Unit EXPERIMETAL PEDAGOGY AND PEDAGOGICAL COUNSELLING

Course
Educational counselling and coordination of pedagogic practices
Study-unit Code
GP004309
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Silvia Crispoldi
Teachers
  • Silvia Crispoldi
Hours
  • 36 ore - Silvia Crispoldi
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2026
Offered
2026/27
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline pedagogiche e metodologico-didattiche
Sector
PAED-02/B
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
The course presents the theoretical and practical aspects of educational consultancy, as a second-level educational practice and complex device, and its socio-constructivist and transformative framework for managing emerging educational issues and promoting learning, well-being, and empowering functioning in individuals. This is achieved through challenging, reflective, collaborative, and empowering approaches based on experiential, artistic, narrative, literary, and theatrical tools and approaches.
In its monographic section, the course provides theoretical and practical elements for building emotional, empathic, and relational awareness, as the primary object and purpose of these educational consultancy approaches. The course also addresses some general elements of experimental pedagogy, educational research methodology, and some useful tools for second-level educational professionals in designing educational consultancy activities.
Reference texts
- Crispoldi S., Ascoltare l'emozione. Percorsi narrativi e trasformativi per educare la consapevolezza emotiva, Morlacchi U.P, Perugia, 2026
- Teaching materials uploaded to Unistudium
Educational objectives
At the end of the course, students should have acquired knowledge about: educational counseling, educational relationship and setting;
theoretical and methodological elements of Storytelling and narrative and artistic methods in education;
theoretical and methodological elements of monographic part;
the peculiar working tools of the second level social educator.
Prerequisites
For a fruitful learning of the course themes it is important that the student has taken at least an examination of "didattica" and mastered the concepts of educational relationship and teaching strategy. It's also useful that the student has taken an examination of "pedagogia sperimentale" or " metodologia della ricerca in educazione" to comprehend, during the course, planning and evaluating processes of educational counseling . Students must also have acquired adequate pedagogical vocabulary and ability in organizing the exhibition of the required content. As the course is delivered in blended learning mode, students who intend to attend the course must have basic computer skills.
Teaching methods
The course is in blended learning mode and consist of:
- front lessons/lectures
- experiential workshops
- lessons / activities online
- Online exercises.
Other information
Students who cannot attend the course, to take the exam, will have to study an additional text: R.Trinchero, I metodi della ricerca educativa, Editori Laterza, Bari, 2004 For more information: silvia.crispoldi@unipg.it
Learning verification modality
Assessment may include:
- An interview of variable length (20-40 minutes)
- A written exam or test (closed-ended and/or open-ended) in person or online at the end of the course on the topics covered and, if applicable, on the exercises completed.
The assessment consists of specific questions on the course topics, specifically: knowledge of the characteristics of educational counseling in general and in relation to the training setting and relational, emotional, and communication methods; knowledge of the educational-didactic strategies and the artistic-narrative tools and approaches presented;
knowledge of the elements of the monographic section
- General knowledge of the tools of the second-level educational professional and some elements of educational research methodology. For information on support services for students with disabilities and/or learning disabilities, visit http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Extended program
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to build emotional awareness and develop educational and training projects in educational counseling. To this end, the course presents the epistemological, theoretical, practical, and methodological aspects of educational counseling and its settings, as well as the use of artistic, narrative, literary, and theatrical practices as particularly rich and effective pedagogical tools in educational counseling and support relationships. Specifically, the course addresses the topic of building emotional and relational awareness in both educational professionals and those involved in education, as well as primary users in various educational contexts.
The course will address elements of experimental pedagogy, educational research methodology, and the tools useful for second-level educational professionals (research, planning, evaluation, documentation, training, coordination, supervision) in order to acquire useful tools for effectively designing and evaluating educational counseling activities. Students will have the opportunity to engage in the development of an educational counseling project.
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