Didattica Delle Differenze Proposte Metodologiche Per Una Classe Inclusiva

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Didattica delle differenze. Proposte metodologiche per una classe inclusiva

Author : Heidrun Demo
Publisher : Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson
ISBN 13 : 8859009073
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Didattica delle differenze. Proposte metodologiche per una classe inclusiva written by Heidrun Demo and published by Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Che gli alunni di una classe non imparino tutti allo stesso modo è ormai un fatto assodato. Una didattica davvero efficace sa quindi progettare e realizzare degli ambienti di apprendimento complessi che tengono conto di queste differenze individuali. Sono classi in cui tutti i bambini, pur condividendo uno spazio e una progettualità comuni, trovano una risposta individualizzata al loro unico e particolare stile di apprendimento. Nel presente volume vengono presentati cinque approcci che contribuiscono alla realizzazione di questa idea di didattica inclusiva nella scuola primaria: l’approccio autobiografico, il metodo Montessori, la didattica aperta, la didattica delle intelligenze multiple e l’apprendimento cooperativo. Ogni proposta è presentata nelle sue linee generali, discussa nel contributo che può dare per la gestione dell’eterogeneità in classe, ma soprattutto è accompagnata da spunti operativi, anche tecnologici, che ne facilitano l’applicazione in classe.Con i contributi di: Elisabetta Biffi, Barbara Caprara, Heidrun Demo, Giuseppina Gentili, Anna La Prova e Francesco Zambotti.

Inclusive gifted education

Author : Clarissa Sorrentino
Publisher : Armando Editore
ISBN 13 : 8869929493
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Inclusive gifted education written by Clarissa Sorrentino and published by Armando Editore. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Forty-three years ago the Italian parliament passed a law (law 517 of 1977) that would have boasted Italy for the role of leading country in the area of inclusion. With that choice, Italy accepted to open up to diversity, to embrace it, to work with and for it, questioning the pedagogical community on what were the best practices to face this educational and social challenge. A choice that today bears fruit, in a context where diversity is normal (Canevaro, 2007, Ianes, 2006). A choice that we must defend in the name of all children and their right to education. The present book develops within this framework and is characterized by the desire to give voice to another nuance of diversity, often mistakenly considered as “good difference” and as such, not in need of targeted interventions: the Giftedness.”

Didattica aperta e inclusione

Author : Heidrun Demo
Publisher : Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson
ISBN 13 : 8859012260
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Didattica aperta e inclusione written by Heidrun Demo and published by Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La didattica aperta — aperta alle iniziative e alle scelte degli alunni, che affida all’insegnante il ruolo di osservatore e accompagnatore, piuttosto che di guida — rappresenta un’importante alternativa e innovazione. Permette infatti di attivare percorsi di apprendimento in chiave costruttivista e fortemente individualizzati e personalizzati. Questo rappresenta un passo decisivo per una didattica inclusiva che voglia garantire un’equa differenziazione per tutti gli alunni e, contemporaneamente, la piena partecipazione di ciascuno al gruppo. Il volume introduce i riferimenti teorici e i principi metodologici della didattica aperta e indica attività e strategie pratiche per realizzarla in chiave inclusiva nella scuola primaria e secondaria.

La didattica inclusiva. Proposte metodologiche e didattiche per l'apprendimento

Author : Luciana. Storace Ventriglia (Franca. Capuano, Annapaola)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788820137533
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book La didattica inclusiva. Proposte metodologiche e didattiche per l'apprendimento written by Luciana. Storace Ventriglia (Franca. Capuano, Annapaola) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Compresenza didattica inclusiva

Author : Dario Ianes
Publisher : Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson
ISBN 13 : 8859006112
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Compresenza didattica inclusiva written by Dario Ianes and published by Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La compresenza è una risorsa preziosa per realizzare una didattica realmente inclusiva, promuovere gli apprendimenti e offrire esperienze formative significative. I docenti ne hanno ben chiari i vantaggi e i benefici, ma spesso la considerano un’utopia, un progetto importante ma difficile da attuare, anche a causa della scarsità di risorse. Questo libro dimostra invece che realizzare una compresenza didattica è possibile. A questo scopo, la prima parte, teorico-metodologica, affronta: – il valore strategico della compresenza ai fini dell’inclusione; – i diversi modelli di co-teaching e una serie di strumenti per la loro attuazione in classe (questionari, format, griglie di valutazione); – il contesto normativo italiano in cui attuare la compresenza. La seconda parte, invece, più pratica e operativa, dà voce a 11 esperienze di compresenza attuate nella scuola italiana, di cui: • 1 nella scuola dell’infanzia • 6 nella scuola primaria • 3 nella scuola secondaria di I grado • 1 nella scuola secondaria di II grado. Guarda i webinar con Dario Ianes sulla compresenza didattica inclusiva • Strategie, tecniche e strumenti operativi • Universal Design for Learning Scarica i materiali presentati durante i webinar • Universal Design for Learning: principi, linee guida e azioni didattiche • I principali modelli operativi per attuare la compresenza in classe

