Social Work

Educational objectives

2 Obiettivi formativi
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2.1 Obiettivi generali


This course aims at familiarizing the students with the themes and methods of developmental psychology, including its extensions to the life span. The course is organized by ages from infancy to old age. At the end of the course students will know the “normative frames” of development.
Students will be able to identify theory in developmental psychology to be applied in social work. Students will learn theories and methods of developmental psychology through lessons, applicative aspects will be learned through discussions in class.

2.2 Obiettivi specifici

2.2.1 Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding).

Students will know normative frames related to cognitive, social and emotional development, and methods of developmental research. Students will learn life span concepts and developmental tasks from infancy to old age with a particular attention to mentalizing skills as a protective factor.

2.2.2 Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione (applyingknowledge and under-standing).

At the end of the course students will be able to recognize normative frame, developmental tasks chal-lenges and resources in analyzing a “case”.

2.2.3 Autonomia di giudizio (makingjudgements).

Class discussions will allow students to learn how to comment a case making reference to psychological theories and to contextualize the case in the environment.

2.2.4 Abilità comunicative (communicationskills).
Trough discussions in class, students will learn how communicate using specific terminology of develop-mental psychology. In this way they will learn how communicate to developmental psychologists in equipe work.
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2.2.5 5) Capacità di apprendimento (learningskills).
Recall to sources will allow students to learn how to study in deep topics of developmental psychology, above all by using appropriate key words

Educational objectives

Obiettivi formativi 2.1 Obiettivi generali(General objectives) The main objective of the course is
to provide students with the theoretical and practical reference elements within which to place the course
of study chosen; the aim is to provide stimuli and tools to understand how professional service social is
originated and how it develops over time through the historical framework, the description of the social
service as a place where the social imbalances are recomposed and the explanation of the main theoretical
references elaborated over the time (mandates). 2.2 Obiettivi specifici 2.2.1 Conoscenza e capacità di
comprensione (knowledge and understanding). At the end of the course the student will have learned the
knowledge of the principles and values that characterize the ethics of the profession of Social Worker; the
Methods and Techniques presented will concern how the be good as social worker; the theoretical tools to
evaluate professional activity in view of the following experimentation of the internship. 2.2.2 Capacità di
applicare conoscenza e comprensione (applying-knowledge and understanding). The skills the student will
acquire will enable him to be able to understand, analyze and discuss the technical-professional material
provided by the teacher; the simulated situations during the course of teaching will enable him to actively
reflect on understanding the Social Worker’s world. The first notions will be provided regarding the
institutions where the Social Worker and the respective catchment areas. 2.2.3 Autonomia di giudizio
(making-judgements). Critical capacity will be developed through comparison on the issues carried out in
the classroom and through the drafting of reports on specific topics, on the experience of a visit to a service
where a professional works with the related report eding. 2.2.4 Abilità comunicative (communication-
skills). The ability to demonstrate what has been learned will occur after the first module through a written
test and after the second module through an oral exam. 2.2.5 Capacità di apprendimento (learningskills).

The provided tools will enable the student to pursue and to deepen the study of professional subjects and
to partecipate in the subsequent internship actively and profitably.

