30151 - Geography (LM)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at offering to the students some geographical tools to understand and critically analyse the global changes occurring in several fields, such as: population, environment, territory. It will start with some theoretical and methodological aspects and will then focus on several very actual topics concerning demography and migration, cultural and linguistic diversity and the environment.

Course contents

The course has a doublefold perspective: the acquisition of both a theoretical knowldege on Geography and of practical competences on how geography can be used in didactics.

In particular: Geography as both a tool and a goal of Education and Social Inclusion; Geography as a Territorial Process; Geography related to and in relation with Culture

Readings/Bibliography

NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

Studying parts a+b+c:

 

a) General Human Geography (one among the following):

• De Vecchis G, Fatigati F., Geografia generale. Un'introduzione, Roma, Carocci, 2017 [especially for students who have never studied geography] (STUDY: par.: 2.6, 2.7, 3.5, 3.6; chapt. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)

OR:

• Minca C., Colombino A., Breve manuale di geografia umana, Trento, CEDAM, 2012 (part 4 excluded)

OR:

• Frémont A., Vi piace la geografia?, (ed. it. Gavinelli D.), Roma, Carocci, 2007 (part 1 and 5 excluded)

 

b) Geography, teaching, and literature:

• De Vecchis G., Insegnare Geografia. Teoria, metodi e pratiche, Torino, UTET, 2016 (par. 1.3; cap. 2, 3; par. 4.2, 4.3; cap. 5, 8,; par. 9.2, 9.3) [suggested to students who want to specialize in teaching geography]

OR:

• Marengo M., Geografia e letteratura. Piccolo manuale d'uso, Bologna, Pàtron, 2016 [suggested to students who want to specialize in cultural geography]
  

 

c) Issues of Geography and Development (one between the following):

• Sheperd A. et al., The geography of poverty, disasters and climate extremes in 2030, ODI, London, PDF online
  

OR:

• Magnani E., Pistocchi F., "The Role of Lighthouses in the Construction of Coastal Identities", in Almatourism, vol. 8, n. 6, 2017, pp. 123-143, PDF online
  

 

 

ATTENDING STUDENTS

Studying parts a+b+c:

 

a) Geography, teaching, and literature:

• De Vecchis G., Insegnare Geografia. Teoria, metodi e pratiche, Torino, UTET, 2016 (par. 1.3; cap. 2, 3; par. 4.2, 4.3; cap. 5, 8,; par. 9.2, 9.3) [suggested to students who want to specialize in teaching geography]

OR:

• Marengo M., Geografia e letteratura. Piccolo manuale d'uso, Bologna, Pàtron, 2016 [suggested to students who want to specialize in cultural geography]

 

b) Issues of modern Geography

• Tools and materials provided during the course

 

c) Teaching Geography: learning and culture

• Writing a didactic project with the support of teacher's instructions

OR

• Magnani E., Pistocchi F., "The Role of Lighthouses in the Construction of Coastal Identities", in Almatourism, vol. 8, n. 6, 2017, pp. 123-143, PDF online
  

Teaching methods

In presence lessons, supported by the use of power point presentations, available on the website: http://campus.unibo.it.

Students will be invited to share a participative attitude during the lessons, by participating to class/group discussions, seminars and other cooperative activities.

Assessment methods

Oral examination of the following goals, knoledges and competences:

(not attending students): contents of the texts; analysis and interpretation of the geographical phenomena and of the relation among geography, literature, and culture; ability to find relations supported by examples; knowledge and use of the geographical lexicon; comunication in italian language

(attending students): main geographical issues and problems; analysis and interpretation of the geographical phenomena and of the relation among geography, literature, and culture; ability to write a didactic project; knowledge and use of the geographical lexicon; comunication in italian language

Teaching tools

A Geographic Atlas or digital resources are recommended

Office hours

See the website of Filippo Pistocchi