BES a scuola

Author : AA. VV.
Publisher : Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson
ISBN 13 : 8859008050
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book BES a scuola written by AA. VV. and published by Edizioni Centro Studi Erickson. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La collana «Le Guide» nasce dall’esperienza del Centro Studi Erickson con l’obiettivo di fornire agli insegnanti una serie di volumi completi relativi agli aspetti fondamentali delle varie forme di Bisogni Educativi Speciali presenti nelle nostre scuole. Frutto del lavoro dei maggiori esperti del settore, grazie alla sua impostazione teorico-operativa, la Guida BES a scuola illustra, in 7 punti chiave, i principi di una didattica inclusiva volta a migliorare le condizioni di apprendimento degli alunni con qualsiasi tipo di Bisogno Educativo Speciale, nonché di tutti gli studenti del gruppo classe. A ogni punto chiave è dedicato un capitolo del volume: 1. La risorsa compagni di classe 2. L’adattamento come strategia inclusiva 3. Strategie logico-visive, mappe e aiuti visivi 4. Processi cognitivi e stili di apprendimento 5. Metacognizione e metodo di studio 6. Emozioni e variabili psicologiche nell’apprendimento 7. Valutazione, verifica e feedback. Il volume si conclude con un Questionario, disponibile anche online, finalizzato a misurare il grado di inclusività della propria didattica, per valorizzarne i punti di forza ed evidenziarne le criticità. IN OGNI CAPITOLO È INOLTRE POSSIBILE TROVARE: • una mappa che anticipa e organizza i contenuti • esempi di caso • approfondimenti dalla ricerca scientifica • le interviste «Alcune domande all’esperto…» • i consigli per la didattica in classe • la sintesi dei contenuti presentati nel capitolo Le Guide Erickson: conoscere, intervenire, riflettere e collaborare

Alunni con BES - Bisogni Educativi Speciali

Author : Dario Ianes
Publisher : Edizioni Erickson
ISBN 13 : 8859003512
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Alunni con BES - Bisogni Educativi Speciali written by Dario Ianes and published by Edizioni Erickson. This book was released on 2013 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guarda il video di presentazione dell'opera (Libro + Software gestionale per i PDP e i PAI) Il 27.12.2012 è stata emanata la Direttiva Ministeriale “Strumenti d’intervento per alunni con Bisogni Educativi Speciali e organizzazione territoriale per l’inclusione scolastica”. In essa sono contenute alcune indicazioni e strategie precise che sono proprie della scuola italiana in ottica inclusiva, volte a consentire a tutti gli alunni, qualsiasi siano le loro difficoltà, il pieno accesso all’apprendimento. L’attenzione viene quindi estesa ai Bisogni Educativi Speciali nella loro totalità, andando oltre la certificazione di disabilità, per abbracciare il campo dei Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento, lo svantaggio sociale e culturale, le difficoltà linguistiche per gli alunni stranieri, ecc. La direttiva sancisce quindi il diritto per tutti gli alunni che presentano queste tipologie di difficoltà/svantaggio di avere accesso a una didattica individualizzata e personalizzata. Le strategie, le indicazioni operative, l’impostazione delle attività di lavoro, i criteri di valutazione degli apprendimenti e i criteri minimi attesi trovano definizione all’interno del PDP – Piano Didattico Personalizzato dell’alunno. Questa nuova pubblicazione proposta da Erickson ha lo scopo di accompagnare i Dirigenti scolastici, gli insegnanti e i gruppi di lavoro interni alla scuola nella strutturazione di un percorso realmente inclusivo per il proprio contesto scolastico. Nel libro vengono quindi proposti, attraverso i contributi dei massimi esperti di didattica inclusiva: – suggerimenti utili per impostare percorsi educativo-didattici realmente inclusivi e volti a promuovere il pieno apprendimento di tutti gli alunni; – riflessioni di carattere teorico; – numerosi spunti di lavoro (anche inerenti la rilevazione dei BES e gli aspetti più strettamente legati alla valutazione e alle competenze in uscita); – proposte specifiche per alunni con Bisogni Educativi Speciali. Il nucleo centrale del testo è la stesura del PDP (Piano Didattico Personalizzato), che parte innanzi tutto da una visione di «classe inclusiva» per spostarsi solo successivamente sul singolo alunno, avendo sempre come cornice di riferimento la necessità di collocarsi all’interno di un ben preciso Piano Annuale per l’Inclusività. Il CD-ROM allegato contiene un software gestionale finalizzato a facilitare e velocizzare le attività gestionali di insegnanti e dirigenti, tramite preziose funzioni quali l'importazione, il salvataggio e il trasferimento dei dati mediante chiavetta USB. Il software è strutturato in due aree: 1. Creazione e gestione dei Piani Didattici Personalizzati degli alunni con BES L'area dedicata al Gruppo di Lavoro per l'Handicap Operativo (GLHO) o al Consiglio di classe per la scuola primaria, accedendo alla quale è possibile: - effettuare la valutazione dell'alunno (facoltativa) sulla base dell'approccio ICF-CY; - procedere alla stesura del PDP; - esportare le informazione immesse, realizzando così un documento sottoscrivibile dagli insegnanti, dal Dirigente e dalla famiglia. 2. Creazione/Gestione Piano Annuale per l'inclusività L'area che fornisce al GLI (Gruppo di Lavoro per l'Inclusione) le istruzioni per la redazione del Piano Annuale per l'Inclusività (PAI). Accedendo a questa sezione è possibile: - organizzare in maniera semplice ed efficace tutte le proposte per la programmazione inclusiva di classe avanzate dai GLHO che hanno utilizzato il software; - formalizzare la richiesta di risorse che il GLI deve presentare al Collegio docenti e all'Ufficio Scolastico Regionale. Requisiti di sistema per il CD allegato: - Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 - Processore 1GHz o superiore, min. 1 GB di RAM Guarda il video di Dario Ianes Verso la didattica inclusiva: i Bisogni Educativi Speciali su base ICF-OMS

