Course teached as: B015465 - PROCESSI FORMATIVI DIDATTICI FORMALI E INFORMALI Second Cycle Degree in SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND CLINICAL PEDAGOGY
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The program deals with Instructional theories and design: history and basic elements, observational methods and educational research. A special section will focus on how to build reliable educational knowledge and evidence based education with normal and special needs students.
Typical classroom interactions are analysed.
The program is the same for attending or non-attending students. Non-attending students can facilitate learning following suggestions inside the Moodle platform (e-l.unifi.it).
A. Calvani, Per un’istruzione evidence based, Erikson,Trento 2013.
A. Calvani, Come fare una lezione efficace, Carocci, Roma, 2014.
A. Calvani, L. Menichetti, Come fare un progetto didattico, Carocci, Roma, 2015.
To support students lesson slides will be available on Moodle Platform.
Tutti gli studenti porteranno all'esame un progetto didattico: vedi consegne in piattaforma Moodle
Learning Objectives
KNOWLEDGE:
Educational research: quantitative and qualitative methods;
Evidence Based methods and results in normal and inclusive context.
Effective educational strategies.
Cognitive Load Theory.
COMPETENCIES: To be able to select and evaluate an educational method based on evidence, solving a real problem.
Prerequisites
Italian language.
Basic educational language.
To be able to access Internet information.
Teaching Methods
Direct Instruction with discussion and online supported work. A virtual classrooom will be activated inside University Moodle platform.
Further information
At the beginning of the course the student(attending or not) has to register himself inside the MOODLE Platform, where he will find slides, instructions for the project, and other suggestions.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination.
All students will present and discuss their didactic project (see instructions in Moodle)
Course program
KNOWLEDGE
Instructional Design (hystorical frame)
Instructional strategies classification
Educational Research (quantitative and qualitative methods; experimental, quasi experimental, presperimental methods)
Elementary statistics (central tendency and dispersion). Statistic significance
Evidence -Based education: meta-analysis, Systematic Review. Effect Size
Evidence based results for normal and special subjects. Basic instructional principles and Cognitive Load Theory
COMPETENCE
To be able to evaluate the trustworthiness of a knowledge according evidence based criteria.