B029723 - ACTIVE LEARNING METHODS: TRAINING FOR CHANGE LAB.

Italian language with study materials in English.

The topics that will be covered will be:
Theoretical and applied models of Peace Pedagogy.
Theoretical and applied models of Conflict Management
Kindness as a value and practice of Peace Education
The Service Learning approach as an experience of application on the ground.

Testi
Per gli studenti frequentanti:
Guetta, "Educare ad un mondo futuro", Franco Angeli, 2015;
Rosenberg, “Le parole sono finestre oppure muri”, Reggio Emilia, Edizioni Esserci, 2003
Canuti-Palma "La gentilezza che cambia le relazioni" Franco Angeli, 2017
Ferrucci, "La forza della gentilezza", Oscar Mondadori, 2021
Fiorin, Oltre l'aula. La proposta pedagogica del Service Learning, Mondadori, 2015
Capitoli tratti dai testi:

Capitoli dal testo
Consorti P., Conflitti, Meditazione e diritto interculturale", Pisa University Press, 2013
Gasl, "Auto-aiuto nei conflitti. Modelli, esercizi, metodi pratici. Editpress, 2019
Crews, Weigert, Maas, Crews, "Teaching for Justice: Concepts and Models forService-Learning in Peace Studies. AAHE's Series onService-Learning in the Disciplines". 1999
Salomon, Cairns, "Handbook on Peace Education", Psychology press-

In aggiunta per non frequentanti e per chi vuole fare degli approfondimenti per la tesi e per le attività di service learning sul territorio:
Guetta-Chiappelli. “La scuola abbandonata” , Aracne, 2021
Bernacchi – Chiappelli, ”Forme di attivismo femminista e antirazzista dei giovani italiani con background migratorio”, Franco Angeli, 2023

Evolution of the concept of peace education at local, national and international level
Comparing perspectives on the meaning of peace education.
Peace education as an educational proposal in Italy
Introduction to the relationship as a possible educational practice for conflict prevention
Knowledge and understanding of conflict modalities in education
Communication as a tool to deconstruct violence and promote empathy
Understanding how the dynamics of inequality, affective and cultural deprivation, hardship and dropping out of school are related to conflicts
Identifying the values of kindness and their contribution to peace education.
Autonomy of judgement in being able to assess, without judging, the contexts and phenomena that arise, with a view to analysing the dynamics,
search for one's own and others' well-being, development of communicative, dialogic and creative skills
Communication skills centred on empathic communication, the value of kindness, respect for one's own and others' dignity.
Knowledge of the aspects that characterise forms of racism and anti-Semitism.
Knowledge of the dynamics that generate forms of hatred
Understanding of how educational and training interventions can generate or manage situations of conflict and/or violence.
Understanding of the use of communication and relational strategies to prevent, mediate, accompany and manage conflicts.
Knowledge of Service Learning and ability to put it into practice.
Ability to design a Service Learning intervention
Ability to critically read the results of a Service Learning intervention.

Historical, social, cultural knowledge of the Italian and European reality;
Knowledge of the international bodies responsible for ensuring peace
Objectives of Agenda 2030
Willingness to work in groups
Willingness to learn by doing

Lectures with exchange of views and debates
Group work for the design of shared presentations and construction of service learning interventions in the field
Individual and group exercises
Meeting with experts.

The tests will be conducted in the following ways:
Attending students will prepare speeches on some programme texts and the planning of a service learning intervention-
Periodically, exercises will be assigned every fortnight
For the final examination it is necessary to have completed all the written exercises, to have uploaded them to the moodle page within the specified timeframe and to have collected them in a single document that must be handed in to the student.
collected in a single document to be uploaded to the course moodle page one week before the exam.
Non-attending students must also prepare a written document containing all the exercises and upload it one week before the exam.
of the examination.
For frequent students, the examination will take the form of a written exercise on two topics of their choice.
For non-attending students, the written test will be structured on two open questions and an oral examination.

The course will present some models of peace education and deal with issues relating to relationship and
communication. In connection with this, aspects concerning the dynamics of forgiving and interpersonal conflicts, their nature and intervention proposals for their management will be identified. Non-violent communication and the contribution of Kindness as a practice for building relationships capable of deconstructing conflicts, developing well-being, participation, democracy and ecological awareness will then be considered.
The second part of the course will take up the themes already outlined and place them within the design of service learning.
This will make it possible to see together and analyse cases of conflict.

Health and well-being
Quality education
Gender equality
Decent work and economic growth
Reducing inequalities
Sustainable cities and communities
Acting for the climate
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Partnership for the goals