Università Roma Tre

PROGRAM
The first part of the course will analyze the concept of cooperation from an evolutionistic point of view and throughout educational processes, and in particular:
- the innate tendency in humans beings to cooperate: definition and basic psychological aspects of the cooperation
- Theoretical fundamentals of the educational praxis;
- The meaning of cooperation from a psychological perspective,
- Cooperation as the foundation for intergration and interculture.
The second part of the course will feature methods founded on the principles of cooperation:
- Practice sessions of cooperative learning in class;
- Management of difficult situations in training situations, according to the Gordon method;
- It is expected to use study guides for group projects, simulated and role playing, with the active participation of all the students, according to the principles of cooperative learning.

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GORDON T. (1991) INSEGNANTI EFFICACI, GIUNTI, FIRENZE.
TOMASELLO M. (2010), ALTRUISTI NATI, PERCHÉ COOPERIAMO FIN DA PICCOLI, BOLLATI BORINGHIERI, TORINO