Acquire/improve the ability to understand written and oral French texts related to Education issues, as well as the ability to read aloud, the knowledge of linguistic tools for the reworking of content and the proper production of simple written and oral French texts. Increased motivation and skills for cooperation, comparison and planning in French-speaking contexts.
With the study of French Language the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and comprehension:
- to know the grammatical, phonetic and syntactic structures of the French language;
- to know the main educational contexts of the French language area.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- use the French language for the understanding and production of texts;
- use the French language for the main communicative exchanges.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- be able to evaluate and use text materials in French independently;
- be able to select and manage interpersonal relationships in the field of education.
In terms of communication skills:
- understanding and production of written and oral texts in French;
- managing group and collaborative activities in French.
In terms of learning ability:
- Gain autonomy in self-learning of French-language vocabulary and content on educational issues;
- Improve the ability to select French language content on the basis of specific educational objectives.

The aim is to provide a mainly pragmatic introductory approach to English language learning, paying particular attention to the cultural specificity of certain types of text. The main objective is to stimulate reflection on some specialist languages of English, including communication.
With the study of English the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and comprehension:
- to know the grammatical, phonetic and syntactic structures of the English language;
- to know the main educational contexts of the English language area.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- use the English language for comprehension and production of texts;
- use the English language for the main communication exchanges.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- be able to evaluate and use independently text materials in English;
- be able to select and manage interpersonal relationships in the field of education.
In terms of communication skills:
- understanding and production of written and oral texts in English;
- English language management of group and collaborative activities.
In terms of learning ability:
- Gain autonomy in self-directed vocabulary and English language content on educational issues;
- Improve the ability to select English language content on the basis of specific educational objectives.

The course allows to acquire a) theoretical knowledge and basic operational skills in the fields of pedagogy and education and training sciences to analyze social, cultural and territorial realities and to develop, implement and manage educational interventions and projects; b) intervention, planning and training skills in the fields of early childhood and school and extracurricular education, with reference to the issues of integration of migrants and intercultural education.
With the study of Intercultural Pedagogy the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- the critical knowledge and understanding of the historical, epistemological and methodological foundations of the discipline.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- To analyse the best educational practices of intercultural education in the school and extracurricular context.
In terms of autonomy of judgment:
- ability to analyse a problematic situation from different points of view;
- ability to reconstruct the causes that determined a certain problematic situation, also attributing them relative weights appropriately differentiated.
In terms of communication skills:
- prevent and mediate conflicts;
- adopt a positive attitude based on open-mindedness and extroversion.
In terms of learning ability:
acquire the learning skills necessary for cultural growth, for professional development and updating and to undertake new studies with a high degree of autonomy.

The aim of the Special Pedagogy course is to provide students with in-depth knowledge of some relevant issues of the discipline: a) the history and evolution of Special Pedagogy (epistemological dimension); b) research in the perspective of Special Pedagogy; c) the debate on the ongoing transformation of the Italian educational system from the model of integration to the model-system of inclusion; d) the evolution of school policies referring to people defined with Special Educational Needs; e) school and social inclusion as a litmus test of cultures, policies and practices in our society; f) the social position of disabled people within society; g) the social representations of diversity and disability mediated by art (in particular by literature and cinema).
By studying the Special Pedagogy Course the student will be able to achieve the following educational objectives.
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge and understanding of the salient aspects of the History of Education for the Disabled;
- knowledge and understanding of the evolution of Special Pedagogy from its beginnings to its present day;
- knowledge and understanding of the contribution of Special Pedagogy to Educational Research;
- knowledge and understanding of the current state of the school and educational system with regard to inclusive processes;
- knowledge and understanding of social phenomena related to disability and diversity, including through the use of narrative mediators.
In terms of application of knowledge and understanding:
- ability to identify synchronously the salient stages in the history of disability education;
- ability to analyse, on a diachronic level, the elements of past models still operating in the present;
- ability to connect the different analysis plans proposed: historical, epistemological, normative, socio-cultural;
- ability to identify the problematic nodes emerging from the interaction of the different perspectives analyzed;
- ability to identify the implications and operational consequences in the field of education.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- ability to produce a personal and original critical analysis of the topics dealt with, placing it in the current socio-cultural context and in reference to the profession of educator.
In terms of communication skills:
- be able to discuss - even in a virtual environment (forum) - the issues covered, supporting their positions with facts, personal experiences, significant considerations;
- be able to carry out analysis and synthesis of the topics dealt with, both through personal exposure and through networking;
- be able to argue in an original way the personal elaboration of the topics dealt with.
In terms of learning ability:
- demonstrate openness and interest in the topics covered;
- be willing to investigate the repercussions that the issues raised in the analysis may have on the personal repertoire of knowledge, expectations, values and beliefs;
- demonstrate active involvement and participation in collective reflection and analysis;
- show a degree of ability to transfer the topics dealt with to the professional reality.

