AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching aims to provide theoretical and applied tools related to territorial and landscape education, useful both in the context of tourism valorisation and in the formal and informal educational processes

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the teaching, the student will be able to:

• understand the meaning of basic geographic concepts (space, territory, landscape, environment);
• understand the geographic and educational implications related to the contemporary tourism phenomenon;
• understand the importance of geographic education in the context of processes of territory enhancement
• critically analyze the relationship between geographic experience and tourism experience
• interpret the role of landscape as a key factor in geographic education
• interpret the role of tourism in environmental and landscape education

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching activities will be organised in order to encourage active learning on the part of the students, and for this reason there will be alternating moments of frontal, participatory and laboratory teaching.

For students with DSA certifications or specific disabilities, compensatory or dispensatory measures are ensured, while taking care of the acquisition of the skills and knowledge required for teaching.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Teaching will cover the following topics:

• The key concepts of geography education
• Critical introduction to the contemporary tourism phenomenon
• Tourism and lterritorial education
• Tourism and landscape education

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Studenti frequentanti:

• Dematteis G., Giorda C., "Territorial values and geographical education", in Journal of Research and Didactics in Geography (J-READING), 1, 2, June, 2013, pp. 17-32. DOI: 10.4458/0900-03.
• Giorda C., "Conoscenza geografica e cittadinanza. Un progetto per il territorio", in Giorda C., Puttilli M., Educare al territorio, educare il territorio, Carocci, Roma, 2007.
• Giorda C., Puttilli M., "Educazione al territorio: una metodologia per la formazione geografica", in Giorda C., Zanolin G., Idee Geografiche per educare al mondo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2019.

Two texts from the following list:

• Giuzio A., Turismo insostenibile. Per una nuova ecologia degli spazi del tempo libero, Altraeconomia, Milano, 2024.
• Rodolphe C., Turismo di massa e usura del mondo, Elèuthera, Milano, 2019.
• Zanolin G., Geografia dei parchi nazionali italiani, Carocci, Roma, 2022.

- The following text (optional) is recommended to supplement the lectures:

• Gavinelli D., Zanolin G., Geografia del Turismo Contemporaneo. Pratiche, narrazioni, luoghi, Carocci, Roma, 2019.

NON-attending students should pre-agree the bibliography with the lecturer.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Beginning of october

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam will allow to evaluate:

• the understanding of knowledge;
• the development of skills useful for proposing territorial education projects;
• the development of skills useful for analysing the contemporary tourism phenomenon in real contexts.

Evaluation criteria are:

• the quality of the oral presentation;
• the correct use of the appropriate vocabulary;
• the ability of critical analysis, even on possible cases discussed.