73218 - LABORATORIO DI SPECIALIZZAZIONE PROFESSIONALE IN PEDAGOGIA I (G.B)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the Lab, the student is able to: critically approach the proposed theories and methodologies; apply the proposed theoretical constructs to specific educational and healthcare contexts; discuss the risks and opportunities of the practices highlighted in the Lab; notice underlying notions and ideologies in concrete educational events.

Course contents

The lab entitled “Communication and social interaction in daily life: observing, understanding, intervening” focuses on the communicative and interactive processes that characterize daily life experiences. In particular, the lab helps students develop the ability to observe, analyze and consciously manage social interaction in daily, formal and informal, educational contexts, with particular reference to social interaction between parents and children, pupils and teachers, doctors and patients.

After an introduction on communication dynamics and tools for analyzing social interaction, the lab activities are dedicated to the observation, analysis and discussion of video recordings and transcripts of real conversations in everyday educational contexts, in particular in family, school, and medical contexts.

The students will be involved in group works and collaborative activities aimed at understanding the interactive dynamics and educational phenomena that characterize daily communicative exchanges. Particular focus will be placed on the following topics: daily interactions as educational events; the interactive construction of power and knowledge asymmetries; the discursive construction of identities (e.g., parent, child) and institutional roles (e.g., doctor, teacher); interactive alliances and dis-alliances between the participants in interaction (e.g., between parents, teacher and parent, doctor and patient).

The lab is held mainly in Italian but welcomes international students interested in the topics. During the lab, reading materials and interactive modalities will be adapted as to allow students with limited skills in Italian to participate actively.

Readings/Bibliography

Caronia, Letizia, Vittoria Colla. 2024. I compiti a casa. Linguaggio e apprendimento quando la scuola entra in famiglia. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore. Collana: Pedagogie dello sviluppo. [Book]

 

Colla, Vittoria. 2023. Education in everyday family life. Language, culture, and morality in homework interactions. Pisa: Edizioni ETS. Collana: Education. [Book]

 

Fasulo, A. & Pontecorvo, C. (1999 o 2022). Come si dice? Linguaggio e apprendimento in famiglia e a scuola. Carocci, Roma. Only chapters 1-4.

 

Further readings will be suggested during the lab. 

Teaching methods

Lectures

 

Couple/group work

 

Observation, analysis and discussion of videorecorded interactions

 

Readings

Assessment methods

Participation in the laboratory will be evaluated and will constitute the basis for the evaluation.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint

Videos

Transcripts of social interactions

Office hours

See the website of Vittoria Colla