PEDAGOGY OF DISABILITY

The course of "PEDAGOGY OF DISABILITY" (6 credits - M-PED / 03) is one of the educational activities associated with the degree course in [FT4] SCIENCES OF SOCIETY AND SOCIAL SERVICE - COMMON CURRICULUM, and allows the student to acquire the knowledge and understanding of the procedures and processes of integration and inclusion of people with disabilities throughout life; to reflect and experiment with relationships of help, support and care, interacting in the complexity of real social contexts.
The course is addressed to the processes of specifically social inclusion.
Graduate students interested in educational and scholastic inclusion processes will have to follow the course of PEDAGOGY AND DIDACTICS OF INCLUSION associated with the master's degree program in PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES - HUMAN SCIENCES AND TRAINING [FM61].

986/5000
Knowledge and understanding: Understanding and mastering the constituent elements of the Pedagogy of inclusion: epistemology and terminology, problems and methods.
Applied knowledge and understanding: Analyze and identify similarities and differences in the processes of social integration and in the paths of relational inclusion of people with disabilities.
Making judgments: To articulate and critically express the most current problems and the ethical implications inherent in the paths of educational and social inclusion. Formulate and support solution proposals.
Communication skills: Use the communication principles of Transactional Analysis to activate help relationships for people with special educational needs (SEN), families, communities and organizations.
Learning skills: Learning from and in helping, supporting and caring relationships, working and interacting in the complexity of real inclusive contexts.

No specific knowledge is required. All students interested in the topics related to disability and the inclusion of people with SEN can attend the course.

The Fundamentals of Special Pedagogy. Special Educational Needs.
Know deficits, reduce handicaps, discover resources, and rearrange learning processes.
The history of people with disabilities. Prejudices and stereotypes.
Existential rights and citizenship rights.
ICF and classifications for diagnosis and design.
Relationship for help and training.
Educational networks between family, school and work.
Affection and sexuality. Resilience, antifragment and empowerment.

A) Basic book: Tessaro F. (2020), Oltre le disabilità. Educatori e operatori incontrano persone. (In press)

B) A book chosen from the following:
Cairo, M. T., Mariani, V., & Zoni Confalonieri, R. (2010). Disabilità ed età adulta. Qualità della vita e progettualità pedagogica (pp. 39-103). Vita e Pensiero.
Castelli, C. (2011). Resilienza e creatività. Teorie e tecniche nei contesti di vulnerabilità. Franco Angeli.
Cornacchia, M. (2015). Andare a tempo. Ripensare la vita indipendente dell'adulto con disabilità (pp. 1-221). Pensa Multimedia.
Ghedin, E. (2009). Ben-essere disabili: un approccio positivo all'inclusione. Liguori.
Lepri, C. (Ed.). (2016). La persona al centro. Autodeterminazione, autonomia, adultità per le persone disabili. FrancoAngeli.
Pavone, M. (2014). L’inclusione educativa. Indicazioni pedagogiche per la disabilità, Milano, Mondadori.

C) A text of choice of literature / narrative on disability (a list of recommended texts will be reported on the moodle page of the course)
NB: students who present and discuss a case study in the classroom must not carry the text C.

- Autobiographical account and reflection "My meeting with disability" (to be sent before the exam)
- Online test, with multiple choice questions on text A.
- Written test, with open questions on the texts B and C (or on the case study presented in the classroom).

Lectures and workshop. Useful analytical techniques and decision-making (case study, incident, autobiography).
Attending students may, in small groups, conduct a case study on one or more people with disabilities (with documentation, materials, interviews, etc.). The group will prepare a short movie that will be presented and commented during the last lessons. Case study replaces text C in bibliography.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development