Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
M-PED/01 (GENERAL AND SOCIAL PEDAGOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (27/02/2023 - 17/05/2023)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Even if there are no particular prerequisites, in the awareness that many students will be approaching Education maybe for the first time during this course, for a proficient participation to the lessons students are expected to have a cultural attitude of willingness to listen, grasp and actively elaborate, discussing in a collaborative way, the theoretic and practical issues posed by pedagogical analysis.
Learning outcomes
This class is aimed at providing students with
- knowledge on the subject of evaluation in education
- the ability to discuss in an informed way and with reference to scientific literature the questions inherent to educational issues
- tools for critical reading of evaluation in educational contexts
- tools for self-analysis in relation to evaluation in educational contexts
Course contents
The class will take place during the second half of the second semester.
Course title:Theories and approaches for a democratic and formative evaluation of educational contexts
The course will address the issue of the evaluation of educational contexts with particular reference to democratic and training approaches, which provide for the active participation of teachers and aim at their professional empowerment . First of all, the concept of evaluation in relation to educational contexts will be deepened, focusing on the political dimension and taking up the line of studies that has developed on the subject since the middle of the last century. Secondly , we will illustrate , both theoretically and empirically, a democratic evaluation approach in which the trainer "promotes from within" reflective and participatory processes in a group of teachers, actively involved in the evaluation of the context in which they operate. Some examples of context assessment paths implemented according to this approach will be brought and discussed in the classroom.
Teaching methods
All the professor's lessons aim at favouring dialogue and discussion in group work. The participation of other professors/researchers/experts with an interest in the course topic is possible.
Reccomended or required readings
Ferrari M., Morandi M., Falanga M.,“La Valutazione a scuola. Il concetto la storia, la norma”, La Scuola (with particular reference to the chapters 1 and 3)
- N. Stame (a cura di) (2007), I classici della valutazione, Franco Angeli, with particular reference to the essays:
Egon G. Guba, Yvonna S. Lincoln, La valutazione di quarta generazione, pp. 128- 155
Ernest E. House, Kenneth R. Howe, Valutazione e democrazia deliberativa, pp. 417-427
- Bondioli A., Savio D. (2015) “La valutazione di contesto nei servizi per l’infanzia italiani”, Junior, with particular reference to the chapter 2:
Bondioli A. “Promuovere dall’interno”: un’estensione dell’approccio del “valutare, riflettere, restituire”, pp. 40-56
- Savio D. (2011), Lo strumento del “buon nido ludico: Un percorso di valutazione formativa partecipata nei nidi di Modena”, Junior (with particular reference to the chapters: 2, 3, 6)
Optional readings:
- Savio D. (2016), “Formare équipe riflessive e partecipative nei servizi educativi per l’infanzia”, Reladei, Vol 5, n. 4, pp. 17-30
- Bondioli A., Savio D., Gobbetto B. (2017), "Tra 0-6. Uno srumento per riflettere sul percorso educativo 0-6, Zeroseiup.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Indicators:
-knowledge of the basic texts of the exam programme;
-ability to explain, autonomously, the silver thread that links some of the points in the basic texts, coherently with the exam's programme;
-ability to critically analyse and personally re-elaborate the issue proposed by the course;
-clear and logically coherent presentation;
-lexical accuracy.
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