Aims of the course - the teaching has as priority the development of the following knowledge and skills by students:
• seize the specificities of analyzing educational situations from different points of view (social, cultural, etc.) in order to take appropriate educational practices; analyze individual needs and the social, cultural and territorial context; plan and organize childcare services according to current legislation; plan and organize childcare services according to the needs of users and the territory; document, observe and collect information which allows an ecological and dynamic assessment; know theories, methodological and teaching skills related to the plan and organization of early childhood; know theories and skills related to the documentation and evaluation of care and early childhood education; know the role and function of educational agencies, with particular reference to families and to school; know how to use appropriate educational and teaching strategies and methodologies aimed at promoting each one's skills; know the role and function of the various services of the integrated education system; thing up, plan and evaluate educational interventions consistent with the needs of children in different contexts;
• know the potential of action research as a functional strategy to raise the quality of processes and educational / training outcomes; know the potential of action research as a functional strategy to the professional development of educators and teachers and organizational learning; seize the connection between educational leadership, the culture of autonomy and the culture of evaluation; connect quality and relevance of the information available to the quality of decisions at the level of macro-system, mesosistema and microeducational level; develop critical skills for the evaluation of the quality of educational paths dedicated to childhood; know how to plan educational project, formulate specific interventions for children; critically analyze the educational choices;



Description of the course
The course Organizzazione didattica e processi valutativi is carried out with interactive teaching methods and takes into account the connection that exists between the educational planning and the interventions carried out over time. The teaching explores some issues useful for defining the educational system between 0-6 years old. The key topics of the course are useful to design quality educational experiences, the curriculum, the educational relationship (adult-child, peer to peer and peer to adult), the space-time environment, the game. The course includes tools to identify information, design, documents and narrate the educational experience: concept maps, the interview, the questionnaire, the focus group, the logbook, the observation and exploration of the space.
The teaching illustrates the basic elements of planning for children from 0 to 3 years old and defines macro and micro-design formats. In the perspective of educational continuity and of the vertical curriculum, some quality practices and action research paths are presented in the framework of the First cycle of Education.

Books for the exam
- Anna Bondioli, Donatella Savio (2018).Educare l’Infanzia. Temi chiave per i servizi 0-6. Roma: Carocci.
- Emilia Restiglian (2012). Progettare al nido. Teorie e pratiche educative. Carocci: Roma.
- Giovanni Moretti (a cura di) (2003). Pratiche di qualità e ricerca-azione. Costruire la scuola dell’autonomia. Roma: Anicia.

The course aims to provide useful elements for the design, implementation and evaluation of educational and evaluative projects and interventions in educational contexts for children, through the use of appropriate educational and teaching strategies and methodologies aimed at the full development of potential, respecting the times and styles of growth and learning of each childe. It is also proposed to promote the use of IT tools and new technologies for the elaboration of an ePortfolio as a tool for the reflection and self-evaluation of the educational path of future educators.

Basic course: (4 UFC)
The lessons in presence will cover topics related to the following texts:
1. Catarsi E., Fortunati A. (2017). Educare al nido. Metodi di lavoro nei servizi per l’infanzia. Roma: Carocci
2. Mantovani S., Siva C., Freschi E. (2016). Didattica e nido d’infanzia. Metodi e pratiche d’intervento educativo. Parma: edizioni junior.


Online course: (2 UFC)

The online path consists of the construction activities of an ePortfolio on the Mahara platform platform

- ICT basic concepts: Algorithms and computation theory, Information encoding, Hardware, Software, Networks, communication and information technologies.
- Computer use: Operating systems, File system, Tools and Printing.
- Spreadsheet: Using excel, Cells, Managing spreadsheets, Arithmetic formula and functions, Text and number formatting, Graphs.
- Text processing: Using word, Creating and formatting documents, Objects, Mail merge, Printing.
- Presentations: Using powerpoint, Creating a presentation, Text, Shapes, Objects, Animations and transitions.

Further informations on the website http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/mezzini/teaching.html

Informatica di Base. Mauro Mezzini, Apogeo Education, Maggioli Editore, 2016

further information on the web http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/mezzini/teaching.html

The Course deals with the study of Youth Sports activity, the evaluation of motor efficiency and the didactic strategies for Motor Education. The Learner will concentrate on the use of the main training methods for different Motor Skills and for the improvement of Performance. At the end of the Course the student will able to choose and use the main Training Methods differentiating the load according to the type of sport and individual performance.

