Adult Education (2007/2008)

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Course code
4S00720
Name of lecturer
Silvia Blezza
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Academic sector
M-PED/01 - PEDAGOGY, THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL EDUCATION
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. I B dal Nov 12, 2007 al Dec 20, 2007.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

This course, through an interdisciplinary approach, purposes to offer the most important theoretical concepts about Adult Education, in order to explore its research tools and its epistemological statute, with a relationship between theory and practical work.

Syllabus

The semester’s themes are:
the learning society; lifelong learning; the espistemological aspects, objectives and areas of Adult Education; international recommendations and documents of Adult Education; adult life between stability and change; process, strategies and ethical dimension of interpersonal communication; the competencies for the role of professional educationist.

Texts for exam:
Mandatory for everybody:
1) P. Roveda, Progetto esistenziale e ricerca di significato, a cura di Silvia Blezza Picherle, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 2005 (excluding theological paragraphs).
2) S. Tramma, L’educatore imperfetto. Senso e complessità del lavoro educativo, Carocci, Milano 2003.
3) S. Blezza Picherle, Competenze comunicative ed esperienze educative (duplicated articles from reviews).

For student who do not attend the course is also required this book:
S. Tramma, Educazione degli Adulti, Guerini & Associati, Milano, 1997.

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam consists of two-hours’ written text based on argumentative and reflexive open-questions.

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