Educational objectives

The general objective of the course is to provide students with the IT tools related to scientific knowledge, data representation and related psychometric analytic techniques for research in the social sciences. The course comprises a series of theoretical lessons, followed by practical laboratory sessions.
knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, the student will be aware of the basics of empirical and quantitative research, will distinguish a reliable and scientific source, will know the basic assumptions of a scientific investigation, will be aware of the steps that precede scientific literature (i.e., the hypotheses of the investigation, data management and data entry, along with preliminary analyses).
applying knowledge and understanding
The acquired skills will concern the ability to carry out a correct and consistent bibliographic research on pre-established topics; the complete construction of a mask for entering data; building and reading graphs representing the data; how to import a dataset on Spss; the ability to perform preliminary statistical analyses and comparisons among the means. In relation to these skills, the student will be able to apply them in the context of social assistance. The same ability can also be applied in relation to the bibliographic research, which will lead the student to appropriately select the scientific literature in relation to the topic under examination, to suddenly (but correctly) extrapolate the literature of interest and to derive the right information from the available materials.
making judgements
The transversal competences will concern the ability to apply what is learned through the theoretical les-sons to one's own scientific context. Indeed, students will be able to transpose the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in the applied contexts of the social sciences (i.e., to carry out autonomously a bibliographic research, to use the basic functions of the Excel and Spss programs).
communication skills
During the laboratory, the student will have the opportunity to work in groups in order to increase his/her level of cohesion, peer learning and comparison. At the end of the classroom exercise, students will have the opportunity to explain how the group work was conducted and the results have been produced to the whole class. In this way, it is possible to question themselves and to publically illustrate the work done. Students will also have to report and summarize their products through home assignments autonomously and individually, through a written report. This will allow the student to become competent in the synthe-sis and clarity of the referent topics.
learning skills
The course aims to make students independent as regards the databases to be accessed and how to use them to be able to carry out a bibliographic research. This competence is useful especially for the purposes of the final thesis or for the deepening of specific issues in the course of their careers. The student should be also able to use Spss for what concerns the basic analyses, understanding the underlining analytic process and being able to understand the obtained results. Also in this case, this competence will allow greater independence during the final thesis and career, to learn what is reported by any research to which reference is made.

Educational objectives

Course's general goal is to supply students with a theoretical knowledge and useful tools connected to the representation of data and to the pertaining psychometric analyses for educational research. The Programme includes theoretical lessons and workshop practical activities.
Theoretical lessons will be divided into lectures, dedicated to students' training, and a part dedicated to students' questions and reflections. Classes will be about the use of questionnaires, and the approach to empirical research with a reference to the theoretical bases of quantitative and psychometric research. During the course, will be explained the instructions related to the representation of data by means of charts and graphs, the input and the management of data by using the programme Excel and the software for statistical analyses Spss, and the psychometric theories needed for the use of these software.
During the practical classes, theory, previously learned, is applied by means of exercise and mid-term tests, both in the classroom and at home.
At the end of the course, the student will know the basics of quantitative research applied in the pedagogical and educational areas in all their forms, will know the theories at the base of psychometric analyses, will have the needed skills for the management and input of data and preliminary analyses, will understand the basic psychometric models and their application in the specific field of educational research [Dublin Descriptor No. 1].
The acquired skills will be about the ability at creating a window for data input; creating and reading graphs representing data after the importation; importing the dataset on Spss; carrying out statistical preliminary and basic analyses. The student will be able to apply these skills in educational research [Dublin Descriptor No. 2].
Cross skills will concern the ability at applying what the student has learned to his/her scientific context. Students will be able to interpret and apply in an independent way psychometric analyses, that is to transpose the acquired theoretical knowledge into an application context [Dublin Descriptor No. 3].
During the course, the student will participate to individual and group activities, and he/she will report the experience as a discussion into the classroom or a presentation with slides. Students will report their experiences also through exercises at home, in this case individually, through a written composition. This will allow the student to become competent in summarising with clarity the discussed topics [Dublin Descriptor No. 4].
The course is aimed at making the students independent concerning the basic psychometric analyses, a skill useful for the final thesis or for a detailed study on specific topics during one's career. The student should be able to autonomously use the software Spss concerning the first analyses, understanding the procedure and the theory at its base [Dublin Descriptor No. 5].

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Aims:
The aim of the course is providing theoretical knowledge and analytical skills on the topic of male violence
against women and on the socio-institutional responses to this phenomenon.
Specifically, the course is aimed at the acquisition of socio-cultural knowledge that allow to interpret the
phenomenon of male violence against women and its cultural roots, to know its forms, the continuum and
the cycle of violence, the assisted and child violence, its socio-institutional responses (good and bad
practices); as well as analytical skills, related to the ability to apply the knowledge acquired during the
course and the professional role of the social services.

Knowledge and understanding skills:
At the end of the course, students will be able to use theoretical-conceptual tools of sociology to interpret
the phenomenon of male violence against women in its different forms and manifestations. They will know:
the main theories interpreting the phenomenon of male violence against women; the types of violence; the
cultural factors behind the phenomenon; the risk factors; the role of institutions and the context of
proximity; stereotypes and prejudices that permeate the representation of the phenomenon; data on
gender-based violence in Italy and world-wide.

