2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

M-PED/01 (GENERAL AND SOCIAL PEDAGOGY)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (21/09/2015 - 27/11/2015)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

BONDIOLI BETTINELLI ANNAMARIA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

The class is aimed at illustrating to students the general backgrounds, the conceptual frameworks, the models and approaches related to educational theories; it is also aimed at providing students with a specific terminology to refer to educational phenomena and concepts; finally, it is aimed at understanding and commenting texts of educational theory through specific reading lists.

Title: Early childhood education and care: paradigmatic experiences and quality evaluation

The course aims at addressing - through two different paths - the issue of quality in early childhood education and care services (i.e. day-care centres and nursery schools) which has been the core of international debate for more than forty years. The first path will introduce two paradigmatic experiences in early childhood education: the Hampstead Nurseries organized by Anna Freud during World War 2, and the Malting House, run by susan Isaacs in Cambridge in the 1220s. Such experiences are the starting point to highlight a number of features defining the quality of early childhood education and care services from the educational point of view. As for the second path, the quality issue is linked to the evaluation one, referring specifically to the Italian situation. The course shall also include seminars conducted by experts in the field.

Lectures

Freud A., Psicoanalisi e educazione, Boringhieri (da pag. 5 a pag. 128)
Isaacs S., Lo sviluppo intellettuale dei bambini, La Nuova Italia (passi scelti; l’antologia si trova presso la libreria CLU di Pavia)
Bondioli A., Savio D. (a cura di), La valutazione di contesto nei servizi per l’infanzia italiani. Rflessioni ed esperienze, Edizioni Junior-Spaggiari

For students ATTENDING the class:
Students who attend the course will create a personalised programme, in agreement with the teacher, by choosing from the above texts.

For students NOT ATTENDING the class:
Students who are unable to attend the class will study the following texts for the exam:
A. Bondioli, Gioco e educazione, Milano, FrancoAngeli? (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4)
W. Corsaro, Le culture dei bambini, Bologna, Il Mulino
B. Bettlheim, Un genitore quasi perfetto, Milano, Feltrinelli (Chapters 14 to 22)

Students WHO HAVE ATTENDED the class will take an oral exam focused on the programme of study agreed with the teacher.

Up until, and including the exam session of September 2015, students WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED the class will take a written exam (the format of which shall feature open-ended questions and/or an essay topic); after this date, there will be an oral exam for this programme of study also for students who have not attended the class.

Students WHO HAVE ATTENDED the class will take an oral exam focused on the programme of study agreed with the teacher.

Up until, and including the exam session of September 2015, students WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED the class will take a written exam (the format of which shall feature open-ended questions and/or an essay topic); after this date, there will be an oral exam for this programme of study also for students who have not attended the class.