Ateneo - UPO

RESEARCH AND TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY.

ATTENDING STUDENTS:
- E-learning lessons and documents uploaded on "DIR" digital teaching platform;
- articles available in the following volume: Giovanna Filosa, Emanuela Gamberoni (edited by), Una scuola inclusiva. Azioni per contrastare i rischi di dispersione di alunne e alunni di origine straniera, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2023: First Part ‒ Ricognizioni sul fenomeno: Studenti Nai: emergenza, risorsa, opportunità. L’azione della scuola come comunità educante inclusiva e il ruolo chiave del dirigente scolastico di Anna Sturino; La didattica della geografia come antidoto alla dispersione formativa di Claudio Gambino; Finalità e obiettivi geografici per l’accoglienza, l’integrazione e la cittadinanza: ruolo e significato della formazione geografica di Maria Fiori; L’inclusione 4.0: come abbattere le distanze di Sabrina Malizia; I confini del dialogo interculturale e i ponti dell’apprendimento/formativi di Felice Arona, Vincenzo Di Natale, Sabrina Malizia, Daniela Turrisi; Le aree interne italiane e le sfide dell’accoglienza e della formazione della popolazione migrante: alcune note preliminari di Gianni Petino. Articles available in OpenAccess: https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/952

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS
- Gino De Vecchis, Daniela Pasquinelli d'Allegra, Cristiano Pesaresi, Didattica della geografia, Novara, UTET - De Agostini scuola, 2020
One of the following volumes:
1) Cristiano Giorda (edited by), L’immagine del mondo nella geografia dei bambini. Una ricerca sui materiali scolastici e parascolastici italiani fra Otto e Novecento, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2021. Available in OpenAccess: https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/683
2) Giovanna Filosa, Emanuela Gamberoni (edited by), Una scuola inclusiva. Azioni per contrastare i rischi di dispersione di alunne e alunni di origine straniera, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2023. Available in OpenAccess: https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/952
3) Nicola Gabellieri, Arturo Gallia, Eleonora Guadagno, ENOGEOGRAFIE. Itinerari geostorici e geografici dei paesaggi vitati, tra pianificazione e tutela ambientale, Roma, Società Geografica Italiana, 2023. Available in OpenAccess after free registration: https://societageografica.net/wp/2023/05/23/vol-7-enogeografie/

The student will be able to identify, learn and evaluate the main problems of contemporary world; to know the main methodologies of application of knowledge to disciplinary teaching; to understand different geographical scales (global, supranational, national, regional and local). He/she will be able to understand the role of humanity in shaping the organization of the territory and to analyse the relations between the different global and local territorial systems.
Critical understanding of the texts studied, the basic skills of bibliographical research and the main topics related to disciplinary teaching methodologies (the main conceptual nodes, the use of technologies and the specific role of the teacher).
The course aims to enable the student to analyze the geographical phenomena, to use the theoretical knowledge acquired appropriately and to apply to disciplinary teaching methodologies. The measurement of the mentioned objectives will be possible during the examination.

Basic knowledge of human and economic geography

Lectures (in class lessons and itinerant in Vercelli region), slides, powerpoint presentations, materials and link on case studies and discussions in class and in the DIR platform.

This course gives 6 credits in the M - GGR / 01 sector. These credits are essential for access to teaching in secondary school. The objectives and contents of the course take into account the provisions of laws about educational methodologies and technologies.

Written test consisting of open questions (1-hour examination). The skills are tested through the open questions that evaluate the capacity of :
- attending students to plan a geographical Teaching and Learning Unit
- NON attending students to identify and understand the role of geography in shaping the organization of the territory and the main disciplinary methods for teaching.
The skills in expressing judges and comments are tested through the answers to the open questions. Students are requested to comment and compare different phenomena in written production. The skills in studying in a proper way are tested through the answers to the given questions. Students should show their competence in linking different issues together and demonstrate that they have read and studied the lecture notes (student attending lessons) or the suggested bibliography (student not attending lessons).

Current issues in geographical research and teaching. Themes, methods and tools. Reflections on the history of geographic education. Main teaching methodologies and the use of photography. GIS for a modern Geography. A Geography of emotions.

This course aims to provide advanced tools to understand the contemporary world geography and the main differences in the contemporary development. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING  Knowledge of current issues in geographical research and teaching ;  Knowledge of the history of geographic education;  Knowledge of the main teaching methodologies and the use of photography and GIS ;  Knowledge of geography of emotions;  Critical understanding of the topics studied;  Critical understanding of specific teaching activities about geographical topics. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING  Ability to understand the connections between texts and geographical contexts, using the critical and methodological tools appropriate to the analysis;  Ability to propose specific teaching activities about geographical topics;  Ability to use the appropriate lexicon to communicate - clearly and effectively - knowledge, information and opinions related to the topics dealt with.