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CODE 68497
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PED/01
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER Annual
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is focused on the scientific foundations of General Pedagogy, understood as science of self-formation, education and cultural instruction of the human being.

The course has, as main purposes, the acquisition of foundational knowledge related to General Pedagogy and the understanding of its objects of study.

The acquisition of appropriate knowledges and abilities in the process of comprehension regarding the scientific foundations of Pedagogy General and its objects of study is revolved to improve the skills to understand, interpret and deal with the problems associated with the self-formation, education and cultural instruction of the human being, during the life, from early childhood to senility.

TEACHING METHODS

Due to the health situation associated with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and according to rectoral regulations issued by the University of Genoa, and the guidelines established by DISFOR, lectures can be conducted in two different ways.

A) If it is possible to hold lectures in attendance.
Lessons will be conducted in the presence of the teacher and will have mainly character of lectures. Within the course, group activities and seminars can be provided.

B) If distance teaching is extended.
Lectures will be hold on Microsoft Teams platform, normally through an interactive modality, at institutionally scheduled time. They will include both frontal teaching moments and forms of debate and discussion on the contents of the lecture.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The program of the course will consist, mainly, in the following contents: self-formation, education and cultural instruction as objects of study of General Pedagogy; the questions of logic, language and method in Pedagogy; the Pedagogical Sciences, the Educational Sciences and the Formation Sciences; inter-disciplinarity, intra-disciplinarity and trans-disciplinarity in Pedagogy.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- M. Gennari e G. Sola, Logica, linguaggio e metodo in pedagogia, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2016;
- G. Sola, Introduzione alla Pedagogia Clinica, Il Melangolo, Genova, 2008.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

EUGENIA DUFOUR (President)

GIANCARLA SOLA (President)

MARIO GENNARI

PAOLO LEVRERO

RICCARDA BARBIERI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

May 2022

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Exam is written. The written exam is finalized to verify acquired knowledge by the Students and their critical capabilities in the elaboration of the learned contents.

Evaluation criteria: relevance of contents, argumentation of acquired knowledge, logical coherence, language properties, critical-problematic ability.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Based on the indications provided by the University and the Department, the exams will be done in two different and eventually ways.

A) If it is possible to take exams in attendance. The exam, which last 60 minutes, is structured into a short number of open questions. During the time of the exam, Students can consult texts in the program. Students have to take the exam with the program of the current academic year, even if they are enrolled in previous academic years. If the exam is “not passed”, Students will have to take the exam again in the same manner.

B) If distance teaching is extended. Students will have to draw up a short paper (the required format extension of the exam must be between a minimum of 4,000 and a maximum of 6,000 characters, spaces included) in which tehy will have to put together contents learned from studied books and attended lectures with a theme that will be indicated for each exam session, developing a critical-problematic reflection (which has to be the risult of their own elaboration). Students will have to draw a short final bibliography, including studied texts and 5 other volumes which their consider essential for the topic discussion.

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
19/01/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
02/02/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
16/02/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
01/03/2022 17:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
25/05/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
08/06/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
22/06/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
06/07/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
14/09/2022 11:00 GENOVA Scritto
17/10/2022 17:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Any change in the usual teaching activities (classes and office hours) will be reported within AulaWeb page of the Course.