• Motor Learning
• Education and Motricity
• Motion and Motor Capacity
• Theory, Methodology and Didactics of Motor Activities
• The Design of Motor Activities
• The practice of motor activities
• Evaluation of Motor Activities
• Motor Activity ... for All

• Tafuri D., Metodi & Didattiche delle Attività Motorie. Idelson - Gnocchi, 2017.
• Tafuri D. ed al., Sport & Allenamento. Idelson – Gnocchi, 2018.

The course aims to offer a general overview of the main aspects of the contemporary world, with special regard to Italy and Europe. The course will underline the cultural history and especially the history of racism and the integration issues and challenges, relating to people coming from different cultures and religions. In line with the general goals of the CdS, the course will deepen the dynamics of inclusion/exclusion in Italy and Europe.

Per i frequentanti

- Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondadori, Firenze-Milano 2017
- Emidio Diodato, Valerio De Cesaris (a cura di), Il confine mediterraneo, Carocci 2018
- Valerio De Cesaris, Il grande sbarco, Guerini associati 2018

Per i non frequentanti

- Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier-Mondadori, Firenze-Milano
- Corrado Bonifazi, L' immigrazione straniera in Italia, Il Mulino 2007

e uno a scelta fra :

- Emidio Diodato, Valerio De Cesaris a cura di), Il confine mediterraneo, Carocci 2018
- Valerio De Cesaris, Il grande sbarco, Guerini associati 2018

The course aims to initiate students to the study of themes and problems of general Pedagogy, with particular attention to the pedagogical and educational reflection that emerged during the twentieth century. Some significant constructs of the pedagogical discourse, also related to the space-time context of early childhood, will be examined in depth, in comparison with the Socratic lesson: education and paideia, practice of care and self-care, ethics and moral action, communication and dialogic relationship .

Platone, Apologia di Socrate, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2005 (recommended edition);
L. Mortari, La pratica dell'aver cura, Bruno Mondadori, Roma 2006;
A. Porcheddu (a cura di), Zygmunt Bauman. Intervista sull'educazione. Sfide pedagogiche e modernità liquida, Anicia, Roma 2005.

Those wishing to take the exam with a different program than the standard one, are requested to agree with the teacher, at least 30 days before the date of appeal.

History, theoretical models and survey methods in the psychological research. Cognitive processes: perception, learning, memory, thought, language, intelligence. Affective dynamics: emotions and motivations. The personality: the dynamic approach and the other principal theories. Part of the program is dedicated to early childhood and to the applications to children's educational settings.

1) COON, D., MITTERER, J.O. (2016, Second Italian edition, Ed. Stefano Mastandrea). Psicologia generale. UTET, Torino (From the Chapter 2 only the paragraph 2.5 needs to be studied. Chapter 3 and 5 do NOT need to be studied).
2) MASTANDREA S. (2017). Psicologia della percezione. Carocci, Roma.

The course aims to develop students’ understanding of key concepts and basic principles of experimental educational research design and methodology, considering its ethical implications and reflecting on its philosophical underpinnings and quality. Students will be introduced to the main experimental research designs in the pedagogical field, to the construction of structured tests, to the use of educational technologies and to the main national and international surveys on ECEC. The course will deepen the techniques of construction, use and interpretation of the main tools and evaluation procedures for primary school, starting from the most recent theoretical events of sector research both at national and international level. The course is aimed at students who wish to refine their skills in the selection and administration of standardised tests, in the construction of original tests and in the interpretation of results for classroom assessment.

Foreseen knowledge obtained by the students at the end of the course “Foundations of Educational Research”:
- Knowledge and understanding: be able to know and understand the basic concepts of experimental research in the field of education; be able to know the theoretical and methodological foundations of evaluation in education.
- Applying knowledge and understanding: be able to analyse the main experimental research designs in the pedagogical field; be able to read and interpret the results of experimental research in the educational field.
- Making judgements: be able to distinguish between different approaches to experimental research in the field of education; be able to identify strengths and weaknesses of different methods that can be used in experimental research in the field of education.
- Communication skills: be able to explain the results of research to specialists and non-specialists.
- Learning skills: be able to demonstrate the skills necessary to undertake experimental research studies in education with a high degree of autonomy.

Part of the course is dedicated to early childhood and applications to educational contexts for children.

