Università Roma Tre

The course will analyze the concepts of cooperation, from the first manifestations of cooperative behavior that can be observed spontaneously in early childhood up to the promotion of cooperative dynamics in educational and training interventions at later ages. In particular, the lessons, after an introduction dedicated to interpersonal motivational systems, will focus on the psychological mechanisms underlying prosocial and cooperative behaviors and on the role that such behaviors play as the foundation of integration and interculturality. Furthermore, methods to concretely improve dialogue and effectively manage conflicts will also be analyzed. The course will end with the presentation of the constitutive elements of the interventions in the educational and training contexts.

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