CODE 83930 ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 2 SERVIZIO SOCIALE 8710 (L-39) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR M-PED/04 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester SECTIONING Questo insegnamento è diviso nelle seguenti frazioni: A B MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: PSYCHOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL PEDAGOGY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Acquire problem-solving skills applicable to educational, social, and health-related planning; Design educational interventions for individuals, groups, and communities in the areas of promotion, rehabilitation, and restoration oriented stressors; Monitor and evaluate an educational project in terms of internal coherence and appropriateness; Monitor and evaluate an educational project in relation to its social objectives; Observe and document the educational project. TEACHING METHODS The course will be organized through lectures, group work, and individual work aimed at learning and applying the various educational planning models and methodologies to different educational and social contexts. SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course will cover the following topics: 1) Educational, social, and socio-health interventions: continuities and differences 2) Design competence: skills, knowledge, experience, and belief systems 3) Educational interventions and their interdependence with the social dimension: continuities, differences, and specificities 4) From planning mindset to the development of an educational project targeting individuals, groups, and communities 5) Models of educational planning 6) Context analysis and definition 7) The project life cycle and the design process 8) From problem analysis to needs assessment 9) Contextual variables: risk and protective factors 10) Network building and models of participation 11) Individual, group, and community educational projects 12) Planning errors: bounded rationality, cognitive biases, and prejudices 14) Promotional, rehabilitative, reparative, and therapeutic interventions in various areas of educational and social work 15) Emergency contexts 16) From goals to objectives 17) The project plan 18) The Individual Educational Project, Group Educational Project, and Community Educational Project 19) Planning in key social areas: family (foster care and adoption), minors, disability, and addictions 20) Evaluation of an educational project RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Required books 1. PARADISO L., La progettazione educativa e sociale. Modelli, metodologie, strumenti, , Mondadori Università, Milano, 2020. 2. CALCATERRA V., L'affido partecipato. Come coinvolgere la famiglia d'origine. Erikson. 2014. One optional book form the following: 1. PARADISO L., Prepararsi all'adozione. Il percorso formativo per il progetto adottivo. Unicopli, 2020. 2. SERBATI S., MILANI P., La tutela dei bambini. Teorie e strumenti di intervento con le famiglie vulnerabili. Carrocci 2013. 4. TRAVERSO A., Metodologia della progettazione educativa, Carocci, Roma, 2016. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD LOREDANA PARADISO Ricevimento: Student office hours are on Thursdays from 10.00 to 11.00 on teams, by appointment only. LESSONS LESSONS START I semester from September 16th to December 4th 2025 Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy