SOCIAL AND INTERCULTURAL PEDAGOGY

The course aims to analyze the epistemological identity of social pedagogy in light of the ongoing debate, focusing in particular on its relationship with general pedagogy and developing itineraries for critical reflection on the most suitable models and strategies to respond to emerging needs in today's complex socio-political and cultural scenarios. To this end, particular attention will be paid to the promotion of new educational spaces based on dialogue and meeting and, ultimately, to a new idea of ​​citizenship.

Knowledge and understanding
- Know and understand the meaning of the crucial questions posed on the educational level by the multicultural configuration of the complex society
- Know and understand the biological and historical-cultural matrix of difference
- Know and understand the phenomenology of differences
- Know and understand the issues concerning the epistemology of social pedagogy
- Know and understand the meaning of interculture from an ecological perspective

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
- Know how to analyse the needs of the educational context with reference to gender and ethnicity issues
- Know how to design educational courses aimed at respecting and valuing differences

Autonomy of judgment
- Know how to analyse case studies taking into account the complex issues related to them
- Know how to analyse the same situation from multiple interpretative perspectives

Communication skills
- Know how to communicate the results of exercises and group activities carried out during the lessons to colleagues
- Know how to manage the different points of view and opinions during a comparison regarding the proposed topics or the choices to be made

Learning ability
- Know how to manage self-directed processes, both in traditional learning situations and in flipped mode, through which students transform their mental abilities into skills related to activities and practiced in this specific context

No prerequisites are required

-The complex society
-General pedagogy and social pedagogy
-Social pedagogy, as theory and practice of the educating society
-The emerging needs in the complex socio-political and contemporary cultural scenarios
-The phenomenology of differences (gender, individual, social, cultural)
-From the Cartesian approach (unity / diversity) to the dialogical one (unitas multiplex)
-The 'spaces' of meeting and dialo

M. Catarci, E. Macinai (2015). Le parole-chiave della Pedagogia interculturale. Firenze: ETS.
M. Striano (2020). Introduzione alla pedagogia sociale. Vignate (Milano): Laterza.

For attending students: oral discussion of the reference texts.

For non-attending students: oral discussion of the reference texts and delivery of the mandatory activities indicated by the teacher on the Moodle platform.
Fundamental components which constitute elements of evaluation that will be taken into consideration for the final exam, and which also contribute to a profitable learning experience are; classroom interaction, the relevance of contributions and commitment during the exercises on the proposed content, as well as enthusiasm towards active participation in discussion, and the moments of intermediate collegial review.

The course will adopt the "Partially Flipped Learning" approach and will be delivered in web-enhanced mode with the support of the University Moodle platform. Attendance is strongly recommended.

Italian

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion

Ca' Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development