SOCIAL AND INTERCULTURAL PEDAGOGY
- Academic year
- 2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- PEDAGOGIA SOCIALE E INTERCULTURALE
- Course code
- FT0536 (AF:357731 AR:257611)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- M-PED/03
- Period
- 3rd Term
- Course year
- 3
- Moodle
- Go to Moodle page
Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
The objectives of the teaching are: analyze the epistemological identity of social pedagogy in the light of the ongoing debate, focusing, in particular, on its relationship with general pedagogy and intercultural pedagogy; develop itineraries for critical reflection on the models and strategies most suitable for responding to emerging needs in complex contemporary socio-political and cultural scenarios; promote new educational spaces marked by dialogue, encounter and, ultimately, a new idea of citizenship.
Expected learning outcomes
- 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
Pre-requirements
Contents
-General pedagogy, social pedagogy and intercultural 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)
-Social sustainability
-From the Cartesian approach (unity / diversity) to the dialogical one (unitas multiplex)
-The 'spaces' of meeting and dialogue
Referral texts
Study texts are available on the moodle platform.
Assessment methods
For ATTENDING STUDENTS the discussion will focus on the REFERENCE TEXT and on an in-depth study path by the student.
Furthermore, the involvement of students in the classroom and online, the relevance of the interventions, the commitment during the exercises on the proposed contents, as well as the willingness to actively participate in the discussion and moments of intermediate collegial review are considered fundamental components for a profitable attendance and they constitute evaluation elements that contribute to the outcome of the final exam.
For NON ATTENDING STUDENTS the discussion will focus on the reference TEXTS and on the MATERIALS provided by the teacher and made available on the moodle platform. In particular, power points and the flipped material explicitly indicated are MANDATORY. All the others are to be considered OPTIONAL.
Teaching methods
Teaching language
Further information
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.
Type of exam
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals
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