B. Vertecchi, Le parole per la scuola, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2012.

B. Vertecchi, G. Agrusti, B. Losito, Origini e sviluppo della ricerca valutativa, Milano, FrancoAngeli, 2010.

Further materials will be distributed on the course website.

The course aims to develop the professional skills necessary to implement integration in the educational context of the nursery school, in an inclusive dimension.
Through the development of the teaching design skills of an inclusive environment, the course proposes play and music as effective modalities for the learning and participation of all children.

- L. Chiappetta Cajola, Didattica del gioco e integrazione. Progettare con l’ICF, Carocci, Roma, 2012.
- L. Chiappetta Cajola, A. L. Rizzo, Musica e inclusione. Teorie e strategie didattiche, Carocci, Roma, 2016.
- S. Azzolin, E. Restiglian, Giocare con i suoni. Esperienze e scoperte nella prima infanzia, Carocci, Roma, 2013

The laboratory provides lectures and exercises, in groups and individuals, in presence and at a distance, on the use of observation of child behavior in educational contexts with the presentation of tools for the analysis and evaluation of communicative and linguistic development.

Aureli T., Perucchini P., Osservare e valutare il comportamento del bambino, il Mulino, Bologna 2014 (capitolo 2)
Other materials will be indicated during lectures.

BASICS STATISTICS (6 CFU)
Arguments considered are: frequency distributions, graphics, measure of central tendency (mean, mode, median), measure of dispersion (standard deviation, variance, variation coefficient), bivariate contingency tables, correlation analysis (covariance, correlation coefficient).

STATISTICS INTEGRATION (3 CFU)
Computation by Excel: statistical frequencies and percentages, tables, graphical representations, means and dispersion indices, covariance and correlation.

BASICS STATISTICS (6 CFU)
BOVE G., Slide delle lezioni del Corso base di Statistica, (available on-line).

MARELLA D., Esercizi e domande di riepilogo di Statistica. (available on-line).

CORBETTA P., GASPERONI G., PISATI M., Statistica per la ricerca sociale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2001.
CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS TO STUDY ON CORBETTA, GASPERONI E PISATI
Chap. 1: ALL Chap 2: ALL (EXCEPT: INDICE DI OMOGENEITÀ, Par. 6.) Chap 3: ALL (EXCEPT: Par. 4; Par 5.) Chap. 4: ALL Chap. 5: ALL (EXCEPT: Par. 2; Par 3; CHI-QUADRATO and V DI CRAMÉR; Subpar. 4.2; Subpar. 4.3 Subpar. 4.4; Par 5)

STATISTICS INTEGRATION (3 CFU)
Marella D., Dispensa sull''utilizzo di Excel, pdf manuscript available on-line.

The course is composed of two parts:
1) Basics Statistics (6 CFU)
2) Statistics (Integration) (3 CFU)

Basics Statistics (6 CFU)

Arguments considered are: frequency distributions, graphics, measure of central tendency (mean, mode, median), measure of dispersion (standard deviation, variance, variation coefficient), bivariate contingency tables, correlation analysis (covariance, correlation coefficient).

Statistics (Integration) (3 CFU)

Arguments considered are: computation by Excel of statistical frequencies and percentages, tables, graphical representations, means and dispersion indices, covariance and correlation.

Basic Statistics (6CFU)

BOVE G., Lectures slides a.a. 2016-17 will be available.

MARELLA D., Exercises a.a. 2016-17 will be available.

CORBETTA P., GASPERONI G., PISATI M., Statistica per la ricerca sociale, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2001.

Statistics (Integration) (3 CFU)

MARELLA D., Lectures slides on Excel a.a. 2016-17 will be available.

Study of the public administrations’ organization and operation, with particular regard to the scholastic and socio-educational sphere. Analysis of decision-making processes related to the social and cultural reality of the territories. Recognition of legislation concerning educational agencies. History, theory and practice of public authorities. Evaluation of public policies at local level. Institutional relationships between the State and the associated organizations. Legal framework for interventions aimed at promoting social inclusion and preventing distress and social bias. Administrative rules and sources of the law: Article 117 of the Italian Constitution.

T. Groppi - A. Simoncini, Introduzione allo studio del diritto pubblico e delle sue fonti, Giappichelli editore, 2017;
V. Lopilato, Manuale di diritto amministrativo, Giappichelli editore, 2018;
Lecture notes by the teacher about the regulatory sources of public administration's activity.