Università Roma Tre

Problems and methods of research in education.
The course has the following objectives:
- present the basic concepts of research in education;
- distinguish between judgment based on common sense and scientific appraisal;
- critically approach words and concepts from the language of education;
- identify the main forms of deduction and induction;
- define a problem;
- formulate hypotheses;
- establish critical approaches to revise the hypotheses;
- select problem solving procedures;
- define decision-making processes;
- evaluate risks in the decision-making processes;
- acquire the theoretical and methodological bases of empirical research;
- acquire the theoretical, methodological and technical bases of evaluation in education.


Title: Reading Rousseau’s Emile. Contents and style.

Educational goals: 3 CFU

• Promote a reflective approach to the reading of a classical text on education;
• identify, in its style, the aspects relating to the building up of the themes;
• make out the main rhetorical figures and their effects;
• reflect on the innovative aspects of Rousseau’s work;
• argue in a coherent way on one ‘s own position in relation to Rousseau’s main ideas;
• write correctly and convincingly on some specific issues raised by Rousseau.