Educators:
The course of General Didactics, starting from a reflection on the fundamentals, methods of investigation and aims of the discipline, intends to analyze some of the most known and significant models of organization of didactics in formal education contexts, also in relation to the most recent contribution provided by ICT to education and learning processes.
The course includes laboratory activities, to be carried out mainly online, related to the application on the field of tools for the self-assessment of strategic skills.
With the study of General Didactics the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives:
In terms of knowledge and comprehension:
- know the fundamentals, methods of investigation and aims of the discipline;
- know the main models of organization of the didactics;
- to know the innovative aspects of the application of ICT to teaching and learning processes;
- understand the importance of regulatory evaluation of teaching and learning processes.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- elaborate projects in the educational field by defining objectives, methodologies and evaluation tools;
- apply tools for the self-assessment of strategic competences within training contexts.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- analyse and interpret training needs within a given context and define appropriate action plans;
- develop reflective skills on one's own professional actions.
In terms of communication skills:
- recognize and analyze one's professional beliefs and competences through the self-administration of the QPCC (Perception Questionnaires of one's Convictions and Competencies, Pellerey, 2000);
- present in written and oral form the outcome of reflexive analyses of one's own strategic competences.
In terms of learning ability:
- grasp the main evolutionary aspects of the discipline by identifying the main sources of updating (national and international scientific journals).


Trainers:
The course aims to give knowledge on the historical, epistemological and methodological-procedural fundamentals of teaching and skills in the design of participatory didactic actions able to favor the processes of inclusion.
Knowledge and understanding
- Know the historical, epistemological and methodological-procedural foundations of teaching;
- Understand the relationship between disciplinary content and educational organization.

Applying knowledge and understanding
- Identify the didactic actions able to favor the development of disciplinary and transversal skills;
- Identify the didactic actions able to favor the processes of inclusion.

Making judgements
- Design educational actions based on different evolutionary periods;
- Design educational actions aimed at improving learning contexts.

Communication skills
- Contribute to group work;
- Simulate educational actions.

Learning skills
- Analyze a problematic situation from several points of view;
- Be able to access the relevant scientific literature.