Corso di laurea magistrale in Scienze pedagogiche

 

The course is designed to develop students' knowledge of models and italian educational institutions between the 19th and 20th century. Students will be introduced to the most up-to-date methods of historiographical research, which emphasize the need to rediscover the "material culture".

 

Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the course, the student should:  

- be able to identify the main developments in Italian schools policy over the nineteenth and twentieth centures, with particular reference to primary education and teacher training.

- understand changes in educational institutions as a form of intervention arising in response to broader social needs.

- be familiar with the sources that contribute to reconstructing the material culture of schools (subjects, text books, learning aids). 

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

-  The ability to apply theoretical-conceptual knowledge and interpretative models to the direct analysis of sources and documents;

- The ability to independently and critically develop the competences acquired through the program by drawing on personal resources and aptitudes.

Independent judgement

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:  

- develop interpretive hypotheses

- use and compare different sources. 

Communication skills

- The ability to write up research projects, while clearly and effectively stating their goals, assumptions, methodology and results

- Mastery of dicipline-specific terminology.

Ability to learn

- Acquisition of independent learning strategies with a view to broadening knowledge base and flexibly reworking it to meet personal study and research needs;

- Acquisition of complex knowledge and new competences through reflecting on and analysing research and educational practice, including in light of the existing Italian and international academic literature.

 

Compatibly with the evolution of the health situation and with the national laws and prescriptions of the University of Turin, the lessons, lasting a total of 54 hours (9 credits), will take place in the classroom with the help of multimedia materials; some lessons will be dedicated to the analysis, in small groups, of documentary sources. The group work of the students will be privileged, also in view of the preparation of the exam.

Visits to some local institutions are planned.

The course will however be available online by means of materials uploaded on the University platform by the teacher and the lessons recorded.

 

Assessment is via a 90 minute written examination (open-ended questions with predefined answer spaces) designed to test students' learning, mastery of key concepts, ability to use discipline-appropriate language, and capacity to interpret and summarize course content.

Students attending lessons regularly  may choose to develop a proposed topic, the positive results will make up a part of the final exam.

Inserire qui il testo in inglese (massimo 4000 caratteri). Non eliminare l’indicazione “English” tra le parentesi quadre; è necessaria per la creazione dell’etichetta di visualizzazione del testo in inglese. Una volta inseriti i testi eliminare queste indicazioni in modo che non risultino visibili agli studenti. 

 

The programme is composed of two parts.

First part:

The history of the school between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with particular reference:

- to legislation;

- the birth and characteristics of institutions for students with disabilities;

- programs and methods;

- school textbooks and teacher guides.

Second part: 

The history of Italian educational and welfare institutions of the 19th and 20th centuries with specific attention to:

- the correlation between the concepts of guilt, punishment and re-education;

- analysis and comparison between the different models of re-education and imprisonment;

- the presentation of the educational systems conceived in relation to the different characteristics of the prison population (men, women, young people);

- the reconstruction of significant experiences promoted in the Turin area.

 

1. Mario Gecchele, Momenti di storia dell'istruzione in Italia, Pensa Multimedia, 2014

 2. A text a choise between:

Anna Ascenzi, Roberto Sani, Oscuri martiri, eroi del dovere : memoria e celebrazione del maestro elementare attraverso i necrologi pubblicati sulle riviste didattiche e magistrali nel primo secolo dell'Italia unita (1861-1961), Milano, Franco Angeli, 2016.

Juri Meda, Mezzi di educazione di massa. Saggi di storia della cultura materiale tra XIX e XX secolo, Milano, Angeli, 2016. 

Paolo Alfieri, Immagini dei nostri maestri. Memorie di scuola nel cinema e nella televisione dell'Italia del Novecento, Roma, Armando, 2019. 

Davide Montino, Bambini penna e calamaio. Esempi di scritture infantili e scolastiche in Italia in età contemporanea, Roma, Aracne, 2007.