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Scienze della Formazione Primaria

The course provides essential knowledge and skills required to the teaching of geography in the kindergarten and primary school.

Acquisition of knowledge and skills suited to the teaching of human and physical geography:
- to know and use concepts, methods and vocabulary of geography
- to describe, interpret and communicate clearly issues of the contemporary world;
- to know the objectives of geographical education and to program a curriculum based on education to the territory

- to know how to design lessons in geography with an active and laboratorial teaching

The course (56 hours)  takes place by integrating a part of lectures with an active part of lessons and exercises evaluated for the examination. The course is complemented by a mandatory laboratory. The laboratory must pass in order to be able to take the exam.

The exam will be written and oral: the first will verify the knowledge and skills on the subject, while the second will cover the geographic education and the teaching of geography.
The exercises of the course will be evaluated.
The evaluation will consider: knowledge of the proposed themes, the appropriate use of vocabulary, the ability to operate on and critical thinking, the ability to apply the knowledge learned in teaching.

 Written part:

- Concepts, methods and tools of geographic search

- Basic knowledge of physical and human geography
- Basic knowledge of issues of the contemporary world and regional situations.
- Objectives and methods  of geography for the education to the territory.

Oral part:
- Children and geographical space
- The role of places in children's life
- The Geographical Education
- The teaching of geography
- The education to the territory

Written part:

1) De Vecchis G., Fatigati F., Geografia generale. Un'introduzione, Roma, Carocci, 2016.

2) for students who attend lessons: materials and exercises developed during the course.

- For students who do not follow the lessons:  Cristiano Giorda, Matteo Puttilli (a cura di), Educare al territorio, educare il territorio, Geografia per la formazione, Roma, Carocci, 2011.

Oral part:

1) Giorda C., Il mio spazio nel mondo, Roma, Carocci, 2014.

 2) Malatesta S., Geografia dei bambini. Luoghi, pratiche, rappresentazioni, Milano, Guerini Scientifica, 2015.