Applied knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- summarize the main theoretical and conceptual aspects of gender-based violence related to the different
authors and schools;
- critically analyse sociological authors and theories that have addressed gender-based violence;
- to identify and deconstruct gender biases, stereotypes and prejudices that intervene in the social system
and that still contribute to the reproduction of the various forms of gender discrimination.

Autonomy of judgment:
Students will acquire the theoretical-conceptual and analytical-applicative tools that are necessary to
critically read the most discussed and controversial issues of the discipline, also in relation to the
development of public debate and in order to develop and support a personal position.

Communication skills:
At the end of the course, students will develop communication skills in oral exposition and writing that will
allow them to discuss issues related to gender violence in a way not stereotyped and appropriate to the
sociological lexicon. They will also be able to intervene in the public debate on gender-based violence by
ensuring a correct representation of the phenomenon from a linguistic and socio-cultural perspective.

Ability to learn:
At the end of the course students will be able to independently collect and deepen the new contributions
produced by sociology on the theme of male violence against women and to make this knowledge
expendable in their field of work and profession in general.

Educational objectives

OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI

To promote the critical understanding of theories, methodologies and research settings concerning cultural anthropology, historical anthropology and anthropology of development, with particular attention to the problems and the challenges of a globalized and multicultural world. The main goal is to allow students to acquire effective skills useful for the cultural analysis of social and local contexts; another main goal is addressed to enable students to use the anthropological knowledge professionally and in an interdisciplinary perspective.

The course program is structured according to two itineraries:
INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Understanding of theories and methodologies regarding cultural anthropology with specific reference to human rights; to promote an intercultural and interdisciplinary vision and to foster the safeguard of the community historical memory
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL POLICIES: The human rights will be faced from an intercultural perspective; a focus will be earmarked to the Italian Constitution and legislation, as well as for European and international declarations and conventions. These themes will be addressed through a series of meetings with scholars and experts of the international university group "European Citizenship and Mediterranean Identity" CEIM .

Prof. Sonia Giusti and prof. Paolo Palmeri will be involved in the course related to historical and development anthropology.

CONOSCENZE E COMPETENZE
By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- know the theories and methodologies characterizing cultural anthropology and ethnographic practice:
- possess good historical and cultural analysis skills of social and local contexts that are increasingly characterized as multicultural;
- use anthropological knowledge in the context of future professional practice and graft them on the skills acquired in other disciplines;
- expand its analysis and intervention tools that characterize its professional practice;
- interpret the needs of the territories and carry out an analysis of the socio-cultural contexts in which it operates;
- possess capacity for autonomy and judgment, communicate what has been learned and identify specific paths of knowledge regarding the issues and problems posed by the modern multicultural society in the context of further training and professional paths;
- correctly use the concepts and methods of the anthropological discipline in an interdisciplinary perspective that allows to decode the elements that constitute the complex contemporary society and the social, historical, cultural, economic and political phenomena that determine it.
- develop the skills of observation, decoding and interpretation of historical-cultural and socio-economic processes that occur in the contexts of daily life and in the realization of a fruitful intercultural dialogue.

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Basic knowledge of rights protection in the Constitution. Knowledge of constitutional organization of powers. Relationships between Italy and the European Union.

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The English language course aims to develop and/or consolidate the four language skills (reading, speaking, listening and writing) at the B1 level (lower intermediate) of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR). Students who successfully complete the course will have acquired the grammar, lexis and syntax in general English at the threshold level of the CEFR as well as the technical-scientific terminology of the Social Work field in order to be able to interact effectively in various everyday life situations (so-called “survival English”) and to use their knowledge of the language in a practical manner in the Social Work field

knowledge and understanding
Acquiring and/or consolidating a practical knowledge of English grammar, vocabulary and syntax in order to deal with various situations in work or everyday life. This means developing and/or consolidating the ability to: understand the key points of non-complex speech in standard English on familiar themes concerning one’s job, study, free time etc.; understand common everyday written texts concerning one’s job or everyday life. The course specifically aims at developing various reading strategies for dealing with technical texts of the Social Work field: skimming (to get the overall gist), scanning (to glean specific information) and intensive reading for a thorough understanding of the whole text.

