OVERVIEW

The course aims to provide an advanced understanding of core principles and topics of  interpersonal relationships in educational  settings and to enable students to acquire a specialised knowledge and understanding of many theoretical perspective.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

"the course aims to address the issue of the psychology of relationships in the educational context. Some theoretical references will be highlighted with particular reference to interpersonal neurobiology and its declination in the educational context, considered as a privileged place for the growth and development of the individual. The course will provide students conceptual and operational tools to acquire specific knowledge and skills on the contents dealt with."

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will develop knowledge about:

• the functioning of the brain and the mind
• the functioning of emotions
• the functioning of mental representations
• the different types of attachment
• the role of trauma in the development of disorganized attachment
• techniques of observation
• the behavior analysis in education

TEACHING METHODS

The course will adopt a constructivist teaching strategy which provides in addition to the lectures an active and thoughtful participation of students through the use of AulaWeb.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Interpersonal relationship in educational contexts

The social life of neurons

​Theory of human motivation

Triune Braine hypothesis

Lateralization of brain function

​Attachment theory

Stress and burnout in school

​Functional analysis

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

D. Siegel, La mente Relazionale (Seconda Edizione 2013), Raffaello Cortina, Milano

L. Cozolino, Il cervello sociale. Neuroscienze delle relazioni umane

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

VINCENZA BENIGNO (President)

LAURA MIGLIORINI

LESSONS

LESSONS START

26th September 2017

Class schedule

PSYCHOLOGY OF RELATIONSHIPS IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

For students who attend oral exam.

Students who do not attend will have to develop a school intervention project in agreement with the teacher

Exam schedule