The teaching proposes a recognition of the themes of cultural and social anthropology: from the overcoming of the“race” and of every form of exclusion and discrimination; to the concept of culture through the relativism/ethnocentrism debate; in the complexity of ethnic identity, with the analysis of the historic process of diversity to the sociocultural realities of globalization, as migration, gender and body, together with new parental and family realities.
- Knowledge and understanding:
will become familiar with the basic concepts of social cultural anthropology, knowing the different interpretative theories of socio-cultural phenomena related to diversity.
- Applying knowledge and understanding:
it will be able to orient itself critically between the different representations of cultural plurality, reconstructing its historical-anthropological paths and analyzing its contradictions.
- Applying knowledge and understanding:
it will be able to orient itself critically between the different representations of cultural plurality, reconstructing its historical-anthropological paths and analyzing its contradictions.
- Communication skills:
on diversity it will be able to distinguish the plan of rhetoric from that of empirical research

Promote in students the knowledge about the empirical-experimental methodologies used in educational research in order to develop basic skills for the recognition and detection of the variables that influence and co-determine educational phenomena. In detail, the following learning objectives are described:
- Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of empirical research methods in education.
- Ability to apply knowledge and development of critical ability
Understanding, planning and implementing empirical research in education
Learn to evaluate and use the results of empirical studies and evaluate an empirical research plan.

The teaching of Adult Education aims to develop the acquisition of knowledge about the new paradigms of Adult Education in the perspective of lifelong learning. It therefore has as objectives:
1. To provide students with historical, theoretical and methodological knowledge related to adult education.
2. To develop skills and competences in the field of professions related to adult education, with particular attention to the acquisition of qualitative methods aimed at the development of human resources.
3. To promote the study of literature related to adult education.
With the study of Adult Education the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
In terms of knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge and understanding of the theoretical, historical, epistemological and methodological dimensions of adult education in the perspective of lifelong learning.
In terms of ability to apply knowledge and understanding:
- problem solving skills related to learning processes, activities and adult education pathways;
- ability to investigate and organize complex problems and information in different contexts and according to appropriate methodologies for the facilitation of learning, the design and implementation of training processes aimed at the development of human resources.
In terms of autonomy of judgement:
- ability to analyse and elaborate theories, processes and data related to adult education;
- ability to assess the quality of training processes and projects in different contexts.
In terms of communication skills:
- ability to express in a critical and systematic way arguments related to the theories and processes of Adult Education;
- communicative and relational skills functional to the facilitation of educational processes and to the development of adult competences.
In terms of learning skills:
- ability to exercise critical and metariflexive functions with regard to knowledge related to adult education and one's own learning ability;
- self-direction in learning and the use of context resources for this purpose.

Design, organize and evaluate measures for promotion, entertainment and reading comprehension and enjoyment of reading; know the cognitive, affective and emotional components involved in reading; assess the quality of the books in relation to children’s cognitive development; build reading comprehension tests on different types of text; understand the variety of reading practices in multimedia environments and conduct shared reading experiences; become better aware of the relationship between reading, writing, listening, telling and building of personal identity; understand the main features of the shared read and appreciate it in different educational contexts; communicate effectively, face to face and through the network with colleagues of the course, with the tutors and the teacher.


By the study of "Teaching of Reading" the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.
Knowledge and understanding ...
- understand the cognitive, affective and emotional components involved in reading;
- understand the variety of reading practices in multimedia environments and conduct shared reading experiences.
Applying knowledge and understanding …
- plan, organize and evaluate measures for promotion, entertainment and reading comprehension and enjoyment of reading;
- build reading comprehension tests on different types of text.
Making judgements …
- assess the quality of the books in relation to children’s cognitive development;
- become better aware of the relationship between reading, writing, listening, telling and building of personal identity.
Communication skills …
- communicate effectively, face to face and through the network with colleagues of the course, with the tutors and the teacher;
- share readings, considerations, personal or produced in the working group papers.
Learning skills …
- be able to observe the contexts in which they operate and to reflect critically on the dynamics that characterize them;
- be able to collaborate on the development of an online learning “narrative community” that makes more meaningful the understanding of the topics covered.

The teaching proposes a recognition of the themes of cultural and social anthropology: from the overcoming of the“race” and of every form of exclusion and discrimination; to the concept of culture through the relativism/ethnocentrism debate; in the complexity of ethnic identity, with the analysis of the historic process of diversity to the sociocultural realities of globalization, as migration, gender and body, together with new parental and family realities.
- Knowledge and understanding:
will become familiar with the basic concepts of social cultural anthropology, knowing the different interpretative theories of socio-cultural phenomena related to diversity.
- Applying knowledge and understanding:
it will be able to orient itself critically between the different representations of cultural plurality, reconstructing its historical-anthropological paths and analyzing its contradictions.
- Applying knowledge and understanding:
it will be able to orient itself critically between the different representations of cultural plurality, reconstructing its historical-anthropological paths and analyzing its contradictions.
- Communication skills:
on diversity it will be able to distinguish the plan of rhetoric from that of empirical research

Promote in students the knowledge about the empirical-experimental methodologies used in educational research in order to develop basic skills for the recognition and detection of the variables that influence and co-determine educational phenomena. In detail, the following learning objectives are described:
- Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of empirical research methods in education.
- Ability to apply knowledge and development of critical ability
Understanding, planning and implementing empirical research in education
Learn to evaluate and use the results of empirical studies and evaluate an empirical research plan.