ID:
507834
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
DIDATTICA E PEDAGOGIA SPECIALE
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (16/02/2026 - 05/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
This class is aimed at providing students with
- knowledge about the reality of play, its role in child development, play-centered educational approaches
- the ability to discuss in an informed way and with reference to scientific literature the questions inherent to educational issues
- tools for a critical reading of the relationship between play and education
- tools for self-analysis in relation to the play-education relationship
- knowledge about the reality of play, its role in child development, play-centered educational approaches
- the ability to discuss in an informed way and with reference to scientific literature the questions inherent to educational issues
- tools for a critical reading of the relationship between play and education
- tools for self-analysis in relation to the play-education relationship
Course Prerequisites
The course requires no particular prerequisites. In the awareness that many students may be approaching Education for the first time during this course, successful participation presumes a cultural attitude of willingness to listen, grasp and actively elaborate the theoretic and practical issues posed by pedagogical analysis, discussing them in a collaborative way.
Teaching Methods
All the professor's lessons aim at favouring dialogue and discussion in the work group also thanks to the slides available on the Kiro platform. The participation of other professors/researchers/experts with an interest in the course topic might be possible.
Assessment Methods
Oral exam Evaluation Indicators:
-knowledge of the basic texts of the exam programme;
-ability to explain, autonomously, the silver thread that links some of the points in the basic texts, coherently with the exam's programme;
-ability to critically analyse and personally re-elaborate the issue proposed by the course;
-clear and logically coherent presentation;
-lexical accuracy.
-knowledge of the basic texts of the exam programme;
-ability to explain, autonomously, the silver thread that links some of the points in the basic texts, coherently with the exam's programme;
-ability to critically analyse and personally re-elaborate the issue proposed by the course;
-clear and logically coherent presentation;
-lexical accuracy.
Texts
Attending Students
-Caillois R. (1967), I giochi e gli uomini: la maschera e la vertigine, trad.it. Bompiani, Milano, 1981 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, pp.19-73)
-Vygotsky L. (1966), Il ruolo del gioco nello sviluppo mentale del bambino, trad.it. in Bruner J.S., Jolly A., Sylva K. (eds), Il gioco, vol. IV, Armando, Roma, pp. 657-678.
-Bettheleim B. (1987), Un genitore quasi perfetto, trad.it. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1987 (chapters 14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22)
-Bondioli A., Savio D., “Pedagogie per il gioco”: l’adulto nel gioco dei bambini, in Savio D. (a cura di) (2020), Bambini e gioco. Prospettive multidisciplinatri per una pedagogia ludica, Bergamo, edizioni junior, pp.
-Scardigli M., Stangalino M. (2024), Giocare è una cosa seria, Novara, Interlinea edizioni.
Slides used during lessons
Non attending students
In addition to the texts indicated for attending students, non attending students must prepare
Savio D. (a cura di) (2020), Bambini e gioco. Prospettive multidisciplinari per una pedagogia ludica, Bergamo, edizioni junior
-Caillois R. (1967), I giochi e gli uomini: la maschera e la vertigine, trad.it. Bompiani, Milano, 1981 (chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, pp.19-73)
-Vygotsky L. (1966), Il ruolo del gioco nello sviluppo mentale del bambino, trad.it. in Bruner J.S., Jolly A., Sylva K. (eds), Il gioco, vol. IV, Armando, Roma, pp. 657-678.
-Bettheleim B. (1987), Un genitore quasi perfetto, trad.it. Feltrinelli, Milano, 1987 (chapters 14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22)
-Bondioli A., Savio D., “Pedagogie per il gioco”: l’adulto nel gioco dei bambini, in Savio D. (a cura di) (2020), Bambini e gioco. Prospettive multidisciplinatri per una pedagogia ludica, Bergamo, edizioni junior, pp.
-Scardigli M., Stangalino M. (2024), Giocare è una cosa seria, Novara, Interlinea edizioni.
Slides used during lessons
Non attending students
In addition to the texts indicated for attending students, non attending students must prepare
Savio D. (a cura di) (2020), Bambini e gioco. Prospettive multidisciplinari per una pedagogia ludica, Bergamo, edizioni junior
Contents
Course title: The nature of play, its role and promotion in early childhood education.
The course is divided into three parts. The first part will present theoretical backgrounds that are useful for delineating the nature of play, bringing out the complexity of its relationship with non-playing reality. The second part will address the delicate relationship between education and play, with particular reference to early childhood. To this end, this part will present theoretical perspectives that highlight the importance of playful reality for the child's social-cognitive and affective development. In the third part, various play-centered educational approaches will be presented; in particular, an educational approach for play, the promotion from within, will be explored, along with the analysis of the playful interactions between adult and child carried out according to this approach. Students will be involved with proposals that allow them to express their perspective on play and relate it to the theoretical and methodological frameworks presented.
The course is divided into three parts. The first part will present theoretical backgrounds that are useful for delineating the nature of play, bringing out the complexity of its relationship with non-playing reality. The second part will address the delicate relationship between education and play, with particular reference to early childhood. To this end, this part will present theoretical perspectives that highlight the importance of playful reality for the child's social-cognitive and affective development. In the third part, various play-centered educational approaches will be presented; in particular, an educational approach for play, the promotion from within, will be explored, along with the analysis of the playful interactions between adult and child carried out according to this approach. Students will be involved with proposals that allow them to express their perspective on play and relate it to the theoretical and methodological frameworks presented.
Course Language
Italian
More information
The course will take place in the second semester
Degrees
Degrees
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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