History of Pedagogy (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00756
Name of lecturer
Mario Gecchele
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
M-PED/02 - HISTORY OF PEDAGOGY AND EDUCATION
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. I B dal Nov 12, 2007 al Dec 20, 2007.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Meeting authors and texts of researchers which have offered their reflections on the educational events, that have constituted the human reality for a long time, intends to contribute to the overcoming of the risk of a formation too much technical and concentrated on the professionalism, without a suitable comparison with the world of the personal and civic values, as they are introduced in to evolve some historical situations.

Syllabus

The history of the pedagogy in its various authors and in its tendencies of thought, mainly of the Twentyth Century. The thought and the work of J. Dewey with the close examination of his principal pedagogic work, Democracy and education.

The lessons in direct form can be alternated with reading and comment of documents and possible seminars of close examination.


Texts for the examination:
F. Cambi, Le pedagogie del Novecento, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2005.
J. Dewey, Democrazia ed educazione, Sansoni, Milano, 2004.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test with opened answer questions.

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