Unit DIDACTICS OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DIDACTICS OF NATURAL SCIENCES - MODULE 1

Code	A001174
CFU	2
Teacher	Emma Bricchi
Teachers	Emma Bricchi
Hours	14 ore - Emma Bricchi
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline	BIO/02
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Criteria for the design of educational paths on the fundamental concepts of Natural Sciences.
Reference texts	Course notes.
Educational objectives	Acquisition of the skills necessary for the design of educational courses for the teaching of Natural Sciences.
Prerequisites	-
Teaching methods	Lectures and discussion in the classroom and in the laboratory.
Learning verification modality	Oral examination
Extended program	Progettazione di percorsi didattici sui concetti fondamentali delle Scienze Naturali. Origine ed evoluzione dei vegetali e dei relativi apparati riproduttori. Biodiversità. Impollinazione e fecondazione.

DIDACTICS OF NATURAL SCIENCES - MODULE 2

Code	A001175
CFU	2
Teacher	Silvana Piersanti
Teachers	Silvana Piersanti
Hours	14 ore - Silvana Piersanti
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline	BIO/05
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Didactics of zoology at school and outside the school: methods, approaches and purposes. Some basic zoological concepts for teaching: - biodiversity, with particular reference to its levels, its importance and its threats (the emblematic case of insects) - Taxonomy and phylogeny: the Linnaean taxonomy and modern phylogenetic systematics, the contribution of the phenetic and molecular approach to the current taxonomy (the emblematic case of vertebrate phylogeny).
Reference texts	Zoologia dei Vertebrati Harvey Pough F., Janis C.M., Heiser J.B. Ed. Pearson Biologia della Conservazione Primack R.B., Boitani L. Ed. Zanichelli Biodiversità, dal genoma al paesaggio Ferrari C. Ed. Zanichelli Lineamenti di Entomologia Peter J. Gullan, Penny J. Gullan, Peter S. Cranston Ed. Zanichelli
Educational objectives	At the end of the course It is expected that the students are able to imagine simple educational paths of Zoology aimed at schools of different levels and by referring to fundamental zoological issues such as biodiversity and evolution
Prerequisites	Students need good knowledge on Zoology (General Zoology and fundamental Taxonomy)
Teaching methods	Lectures in the classroom and some practical activities.
Other information	It is advisable to refer to the teaching material provided by the teacher
Learning verification modality	oral exam
Extended program	The Didactics of Zoology in schools of various Orders and Grade. The Didactics of Zoology outside the schools: the Natural History museums, the CEA, the citizen sciences projects. Basic concepts of animal biodiversity: definition of biodiversity, biodiversity levels, genetic and specific diversity, ecosystem diversity and landscape concept, biodiversity value, direct and indirect use values, non-use values. Animal biodiversity: Insects. Forms and functions of insects, the reasons for an extraordinary evolutionary success, the diversity of insects: the Orders. Basic concepts of phylogenetic Taxonomy: the concept of species, the linneian taxonomy and the evolutionary one. Phylogenetic systematics in a phenetic / morphological and molecular key. The case of the phylogeny of Vertebrates: the linneian classes Pisces, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals and their phylogenetic meaning.

DIDACTICS OF NATURAL SCIENCES - MODULE 3

Code	A001176
CFU	2
Teacher	Alessandro Ludovisi
Teachers	Alessandro Ludovisi
Hours	14 ore - Alessandro Ludovisi
Learning activities	Affine/integrativa
Area	Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline	BIO/07
Type of study-unit	Opzionale (Optional)