applying knowledge and understanding
Being able to apply the acquired grammar, syntax and specific vocabulary in order to: deal with the most common situations faced when travelling in English speaking areas or places where English is used as a “lingua franca”; take part in conversations on specific topics of personal interest or concerning everyday life; describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions by linking simple expressions; briefly state the reasons or provide explanations for opinions and plans; produce simple texts (personal letters, short accounts etc.) on familiar themes or of personal interest; and translate simple sentences concerning the Social Work field.

making judgements
The course envisages individual and group activities to develop independent evaluation and judgement skills in the language sphere through practical exercises concerning the interpretation of graphic and numerical data of the Social Work field and the subsequent presentation of the key elements in English.

communication skills
The ability to communicate and interact effectively with regard to various everyday life situations (so-called “survival English”) and to non-complex situations in one’s job.

learning skills
The course will provide students with the specific language used in various genres of text and documentation of the Social Work field, including conference and seminar programs, encyclopedia entries, textbooks and manuals, university prospectuses, pamphlets, newspapers and specialized journals, research papers and abstracts, websites; all with a view to providing students with a tool for researching and understanding documentation (even found on the internet) that is useful for their studies and future career.

Educational objectives

General Objectives. The course aims to provide the basic tools necessary to understand legal language. Having acquired the basic tools, the subjects of law (individuals and collective entities, with particular regard to third sector entities), the subjective legal situations referable to them, the institutes for the protection of fragile persons, foreigners, minors, families, the contract, civil liability, for the profiles relevant to the profession of social worker will be studied. In the analysis of legal norms special attention will be paid to the role of case law. 2.2 Specific objectives. 2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding skills. The course aims to provide students with an overview of private law relevant to the social worker and to develop the ability to find the normative discipline, direct reading and understanding of legal texts. 2.2.2 Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. Concrete situations will be put before the students with respect to which they will have to identify rights and forms of protection of those involved and tasks of intervention of social workers. 2.2.3 Autonomy of judgment. Students will be asked to investigate and discuss the 'rationale' of legal norms as well as the reasoning of case law rulings. 2.2.4 Communication skills. Students will be expected to acquire the ability to understand legal language and express themselves using it. 2.2.5 Learning ability. The ability to learn will be tested, on the one hand, by students' written reports on case law rulings related to the topics studied and, on the other hand, by subjecting students to concrete cases to which they will apply the acquired legal discipline.

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Objectives:

Knowledge and Understanding:
At the end of the course, the student will understand the organization of the services in which social workers operate (with particular reference to individual and team work on cases, families, and groups), as well as the complex network of services/institutions that interact in the programming and planning of social and socio-health interventions.
Applied Knowledge and Understanding:
Additionally, the student will be able to apply the theories and principles acquired during the course to the organizational and operational context (especially regarding ex ante, in itinere, and ex post evaluation systems of interventions on individual cases or with "collective significance").
Making Judgements:
Through group exercises in the classroom, the student will acquire the ability to confront different points of view, guiding their evaluative and operational choices according to organized and personalized thinking.
Communication Skills:
During the course, simulated and interactive methodologies are planned to allow students to improve their communication skills (such as commenting on a literary passage or other didactic material using technical and appropriate language).
Learning Skills:
By the end of the course, the student will have the tools to plan their future academic (and subsequently professional) path more clearly and coherently, based on their abilities and interests, according to the opportunities offered by the job market. During the course, two questionnaires (one intermediate, the other final) are administered, which enhance teacher-student communication, aiming to promote reflexivity, awareness, and greater autonomy.

