Università Roma Tre

Programme of the Basic Module
The course provides tools for a pedagogical analysis of the work dimension from a socio-economic and educational point of view. Particular attention will be given to educational issues (employability, placement, apprenticeship) and to the relationship between learning and knowledge, laying emphasis on the construct of communities of practice in professional contexts and on Diversity Management. The course is divided into three modules of 10 hours each for a total of 30 hours and includes lectures alternating with moments of educational planning and case studies.


Area 1
• Education and Social Work: epistemic contexts and methods of analysis
• Work in its social and organizational development with particular emphasis on the pedagogical dimension also from a historical point of view
• The issue of skills as a tool to describe the job training from a formative point of view
• Career guidance: socio-educational vocational integration of graduates (placement) and recruitment, with a through reading of the apprenticeship school
• Human development and educational development: the capabilities approach

Area 2
• The aim of the intercultural dimension of education and social work
• The “Diversity Management”
• Cases of diversity management (Unicredit, Vodafone, Finmeccanica)

Area 3
• The theme of community with a socio-pedagogical approach
• Communities of practice as a management tool and knowledge sharing
• The paradigm of “cultivation” of communities of practice in some experiences of lifelong learning

Testi di riferimento
• Alessandrini G. (2004), Pedagogia delle risorse umane e delle organizzazioni, Guerini, Milano (prima parte)
• Alessandrini G. (2014), Apprendistato, Competenze e prospettive di Occupabilità, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (prima e terza parte)
• Alessandrini G. & De Natale M.L. (2015), Il dibattito sulle competenze: quale prospettiva pedagogica?, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (prima & terza parte) (in corso di pubblicazione)

Un testo a scelta tra:
• Alessandrini G. (2010), Formare al management delle diversità: valori, nuove competenze e apprendimenti nell'impresa, Guerini, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2013), La formazione al centro dello sviluppo umano. Crescita, lavoro, formazione, Giuffrè, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2014), La “pedagogia” di Martha Nussbaum. Approccio alle capacità e sfide educative, Franco Angeli, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2015), Canoni formativi nella pratica, Carocci, Roma (in corso di pubblicazione)

Un testo a scelta tra:
• Alessandrini G. (2007), Comunità di pratica e società della conoscenza, Carocci, Roma
• Alessandrini G., Pignalberi C. (2012), Le sfide dell’educazione oggi, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
• Alessandrini G., Pignalberi C. (2011), Comunità di pratica e Pedagogia del lavoro. Voglia di comunità in azienda, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce

Per i non frequentanti, un testo a scelta tra:
 Alessandrini G. (2005), Manuale per l’esperto dei processi formativi, Carocci, Roma (seconda parte)
 Alessandrini G. (2010), Comunità di pratica e Pedagogia del lavoro: un nuovo cantiere per un lavoro a misura umana, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
 Alessandrini G., D’Agnese V. (2013), L’apprendimento permanente e lo sviluppo del territorio, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce

Laboratorio Formazione e Sviluppo Organizzativo
Consultare la bacheca on line del docente (Prof. Domenico Lipari)

Informazioni per studenti stranieri:
Gli studenti stranieri possono sostituire i testi consigliati con altri, previa discussione con il titolare della cattedra.
Sarà possibile anche svolgere Project Work ad hoc sui temi del corso utilizzando fonti nella lingua madre dello studente

Knowledge and understanding
Students should also show understanding of the fundamental issues of contemporaneity (the discussion about the “end” of work, the new “cultures” of work, the deconstruction processes related to globalization, flexible forms of work and precariousness, etc.).
Applying knowledge and understanding
Students must show ability to apply their knowledge and understanding in reference to a professional approach (especially regarding some areas of theoretical and methodological principles such as “models” of skills, the approach to the community of practice, the processes of professional needs analysis, etc..). Students will develop knowledge and understanding regarding theoretical models and empirical coordination processes applied in organizations (in different versions from those applied in the government to those which can be found in great and small businesses) regarding personnel selection, career development, resource assessment and leadership management.
Making judgments
Students will know how to find several sources of reference to develop insights – also through a personal approach- about the subject.
Communication skills
Students will deal with empirical fields of study and with the application through the methodology of cases analysis, of focus groups, of workshops, etc.. Also referring to opportunities for participation and exchange with external witnesses, developing autonomous skills to apply the models and practices developed in the professional field.
Learning skills
Students will also be able to develop learning skills (information gathering and reliable web and bibliographic sources search), in view of further discussion and elaboration of an independent research on issues including border topics (new media and work, forms of work and cooperative networking, organizational learning, etc.).

Programme of the Basic Module
The course provides tools for a pedagogical analysis of the work dimension from a socio-economic and educational point of view. Particular attention will be given to educational issues (employability, placement, apprenticeship) and to the relationship between learning and knowledge, laying emphasis on the construct of communities of practice in professional contexts and on Diversity Management. The course is divided into three modules of 10 hours each for a total of 30 hours and includes lectures alternating with moments of educational planning and case studies.



Area 1
• Education and Social Work: epistemic contexts and methods of analysis
• Work in its social and organizational development with particular emphasis on the pedagogical dimension also from a historical point of view
• The issue of skills as a tool to describe the job training from a formative point of view
• Career guidance: socio-educational vocational integration of graduates (placement) and recruitment, with a through reading of the apprenticeship school
• Human development and educational development: the capabilities approach

Area 2
• The aim of the intercultural dimension of education and social work
• The “Diversity Management”
• Cases of diversity management (Unicredit, Vodafone, Finmeccanica)

Area 3
• The theme of community with a socio-pedagogical approach
• Communities of practice as a management tool and knowledge sharing
• The paradigm of “cultivation” of communities of practice in some experiences of lifelong learning

Reference books

• Alessandrini G. (2004), Pedagogia delle risorse umane e delle organizzazioni, Guerini, Milano (prima parte)
• Alessandrini G. (2014), Apprendistato, Competenze e prospettive di Occupabilità, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (prima e terza parte)
• Alessandrini G. & De Natale M.L. (2015), Il dibattito sulle competenze: quale prospettiva pedagogica?, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (prima & terza parte) (in corso di pubblicazione)

Books of your choice (One book):
• Alessandrini G. (2010), Formare al management delle diversità: valori, nuove competenze e apprendimenti nell'impresa, Guerini, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2013), La formazione al centro dello sviluppo umano. Crescita, lavoro, formazione, Giuffrè, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2014), La “pedagogia” di Martha Nussbaum. Approccio alle capacità e sfide educative, Franco Angeli, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2015), Canoni formativi nella pratica, Carocci, Roma (in corso di pubblicazione)

Books of your choice (One book):
• Alessandrini G. (2007), Comunità di pratica e società della conoscenza, Carocci, Roma
• Alessandrini G., Pignalberi C. (2012), Le sfide dell’educazione oggi, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
• Alessandrini G., Pignalberi C. (2011), Comunità di pratica e Pedagogia del lavoro. Voglia di comunità in azienda, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce

Books of your choice (One book for non- attending Students):
 Alessandrini G. (2005), Manuale per l’esperto dei processi formativi, Carocci, Roma (seconda parte)
 Alessandrini G. (2010), Comunità di pratica e Pedagogia del lavoro: un nuovo cantiere per un lavoro a misura umana, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
 Alessandrini G., D’Agnese V. (2013), L’apprendimento permanente e lo sviluppo del territorio, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce

Laboratory Training and Organizational Development
Refer to the online bulletin board of the teacher (Prof. Domenico Lipari).