EDUCAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI CON LABORATORIO

Academic Year 2021/2022 - 2° Year - Curriculum Educatore sociale di comunita'
Teaching Staff Credit Value: 10
Scientific field: M-PED/01 - THEORIES AND SCIENCE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION
Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
Taught classes: 54 hours
Laboratories: 15 hours
Term / Semester:

Learning Objectives

  • EDUCAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI

    The aims of the discipline are:

    to acquire the specific language of the discipline;

    to recognize some elements of historical development of adult education (AE);

    to identify epistemological framework of AE;

    to identify main research topics;

    to identify contexts and methodologies for AE;

    to recognize international guidelines for AE.

  • Practice of Adult education

    The Laboratory is aimed at experimenting adult education practices in non-formal and informal contexts.

    Students will be guided to experiment methodologies for analyzing adult educational contexts and planning educational interventions


Course Structure

  • EDUCAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI

    The course is organised into lectures (about 40% of classroom hours) and classroom work based on active learning activities (60%). Students will be asked to re-elaborate the contents of the lessons, work in small groups, present the work done; report on case studies and on-field researches.

    During the classroom activities students will be able to actively work on the learning contents of the course. Lectures will alternate moments of group and individual work; guided study moments; presentation of the learning products that the students themselves will have prepared. These activities will be considered as formative assessment, aimed at allowing the student to self-assess the level of mastery of the contents.

    A written written exam is scheduled, to be held in November (the calendar will be agreed in October).

    Non-attending students can contact the teacher directly for clarification on the course contents. For Erasmus students there is the possibility of agreeing the exam program after an interview.

    Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

    Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

  • Practice of Adult education

    Starting from a case study, students will work in small groups on the topics presented by the teacher.

    The methodology will always be active and participatory.

    Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

    Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.


Detailed Course Content

  • EDUCAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI

    Elements of history of adult education in Europe

    From the campains against illiteracy in Italy to the Centers for Lifelong Learning of Adults in Italy

    Lifelong learning

    Adult Learning: some theories (transformative learning, experiential learning, andragogy)

    Adult Learning in the workplace. Continuing education

    Theories on adulthood

    Social inclusion: the pedagogy of the oppressed

  • Practice of Adult education

    Educational work with adults
    Elements of planning educational interventions for adults


Textbook Information

  • EDUCAZIONE DEGLI ADULTI

    Alberici, M., Imparare sempre nella società della conoscenza, Mondadori, Milano, 2002, pp. 1-33, 36-42; 63-120; 131-156 (no section 9.3); 161-178.

    Freire, P., Pedagogy of the oppressed, Continuum, London- New York, 2007

    Mezirow, J., Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series. Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 2000.

    Cerrocchi L., Dozza L. (a cura di), Contesti educativi per il sociale. Progettualità, professioni e setting per il benessere individuale e di comunità, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2018 e, in particolare:
    Elena Zizioli, Il carcere-cantiere: percorsi di responsabilizzazione per donne recluse, pp. 204-2013; I. Ricchi, Il SerDP e la Comunità terapeutica per tossicodipendenti, pp. 230-237 Barbara Bocchi, Il posto giusto per la persona: esperienze di inserimento lavorativo mirato, pp. 297-304; Laura Cerrocchi, I servizi residenziali per anziani, pp. 377-392.

  • Practice of Adult education

    Learning material will be provided by the teacher via STUDIUM or TEAMS