Mentoring and Tutoring by Students

Author : Sinclair (Director Goodlad
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134985533
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Mentoring and Tutoring by Students written by Sinclair (Director Goodlad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schemes involving students as tutors are in place in many countries. This work aims to stimulate and encourage the use of an educational technique through which teachers in tertiary and secondary education can amplify and extend their influence - through the deployment of students as tutors.

Dilemmas of Difference, Inclusion and Disability

Author : Brahm Norwich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113415089X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Dilemmas of Difference, Inclusion and Disability written by Brahm Norwich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking book examines professional educators and administrators at national and local authority level in England, the USA and the Netherlands and questions how they recognise tensions or dilemmas in responding to student differences.

The Art & Science of Learning Design

Author : Marcelo Maina
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463001034
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Art & Science of Learning Design written by Marcelo Maina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an era defined by a wealth of open and readily available information, and the accelerated evolution of social, mobile and creative technologies. The provision of knowledge, once a primary role of educators, is now devolved to an immense web of free and readily accessible sources. Consequently, educators need to redefine their role not just “from sage on the stage to guide on the side” but, as more and more voices insist, as “designers for learning”. The call for such a repositioning of educators is heard from leaders in the field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) and resonates well with the growing culture of design-based research in Education. However, it is still struggling to find a foothold in educational practice. We contend that the root causes of this discrepancy are the lack of articulation of design practices and methods, along with a shortage of tools and representations to support such practices, a lack of a culture of teacher-as-designer among practitioners, and insufficient theoretical development. The Art and Science of Learning Design (ASLD) explores the frameworks, methods, and tools available for teachers, technologists and researchers interested in designing for learning Learning Design theories arising from findings of research are explored, drawing upon research and practitioner experiences. It then surveys current trends in the practices, methods, and methodologies of Learning Design. Highlighting the translation of theory into practice, this book showcases some of the latest tools that support the learning design process itself.

International Bibliography of History of Education and Children's Literature (2013)

Author : Dorena Caroli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788860564160
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book International Bibliography of History of Education and Children's Literature (2013) written by Dorena Caroli and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evidence-Based Public Health

Author : Ross C. Brownson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199826528
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Evidence-Based Public Health written by Ross C. Brownson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are at least three ways in which a public health program or policy may not reach stated goals for success: 1) Choosing an intervention approach whose effectiveness is not established in the scientific literature; 2) Selecting a potentially effective program or policy yet achieving only weak, incomplete implementation or "reach," thereby failing to attain objectives; 3) Conducting an inadequate or incorrect evaluation that results in a lack of generalizable knowledge on the effectiveness of a program or policy; and 4) Paying inadequate attention to adapting an intervention to the population and context of interest To enhance evidence-based practice, this book addresses all four possibilities and attempts to provide practical guidance on how to choose, carry out, and evaluate evidence-based programs and policies in public health settings. It also begins to address a fifth, overarching need for a highly trained public health workforce. This book deals not only with finding and using scientific evidence, but also with implementation and evaluation of interventions that generate new evidence on effectiveness. Because all these topics are broad and require multi-disciplinary skills and perspectives, each chapter covers the basic issues and provides multiple examples to illustrate important concepts. In addition, each chapter provides links to the diverse literature and selected websites for readers wanting more detailed information. An indispensable volume for professionals, students, and researchers in the public health sciences and preventative medicine, this new and updated edition of Evidence-Based Public Health aims to bridge research and evidence with policies and the practice of public health.

