Unit SPECIAL EDUCATION
- Course
- Primary teacher education
- Study-unit Code
- A000644
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Annalisa Morganti
- CFU
- 10
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
SPECIAL EDUCATION LABORATORY
| Code | A000645 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 2 |
| Teacher | Annalisa Morganti |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Didattica e pedagogia speciale |
| Academic discipline | M-PED/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The workshop explores methodological-didactic aspects on how to design and implement inclusive teaching. In particular, the issue of the accessibility of learning will be addressed, in kindergarten and primary school, through the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach. |
| Reference texts | L. Cottini (2019). Universal Design for Learning e curricolo Inclusivo. Firenze: Giunti |
| Educational objectives | The workshop aims at building methodological-didactic skills aimed at promoting inclusive teaching. In particular, students will be able to articulate inclusive learning proposals, in kindergarten and primary school, exploiting the potential of the Universal Design for Learning approach. Students will be able to produce learning units that are accessible to all students' educational needs. |
| Prerequisites | To be able to understand and to tackle the workshop’s contents, the student must possess the theoretical and practical principles of General Teaching and Special Education. |
| Teaching methods | The workshop is organized as follows: lectures focused on the main theoretical contents;- projections of useful videos to better know and understand the main subject matter and broaden the perspective of the lessons;- group work on specific issues;- socialization of the works produced by class group for shared learning. |
| Other information | No |
| Learning verification modality | The lworkshop provides a final written test which consists in the display of a group product (including multimedia) aimed at showing the knowledge and skills acquired during the course. |
| Extended program | The main topics discussed during the workshop will be the following:- Universal Design for Learning and Inclusive Curriculum; The fundamental principles; The application of UDL principles to fields of experience and disciplines. |
SPECIAL EDUCATION
| Code | A000646 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 8 |
| Teacher | Annalisa Morganti |
| Teachers |
|
| Hours |
|
| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Didattica e pedagogia speciale |
| Academic discipline | M-PED/03 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | The course provides the theoretical and practical contents of special education for inclusion. In detail, the course focus on the main teaching and learning issues related to the presence of students with special educational needs in the school context in order to be inclusive. |
| Reference texts | 1.L. COTTINI (2017), Didattica speciale e inclusione scolastica, Roma: Carocci. 2.D. MITCHELL (2018), Cosa realmente funziona nella didattica speciale e inclusiva, Trento: Erickson. 3.L. COTTINI (2019), Universal Design for Learning e Curricolo Inclusivo. Firenze: Giunti. |
| Educational objectives | The course aims at providing knowledge and skills on special education for inclusion. In detail, students will be able to know, recognize, understand and implement historical, cultural, organizational and teaching and learning key elements of an inclusive education aimed at the creation of accessible learning contexts in kindergarten and primary school. |
| Prerequisites | In order to be able to understand and to know the course contents, the student must possess the theoretical and practical principles of General Teaching |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows:- lectures focused on the main theoretical contents;- projections of useful videos to better know and understand the main subject matter and broaden the perspective of the lectures;- group work on specific issues. |
| Other information | No info |
| Learning verification modality | The course includes a written final test. The test aims at assessing the knowledge acquired during the course. In particular, the exam will assess the inclusive design skills of the students. |
| Extended program | The main issues discussed during the course will be the following:- the history of school integration through Italian educational laws;- the principle of school inclusion in national, European and international contexts- Special Educational Needs- Universal design for learning- Evidence-based teaching strategies for school inclusion. |