a case-by-case basis the actual impossibility of attendance and agree with the teachers concerned on how to provide support.
During the whole academic year, in addition, the teacher will receive the students individually, at the times indicated on the website, which are constantly updated.
In the first lesson, the teacher will present the whole calendar of the didactic activities with dates and topics of the lessons, specifying the time and the rooms.
The laboratory will include active teaching modalities, such as cooperative learning, gamification, simulations, use of web-applications, and other activities adapted from evidence-based training for socio-emotional learning.

Learning assessment procedures

The assessment method consists of a written exam covering the entire course program. The written exam includes 61 multiple-choice questions. The duration of the exam is 60 minutes. The exam format is the same for both attending and non-attending students.
For the laboratory, the students will submit an ad-hoc report. The instruction will be given during the course.

Evaluation criteria

The aim of the exam is to assess the achievement of the expected learning outcomes, in terms of both theoretical and applied knowledge and understanding.
The aim of the report will be to demonstrate the acquisition of the applied knowledge relating to emotional competence and ethics aspects.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The assessment is graded on a scale of thirty. For the written exam, each correct answer to the multiple-choice questions is awarded 0.5 points (0 points for unanswered questions; -0.125 points for each incorrect answer).

Exam language

Italiano (English for international students, to be agreed with the teacher)

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