The course’s objective is acquiring and consolidating knowledge concerning history of pedagogical ideas that have been expressed by some of the most important western authors between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. The aim is to make students aware that the history of past ideas is a fundamental tool for understanding present times.
Through the study of History of Pedagogy the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives:
1) In terms of knowledge and understanding, the awareness of the epistemological foundations of the history of pedagogical ideas
2) In terms of ability to apply the acquired knowledge, the ability to critically analyze the relationship between pedagogical ideas and different educational practices;
3) In terms of autonomy of judgment, the ability to evaluate how much of the past survives in present educational contexts;
4) In terms of learning and research abilities, to increase the knowledge of the most recent cognitive pathways in the field of history of pedagogy and education;
5) communication skills aimed at identifying and criticizing stereotypes and prejudices conveyed by pedagogical ideas, in order to facilitate their overcoming through educational practices.
Through the study of History of Pedagogy the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives:
1) In terms of knowledge and understanding, the awareness of the epistemological foundations of the history of pedagogical ideas
2) In terms of ability to apply the acquired knowledge, the ability to critically analyze the relationship between pedagogical ideas and different educational practices;
3) In terms of autonomy of judgment, the ability to evaluate how much of the past survives in present educational contexts;
4) In terms of learning and research abilities, to increase the knowledge of the most recent cognitive pathways in the field of history of pedagogy and education;
5) communication skills aimed at identifying and criticizing stereotypes and prejudices conveyed by pedagogical ideas, in order to facilitate their overcoming through educational practices.
teacher profile teaching materials
F. Cambi, le pedagogie del Novecento, Laterza, Bari, 1997
A.Gramsci, Quaderno del carcere n. 12. A cura di Chiara Meta, Edizioni Conoscenza, Roma, 2018.
C. Covato C. Meta, M. Ridolfi ( a cura di) Educazione e politica nell’Italia repubblicana, Roma Tre Press, 2023
Programme
The course will be articulated in a general part and a workshop part in the same semester. The general part will retrace, in the first semester, in a critical-reflective key, the history of cultural and educational processes with particular reference to the pedagogical currents of the twentieth century. It also aims to develop an in-depth understanding of the cultural and educational transformations of complex society and its educational institutions. Will also be taken into consideration more specific issues concerning the history of Republican Italy will be analyzed, particularly regarding the topics of school and education. The educational policy of the Italian governments from the 1950s onwards will be examined, as well as the various pedagogical currents that confronted each other to implement the constitutional mandate regarding a school "open to everyone" without distinction of class, gender, or religious belief.Core Documentation
F. Cambi, le pedagogie del Novecento, Laterza, Bari, 1997
A.Gramsci, Quaderno del carcere n. 12. A cura di Chiara Meta, Edizioni Conoscenza, Roma, 2018.
C. Covato C. Meta, M. Ridolfi ( a cura di) Educazione e politica nell’Italia repubblicana, Roma Tre Press, 2023
Attendance
The lessons will be held twice a week.Type of evaluation
The examination will be conducted in oral form