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Educational goals 2.1 General goals The course will comprise three modules. It intends to present basic topics and constructs on the various theories in social psychology, promoting a critical comparison among them. The student will examine such comparisons through a presentation in the classroom of a specific topic chosen among those in the text of Palmonari, Cavazza, and Rubini (2012). The course will put first the more recent international literature, focusing both on the mainstream tradition and the critical tradition. So it will illustrate, on the one hand, concepts discussed by the so-called "American school" (such as social cognition), on the other, concepts privileged by the "European school" (such as social representations). There will then be a section in the course dedicated to the history of the Italian social psychology capable of highlighting its cultural roots in comparison with the national and international historical context.
In the third module, students will undergo experiential activities at a social farm that provides social service assistance, including job-training, social reintegration, prevention of scholastic, family and social issues, and assisted activities outdoor with animals (horses) for disabled people. In the social farm, students will directly observe how interventions are carried out in outdoor activities, for prevention of social unrest, and will take part to the equipe discussion about real or simulated cases through role-playing. 2.2 Specific goals 2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding Students will be able to master contents of the different research points of view and traditions operating in the social psychology area. The part dedicated to the history of social psychology will be based on texts of the late 1800's/early 1900's, read and commented in the classroom
Every student will write a diary on the competences acquired during experiential training course at the social farm, with the aim to reason on how to transform that abstract knowledge into operative skills. 2.2.2 Applying knowledge and understanding Students will be able to read and interpret the results of empirical researches connecting them to the pertaining theoretical, disciplinary, and practical fields. They will also acquire specific skills about the presentation methods of an oral and written report, related to a part of the chapters of the text of Palmonari, Cavazza, and Rubini (2012). In the third module, students will acquire competences on the ability to understand others through role-playing activities performed in groups. Such activities will rely on observation of - more than on competition with - other groups. Such observations will be then discussed in a plenary debate, and a guided de-briefing will take place to reason on the deep meaning of the experiences. 2.2.3 Making judgements Students will use the material presented during the lectures and in the presentation of their colleagues to autonomously discuss important social topics. 2.2.4 Communication skills Presenting the summary of a topic inside the text of Palmonari, Cavazza, and Rubini (2012), students may familiarise with ways to transmit knowledge, also through in-depth analysis of a scientific article focused on the chosen subject. Observing social communication in animals (i.e., horses) will allow student to realize how it is always functional and never dysfunctional, thus promoting self-reflective abilities on human communication. 2.2.5 Learning skills When a student presents the summary of a specific topic, analysing it by personally reading other pertaining materials, he/she will acquire skills for an autonomous study. Furthermore, students will interview each other on the abilities and competences developed through the experiential activities at the social farm.

Educational objectives

Mainly, the course aims to provide students with the basic theoretical and conceptual tools of Sociology of Family in order that these ones allow students clearly understand family as a complex social institution.
The teaching is also addressed to achieve specific aims, that are the following:

transmit knowledge useful for a critical analysis of social and cultural features concerning family (Dublin Descriptor: Knowledge and Understanding);

teach to empirically applicate a body of theoretical knowledge for analysing families (Dublin Descriptor: Applying Knowledge and Understanding);

help students express autonomous judgments from stereotypes that usually orient the interpretation of that institution (Dublin Descriptor: Making Judgements);

transmit a specialized language, that will improve students’ ability of public speaking (Dublin Descriptor: Communication);

make students build a cultural baggage that will help them learn additional knowledges concerning social sciences at the next courses (Dublin Descriptor: Lifelong Learning Skills).

Educational objectives

The course aims to illustrate the main theories of dynamic psychology, encouraging students to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of individual theories, and to consider the aspects of continuity and discontinuity among different orientations. An initial review of the most classic authors (for example, Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott) will be followed by a more "thematic" continuation on contemporary perspectives. Particular attention will be paid to themes most relevant and useful to Social Work. In this sense, topics of in-depth exploration will include the concept of complex and relational trauma, constructs of attachment and mentalization, and the identities and incongruences of gender. The course aims to provide comprehensive preparation on these themes and the fundamental concepts of dynamic psychology: the unconscious, defense mechanisms, the dream world, and the stages of psychosexual development. Each topic will be explored in depth with particular reference to a multidisciplinary approach, based on a biopsychosocial model. The course includes lectures that will provide ample space for discussion, shared reflection, conceptualization of clinical cases, and the design of treatment plans. The instructor will ensure that each discussion takes place in a safe and inclusive environment, guaranteeing confidentiality with respect to the topics discussed.

Course Objectives
By the end of the course, students will have acquired the basic knowledge necessary to: a) have an in-depth understanding of the main theories of dynamic psychology; b) possess the fundamentals for a psychodynamic understanding of psychosexual development; c) develop a detailed knowledge of complex traumatic experiences and their consequences; d) deepen their understanding of the processes underlying gender identity and emerging forms of sexuality.

