A HERMENEUTICAL APPROACH TO TRAINING PRACTICES (2014/2015)

Learning outcomes

The course aims at:
- providing students with a general overview on hermeneutics as a critical theory about the action of understanding and interpreting narrative texts;
- helping students to know the main features of hermeneutic research on training practices through some examples
- helping students to analyze educational practices in literature and in texts collected on the field

The course will deal with the following topics:
- hermeneutics as a critical theory about the action of understanding and interpreting narrative texts
- educational and training practice as a text to be interpreted
- analyzing educational practices as translating and putting the sense in words
- analyzing educational practices starting from literary texts

Bibliography:
Affinati E. (2014), Vita di vita, Mondadori, Milano.
Affinati E. (2008), La Città dei Ragazzi, Mondadori, Milano.
McCourth F. (2005), Teacher Man, Green Pril Corp.
Pennac D. (2008), Diario di scuola, Feltrinelli, Milano.
Williams J. (2012), Stoner, Fazi editore, Roma.

Course activities:
- teacher’s lectures. Students active participation will be fostered.
- Group activities on literary texts.
Students have to consult the Syllabus on the teacher’s personal page.

Oral exam. Further details will be provided at the beginning of the course (Syllabus). The assessment will also include an evaluation of a student’s personal written work to be approved by the teacher.