Fundamentals of chemistry and environment education - Educazione ambientale (2014/2015)

Learning outcomes

COURSE CONTENT
It’s an educational path about environmental education, that will lead to a new way to see reality and to an idea of personal wellness.
“Tale educazione non coincide solo con l’insegnamento delle scienze naturali, né si limita a fornire nozioni riguardo all’ecologia, ma , pur comprendendo tutto ciò, deve proporsi come un’alfabetizzazione nuova, l’alfabetizzazione ecologica che tocca più o meno da vicino i contenuti e le metodologie di molte discipline.” ( Vanna Iori in “ Pedagogia al limite” pag.221 – La Nuova Italia -)

AIM OF THE COURSE
The course offers a pedagogical education to develop innovative approaches about environment, valuing local resources and examining different aspects:
perceptive- sensorial
cognitive
emotional
aesthetic
moral.

AIM OF THE COURSE
The course offers a pedagogical education to develop innovative approaches about environment, valuing local resources and examining different aspects:
perceptive- sensorial
cognitive
emotional
aesthetic
moral


COURSE PROGRAMME
The course work starts from the students’ previous knowledge, then it will develop, according to a multi-dimensional approach, to explore the following contents:
cultural root of problems related to environment education;
environment education problems;
evolution of educational research in the field of environment education;
open perspective of research;
basis for an ecological education.


BOOKS
Luigina Mortari, Ecologicamente pensando – Cultura ambientale e processi formativi, Edizioni Unicopli, Milano1998
Duccio Demetrio, La religiosità della terra – Una fede civile per la cura del mondo, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano 2013 (solo i capp. 2 - 5 – 8 – 9 )
Online booklet.
Other materials will be available during the lessons.

METHODOLOGY
There will be lectures, outings and workshops to exchange opinions that will become the leading ideas of the topic.
The course will be divided in:
analysis of previous knowledge;
theory lessons;
outings in natural environments (at least 2);
workshops to exchange ideas:
films / documentaries’ analysis;
writing a diary about personal feelings and ideas.

EVALUATION METHODS
Evaluation will be different:
for attending students: preparation of a draft to be discussed on the basis of personal reflection written on the diary.
For non-attending students: written exam to test the knowledge and the skills learned.




Please contact the teacher at the following e-mail:

marisa.bonafini@unipd.it
marisa.bonafini@univr.it
marisa.bonafini@libero.it