Corso di laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in
Scienze della Formazione Primaria

• acquisition of scientific structural concepts the Life Sciences and Earth Sciences, selected according to their relevance and accessibility in the context of nursery and primary schools and their regional and territorial specificities;
• acquisition of awareness of the existence of a ecosystemic and complex nature, as evidenced by the relations of interdependence between living and chemical-physical environment;
• acquisition of knowledge and teaching skills relating to various scientific disciplines interconnected (learning to identify the scientific concepts and structuring their connections, to reflect on the cognitive obstacles, to develop possible activities and educational courses and to develop a systemic vision);
• acquisition of the ability to reflect on their own behavior in terms of use of natural resources and the ethical principles of the sustainability.

Mastery of the theoretical and scientific languages ​​of Earth Sciences.

Critical understanding of the key knowledge related to the Earth sciences and sustainability.

Teaching knowledge applied disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary areas.

 Applying knowledge and understanding

Plan learning paths on themes of Earth Science and education sustainable.

Organize and implement educational paths consistent teaching skills to pursue.

Understanding and structuring educational research, proving to be able to evaluate and use the results of empirical studies in order to build knowledge and improve the educational activities.

The module will be using, through the use of original powerpoint, attend frontal lessons  where it is required the active participation of students. In some cases small individual and group activities will be planned, which will then be discussed in the classroom. All the materials presented to the course and others materials to deepen will be present on the Moodle platform.

Associated with the module there is a 25-hour laboratory activity (16 hours of practical activities in the field in the teachers presence and 9 hours of individual work) whose attendance is mandatory. It is possible to make a maximum of 3 hours of absence that must be regularly justified and only for the preliminary lesson (except field trips). It is not possible to make absence at the field trips. The student must then recover the absence, making agreements with the teacher of the laboratory, through the realization of an alternative job.

Remote mode: Use of the Moodle platform with numerous resources: slides presented in classroom (files PWP), some scientific articles, short videos, various supplementary material with links to websites. Activities: homeworks to be accomplished, forums.

ORAL EXAM (associated with the "Concepts and Life Scienze Education " module) TO MUST BE SUBSEQUENTLY SUBMITTED IN THE SAME APPEAL.

The oral exam tends to ascertain the basic knowledge (as planned) and the reflective and integration skills of the knowledge itself. In particular, the ability to organize the knowledge learned will be evaluated (with a final grade expressed in thirtieths); the critical reasoning skills on the study carried out; the quality of the exhibition and the competence in the use of the scientific vocabulary; the effectiveness, the linearity and the ability to summarize in the conversation; the ability to critically discuss environmental issues and to identify solutions in everyday life.

There is a written exoneration test for attending students of the course (for at least 50% of the lessons). The exoneration test will consist of two parts: one related to the Earth Sciences module and the other to the Life Sciences module. The final vote (sum of the two parts expressed in fifteenth) will be expressed in thirtieths. The duration of the exoneration test and the possibility of accepting the vote and registering it as a result of this test will be valid until the last appell of the current academic year. It will be possible to take the oral exam for the improvement of the exoneration test vote, realizing a correction of any errors committed; once the oral exam has been taken, the written exoneration test will be canceled and will no longer be valid for the subsequent appeal

For the schedule of the individual laboratories, see the item TEACHING MODULES on the page of the integrated course Fondamenti e didattica delle Scienze naturali (Savigliano) INTEGRATO 

-   Ferrero Elena, Provera Angela & Tonon Marco, 2004, Le Scienze della Terra: fondamenti ed esperienze pratiche, Ed. Cortina, Torino.

 -   Ferrero Elena, Provera Angela & Tonon Marco, 2004, Le Scienze della Terra: la scoperta dell'ambiente fisico, Ed. Cortina, Torino.

- Scientific and didactic articles selected from time to time and uploaded to the Moodle platform

Students are advised to register for courses on the Campusnet platform, so as to receive timely communications from the teacher.