30774 - Theory and Practice of Education (1) (LM)

Course contents

Teaching as a category of human action and its phenomenology. Teaching models in Italian schools: the systematic teaching; programming; the inductive methods and the teaching laboratory. The quality of the teacher-effectiveness:  communication, organization and assessment. Teaching strategies in the classroom management. Active listening as a general principle of the method.

- Exercises and simulations in the classroom. Case method.

 

   This course has specific pre-professional objectives with regard to professional teachers. In relation to these, it is necessary for all students (even and especially if not attending) subscribe to it and agreed with the teacher at the beginning of the year a specific exercise (simulation in the classroom, or written report on personal experiences), by means of a direct conversation. It is strongly recommended the inscription at the beginning of the course, and for non-attending before 30 November 2017. Later date inscription will make a still more late admission to the final examinations. It is recommended to Students to read carefully the entire program and its notes before choosing the course.

Classes are held from 9.00 to 11.00 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (Room "Dionisio Fanciullo", Via Barberia 4), beginning on 29 January 2018. The course will end on March 7, 2018. The frequency follows 24 hours in the presence, documented by the signatures.

 

Readings/Bibliography

Texts / Bibliography

 1.     M.T. MOSCATO, Diventare Insegnanti. Verso una teoria pedagogica dell'insegnamento, Brescia, La Scuola, 2008;

2.     M. T. MOSCATO, Preadolescenti a Scuola. Insegnare nella secondaria di primo grado, Milano, Mondadori, 2013.

3. M. T. MOSCATO, Premesse per una pedagogia del lavoro. L'apprendistato come forma strutturale, " Formazione Lavoo Persona", a. VI, n. 16, pp. 52-76 (this paper will be deposed on the Unibo platform in time). 

 Non-attending students must still add (besides exercise agreed) a text to be chosen from the following:

 a) M.T. MOSCATO(ed), Progetti di cittadinanza. Esperienza di educazione stradale e di convivenza civile nella scuola secondaria, Milano, Angeli, focusing on pp. 17-145; 167-189; 217-239);

b) M. T. MOSCATO, Il viaggio come metafora pedagogica, Brescia, La Scuola, 1994. This option is recommended for students who have never supported, in three years course, an examination of General Pedagogy.

Non-attending students may also choose a text among those present in the programs of Pedagogia dell'espressione artistica.  In this case the decision must be agreed with the teacher, also via e-mail.

 

 

Teaching methods

Teaching methods

Lectures, subsidiaries, exercises and simulations in the classroom, individual work of the student assisted in terms tutorial.

 ORGANIZATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:

    Given the specific organization of this course, it is likely that the sequence of the topics addressed during the classes do not follow in a linear exposure contained in the texts of support. It is suggested to the students attending to use a system of notes (a kind of "diary") that identify each time the essential element that was the subject of lecture / discussion / reflection, together with their personal observations. The use of this tool is to make participation in classroom discussions is not random and improvised. The Personal Diary may be performed during the interview and made ​​subject to evaluation

The exercise is an integral part of student work, and it must be agreed individually at the time of enrollment. The exercises will be of three types: a) lesson/ activity simulated in the classroom (duration 30 ') on the agreed topics, and content of academic career of the student. Once he agreed with the teacher the date and the content of the lesson, there should be a scheme of design, keeping in mind that you always have the availability of time of 30 minutes. He is asked to build the lesson taking into account the system's theoretical course: when you have completed the exercise and discussed in the classroom its course, the student must be able to give back to the written report, developing his comments and possibly correcting its initial project. This self-reflexive short final report of 4 or 5 pages (and not the quality of the lesson / simulation) will be assessed by the teacher, contributing to the definition of the final grade examination. It may also be sent only by e-mail within the next week. For this tutorial we will only ten places available, which will be awarded only to attending students, in order of enrollment. In case of impediments of any kind, you must immediately notify the teacher in order to reorganize the assets and recover the place exercise. b) report on an experience / activities / internship / volunteer, already accomplished by the student and he proposed, and that is consistent / consistent than the content / course objectives. c) relationship of a self-reflective, with which students analyze their own path of education / training in the light of the categories theoretical pedagogical proposals from the course. Objective of the exercise of type b) and c) is always the comparison with the theoretical model proposed (which can be confirmed or un-confirmed), through a number of practical data. The experiences must be described with specific references (length, material conditions, content used) with an initial narrative exposure, which must follow a reflection of scientific reflexive type. In any case, adherence to the agreed path is the first element in the evaluation exercise, which can also be discussed in the final interview. The individual exercises should be sent in writing at least 15 days before the scheduled exam date, for the assessment admits that the interview exam. Attending students who perform classroom exercises will be informed of their admission to the examination. Text length: between 6 and 10 pages (12,000 to 20,000 characters maximum, including spaces)

Assessment methods

Interview. The classroom exercises, comments or other personally assigned tasks to the student will be evaluated, and the evaluation will be included in the final vote in the interview. We book for the final exam by sending an email to the teacher at (Mariateresa.moscato@unibo.it) and awaiting confirmation of the date. It can be possible also arrange individual appointments.

 

Office hours

See the website of Maria Teresa Moscato