An Introduction to the Sociology of Education

Author : Karl Mannheim
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415150859
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Sociology of Education written by Karl Mannheim and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1962. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Designing for Learning in an Open World

Author : Gráinne Conole
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441985174
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Designing for Learning in an Open World written by Gráinne Conole and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-21 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet and associated technologies have been around for almost twenty years. Networked access and computer ownership are now the norm. There is a plethora of technologies that can be used to support learning, offering different ways in which learners can communicate with each other and their tutors, and providing them with access to interactive, multimedia content. However, these generic skills don’t necessarily translate seamlessly to an academic learning context. Appropriation of these technologies for academic purposes requires specific skills, which means that the way in which we design and support learning opportunities needs to provide appropriate support to harness the potential of technologies. More than ever before learners need supportive ‘learning pathways’ to enable them to blend formal educational offerings, with free resources and services. This requires a rethinking of the design process, to enable teachers to take account of a blended learning context.

Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge

Author : Joseph D. Novak
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135184461
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge written by Joseph D. Novak and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information society rests upon the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge creators. Novak’s pioneering theory of education presented in the first edition remains viable and useful. This new edition updates his theory for meaningful learning and autonomous knowledge building along with tools to make it operational ─ that is, concept maps, created with the use of CMapTools and the V diagram. The theory is easy to put into practice, since it includes resources to facilitate the process, especially concept maps, now optimised by CMapTools software. CMapTools software is highly intuitive and easy to use. People who have until now been reluctant to use the new technologies in their professional lives are will find this book particularly helpful. Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge is essential reading for educators at all levels and corporate managers who seek to enhance worker productivity.

Simplexity

Author : Alain Berthoz
Publisher : Odile Jacob
ISBN 13 : 2738147453
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Simplexity written by Alain Berthoz and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Simplexity, as I understand it, is the range of solutions living organisms have found, despite the complexity of natural processes, to enable the brain to prepare an action and plan for the consequences of it. These solutions are simplifying principles that enable the processing of information or situations, by taking into account past experience and anticipating the future. They are neither caricatures, shortcuts, or summaries. They are new ways of asking questions, sometimes at the cost of occasional detours, in order to achieve faster, more elegant, more effective actions.” A. B. As Alain Berthoz demonstrates in this profoundly original book, simplicity is never easy; it requires suppressing, selecting, connecting, thinking, in order to then act in the best way possible. And what if we, in turn, are inspired by the living world to process the complexity that surrounds us? Alain Berthoz is professor at the Collège de France where he is co-director of the Laboratoire de physiologie de la perception et de l’action. [Laboratory for the physiology of perception and action]. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and is the author of Le Sens du mouvement [The Brain's Sense of Movement] and La Décision [Emotion and Reason].

The Myth of Achievement Tests

Author : James J. Heckman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022610012X
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Myth of Achievement Tests written by James J. Heckman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achievement tests play an important role in modern societies. They are used to evaluate schools, to assign students to tracks within schools, and to identify weaknesses in student knowledge. The GED is an achievement test used to grant the status of high school graduate to anyone who passes it. GED recipients currently account for 12 percent of all high school credentials issued each year in the United States. But do achievement tests predict success in life? The Myth of Achievement Tests shows that achievement tests like the GED fail to measure important life skills. James J. Heckman, John Eric Humphries, Tim Kautz, and a group of scholars offer an in-depth exploration of how the GED came to be used throughout the United States and why our reliance on it is dangerous. Drawing on decades of research, the authors show that, while GED recipients score as well on achievement tests as high school graduates who do not enroll in college, high school graduates vastly outperform GED recipients in terms of their earnings, employment opportunities, educational attainment, and health. The authors show that the differences in success between GED recipients and high school graduates are driven by character skills. Achievement tests like the GED do not adequately capture character skills like conscientiousness, perseverance, sociability, and curiosity. These skills are important in predicting a variety of life outcomes. They can be measured, and they can be taught. Using the GED as a case study, the authors explore what achievement tests miss and show the dangers of an educational system based on them. They call for a return to an emphasis on character in our schools, our systems of accountability, and our national dialogue. Contributors Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin–Madison Andrew Halpern-Manners, Indiana University Bloomington Paul A. LaFontaine, Federal Communications Commission Janice H. Laurence, Temple University Lois M. Quinn, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Pedro L. Rodríguez, Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities