SPECIAL PEDAGOGY AND DIDACTICS OF INCLUSION

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION is a course included in the PF24CFU training course (Ministerial Decree 10.8.2017 n.616) for access to teaching in secondary school, in all subjects (area A: Pedagogy, Special Pedagogy and Didactics of Inclusion)

Knowledge and understanding: Understanding and mastering the constituent elements of the Pedagogy of inclusion: epistemology and terminology, problems and methods. To know the characteristics of learning of students with disabilities and with other types of difficulties; know the reference concepts of special teaching (integration and inclusion in schools, individualization and personalization of teaching, self-determination and quality of life, special educational needs (SEN) and obstacles to learning and participation, training success for all students).
Applying knowledge and understanding: know and be able to apply inclusive teaching strategies; know how to design and conduct inclusive interventions for students with special educational needs (SEN).
Making judgements: To articulate and critically expose the most current problems and the ethical implications inherent in the paths of school inclusion. Formulate and support solution proposals.
Communication: Use the communication principles of Transactional Analysis to activate support relationships for students with SEN, families, school communities and local organizations.
Lifelong learning skills: To develop learning from and in helping, supporting and formative care relationships, operating and interacting in the complexity of inclusive educational contexts.

The course can only be carried out by those with a qualification that allows them to teach in secondary school, and to students attending master's degree courses. Given the variety of university studies and the different teaching experiences of course participants, there are no conditions and access requirements.

- The epistemological status of pedagogy and teaching of inclusion: theoretical and methodological foundations. The concepts of insertion, integration and inclusion
- Disability in history. Between horror and marginalization, charity and hospitality, stereotypes and discrimination
- The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- From the functioning profile to the educational and training plans (PEI, PDP, life project)
- Universal design for learning and inclusive educational design
- The inclusive teaching strategies and the role of the class group
- The student with special educational needs in the classroom: the prospects of integration and inclusion
- The adolescent's difficult relationships with SEN. The interview in the helping relationship.

A) Cottini Lucio (2018), Didattica speciale e inclusione scolastica, Carocci Editore
B) Tessaro Fiorino (2021), Pedagogia e didattica dell'inclusione, Lecture notes, articles and videos (on the moodle platform)

- Online test with closed-ended questions on texts A and B (learning outcomes nr: 1).
- Written paper, with open answers - short essays, on texts A and B and on study materials indicated online (learning outcomes nr: 3).
- Case study: Analysis of an inclusive educational activity, with a short, critical-reflective relationship (learning outcomes nr: 2-3-4-5).

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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