AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course presents and explores models and methodologies of educational planning within social, educational, and socio-health interventions, and develops specific planning skills aligned with the professional profile of social workers. The learning path begins with an analysis of the educational dimension of each project, in order to identify structural and procedural elements across the various stages of planning, which require close integration between social and educational components.

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

Exam Board

LOREDANA PARADISO (President)

ELENA GANDOLFI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

I semester from September 16th to December 4th 2025
 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy