OVERVIEW

The design of educational interventions is a key competence of a future professional educator. Learning to design allows you to intervene in different contexts (nursery, educational communities) to prevent any fragility and to contribute to improving the quality of life of girls and boys, boys and girls. Planning, in the educational field, is not just technical but a vision of the world and of interpersonal relationships.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The objectives of the course are: to provide theoretical and methodological indications regarding the planning within educational services, for groups (educational units) and for individuals (individualized educational project). In particular, starting from the analysis of the context-problem-need relationship, specific design models will be explored for educational communities for minors and services for early childhood (0-3 years).

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Training objectives:

. know the main design models

. knowing how to use the main design models in relation to the reference contexts/services (0-3 year range; minors area)

. adapt the planning of educational activities to the service project (0-3 year range; minors area)

. define objectives, times, activities of an educational project/intervention (0-3 year range; minors area)

. define a monitoring and evaluation plan for an educational project/intervention (0-3 year range; minors area).

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites for the “Didattica generale” exam

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures, presentation and discussion of projects, testimonies from experts, working groups are expected.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

. Educational planning (models, skills and project management)

. The planning of educational services (with specific reference to nursery schools, communities for minors and unaccompanied foreign minors)

. Educational planning in educational services (with specific reference to nursery schools, communities for minors and unaccompanied foreign minors)

. Educational and emergency planning

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Traverso, Metodologia della progettazione educativa, Carocci, Roma.

Traverso, Emergenza e progettualità educativa, FrancoAngeli, Milano.

Traverso (a cura di), Infanzie movimentate, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Zonca, Colombini, Come progettare al nido. Costruire percorsi di crescita per bambini 0-3, Mondadori, MIlano (solo per chi è iscritto al curriculum "educatore servizi educativi prima infanzia").

Materials, notes and documents uploaded to AulaWeb.

For international students, texts and articles in English are available on request. The exam can be taken in English in the prescribed manner

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2025

Class schedule

DESIGN AND EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam is written. The questions will mainly be closed-ended and open-ended. Some questions may be argumentative.

It will be possible, for those who attend at least 65% of the lessons, to test part of the study program before the summer session.

All specific information on exam methods and previous tests will also be available in AulaWeb.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The test will be in person

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students with DSA, disability or other special educational needs are recommended to contact the professor at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and exam methods which, according to the course’s objectives, take into account the modalities individual learning and provide suitable compensatory tools.

For students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (DSA) consult the document:  Linee guida per la richiesta di servizi, di strumenti compensativi e/o di misure dispensative e di ausili specifici

For international students, texts and articles in English are available on request. The exam can be taken in English in the prescribed manner.