General objectives and competencies in output, defined as knowledge, skills, abilities (Dublin descriptors)
Students must show organic knowledge, coherently organized, in the field of fundamental theoretical frameworks of the discipline (the main pedagogical theories and approaches with particular reference to the contemporaneity). Students must show knowledge of the international debate on general education regarding in particular the analysis of complex society and post-modernity and the new questions posed to education by European policies.

Knowledge and understanding
Problematizations understanding of the key issues (the theme of education in contrast to the growth of inequality, the relationship between authority and freedom, the central position of the student, denotative characteristics of the “growth-oriented person” process, opposing theoretical approaches in the interpretation of adults training (such as personalism, the hermeneutics, etc..), the role of society – in its several systems and interaction processes – with the spheres of teaching, in reference to the scenarios and the interpretive perspectives of the late modernity (capability approach and human development).

Applying knowledge and understanding
Students must show ability to apply their knowledge and understanding with reference to a professional approach, emphasizing problem solving skills, knowing how to communicate issues, ideas and operating approaches, even dealing with specific study areas (family, micro-and macro-systems, etc.). Students will apply their knowledge to the reading of texts, the description and interpretation of social and multicultural contexts, the analysis of projects and initiatives that promote the development of individual and social learning processes even within communities, the school and the world of work.
Making judgments
Students should be able to argue autonomously about key issues of general education with reference to interpretive perspectives of the contemporary society.
Communication skills
Students will be able to develop various forms of (oral and written) Communication in group teaching situations.
Learning skills
Students will also be able to develop learning skills (information gathering and reliable web and bibliographic sources search), in view of further discussion and elaboration of an independent research.

THE SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING THE FOUR LANGUAGE SKILLS TO REACH LEVEL A2 OF COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES.
THE COURSE WILL BE REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES WITH THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. IN PARTICULAR, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL LANGUAGES IN THE LEARNING OF EUROPEAN LANGUAGES, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN ITALIAN AND SPANISH LANGUAGES. WE WILL ALSO WORK ON READING AND TRANSLATION WORK IN HOUSE AIMED AT IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING AND LINGUISTIC PRODUCTION.

The course aims to cover the milestones in the history of the school Italian Unit today. In particular will be addressed issues related to the history of legal and administrative institutions school, but also issues relating to the social dimension Literacy and educational experiences to. The student will also be called to deal with the major school-educational-pedagogical theories emerged during the period under review.

having knowledge of gender prejudice and steretypes in reference to modern and contemporary education.

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.

Italian emigration will also be discussed as element of comprehension for the situation of immigrants today. Intercultural projects in Rome will be analysed as well.

The formative objectives of the French course is to improve students’ French level through the study and the elaboration of complex texts, especially about educational topics. The students must have acquired, at the end of the course, a good pronunciation of French and the basic knowledge of grammar, lexicon and syntax; they must, through these competencies, be able to understand and use some texts about topics of education studies, written and oral.

The educational path aims at making students already possessing a pre-intermediate/intermediate language level consolidate their skills, globally responding to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level B1/B2 (see European Language Portfolio at http://www.coe.int/portfolio). The tasks proposed will refer to the practicing of the main linguistic constructions, the formulation of complex phrases, the enrichment of specialized vocabulary. In particular, activities will focus on ESP for HR and Socio-pedagogical Sciences.

The course is aiming at attaining the basic notion of labour law and industrial relations and the competence of the most relevant legal features for the administration and development of human resources.

The seminar aims:
- to contribute to develop knowledge and understanding of the new paradigm of Adult Education in the LLL perspective,-
- to promote analysis and understanding abilities concerning Adult Education literature

From school- professional guidance to lifelong guidance. Characteristics of carreer guidance for adults. The concept of Carreer Guidance.

To know the differences among various typologies of tools, software, app on desktop and mobile (pc, smartphone, tablet, cloud computing).
To analyze the logics of hypertext, multimedia, personalization/customization and to know the most tools for online content curation and productivity.
To know and to use the most used e-learning platforms.
To examine in depth the evolution of social media, social networking and social reading.

To Provide a body of knoledge on the fundamental elements of public law, on the Italian constitutional history and on the concepts of form of State and of Governement. To analyze the historical evolution of the legal- administrative structure of local authorities with the intent of gaining a profound understanding of organs and functions of regional and local authorities. To analyze how such a formative training can accompany the processes of change and transformation of local isìnstitutions in terms of legal, organizational and the attitude of individuals towards institutional innovation, with particular regard to the new Charter of Authonomy.

Inform students about the major dynamics of ethnic relations; introduction to empirical research on ethnic relations.