Knowledge and understanding

Passing the exam ensures that students acquire theoretical knowledge on the main theories of dynamic psychology. Additionally, topics such as complex trauma, attachment, mentalization, the dream world, and gender identity will be explored in depth.
Applying knowledge and understanding
By the end of the course, students will have the ability to use theories of dynamic psychology to perform complex analyses of individual, relational, and family dynamics that they will encounter in their future profession or with which they are already coming into contact during internships. Special attention will be dedicated to interactions with transgender and non-binary individuals.
Making judgments
The course includes both lectures and laboratory activities. By the end of the course, also thanks to active participation in class discussions, students will have developed the skills necessary for a thorough understanding of clinical and ethical aspects essential for an in-depth comprehension of the main theories of dynamic psychology. These skills are acquired during the course through the discussion of clinical cases and the viewing of video material (interviews and films).
Communication skills
Passing the exam requires students to acquire effective and empathetic communication skills through the learning of an inclusive, accurate, and appropriate scientific language tailored to the specificities and purposes of interventions, with particular attention to the family dynamics underlying complex traumatic experiences.

Learning skills
Passing the exam involves the acquisition of learning capabilities that will enable students to further their understanding of the main theories of dynamic psychology throughout their training, providing a historical perspective that highlights changes in psychological and clinical understanding, in diagnostic models, and in psychological intervention and treatment. Furthermore, students will acquire the fundamentals for a psychodynamic understanding of concepts such as complex trauma, gender identity, the dream world, attachment, and mentalization. These competencies are acquired through various means, both during lectures and laboratory activities, particularly dedicated to the presentation of clinical material.

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Goals

2.1 General Goals
The aim of the course is the analysis of the tools and objectives of political economy and economic policy in open economic systems. Particular attention is paid to the issue of e-economic policy choices within the European Economic and Monetary Union and to problems relating to the real economy and the labor market. The course also aims, through thematic seminars, to illustrate the main problems of the national economy and political economy.

2.2 Specific Goals
The course pays particular attention to the issue of economic policy choices within the European economic and monetary union and to issues relating to the real economy and the labor market. The course also aims, through thematic seminars, to illustrate the role of financial markets in the management of Economic Policy.

2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding.
Upon completion of the course, the student will know the main elements of political economy and economic policy, managing to deal with issues related to national and international economy at a post-secondary level.

2.2.2 Ability to apply knowledge and understanding.

The student will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in a competent and reflective way. He will also possess the appropriate skills both to devise and support arguments, to solve problems in the field of political economy and economic policy.

2.2.3 Making judgments.
The activities that contribute to the development of these skills will mainly be lectures, seminar events during the course and the drafting of written reports on current topics.

2.2.4 Communication skills (communication skills).
Activities aimed at developing the ability to communicate/transmit what has been learned will be arranged, through the presentation of written reports on topical issues.

2.2.5 Learning skills.
The course will allow students to develop the necessary skills to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Educational objectives

The second module of “Methods and Techniques of Social Services” for this year is placed in the first se-mester of the third year on completion of the knowledge about a social worker. In general terms, it has the purpose of translating into practical skills the theoretical proficiency acquired in the first two years of study and of providing a theoretical framework of coherent reading of students' experiences during their intern-ships. At this aim, a part of the course is dedicated to the analysis of what students has produced during their professional internships and to the presentation of specific cases chosen by the teacher, used also to examine more in detail some of the most common issues in the work of a social worker. Moreover, stu-dents are provided with specific theoretical in-depth information related to some work "tools" typical of a social worker such as preliminary interviews and home visits, reports of social services addressed to other services or institutions and to the other judicial authorities with whom the social worker operates, the execu-tion of social evaluations and in-depth analysis with an evaluative purpose, the psycho-social support to persons who live difficult situations of social weakness.

2.2 Specific goals
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the skills to recognize the theories applied in the work of social workers and the pertaining methods, and be able to prepare a social services report, where they present a critical issue, analyse it, and propose an intervention project suitable to face it.

2.2.1 Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of the human behaviour and the social context, included the interaction among biological, psy-chological, social, and cultural factors. Understanding of the life cycle's development, of responsibilities, and of crisis corresponding to the ages of life, with a special attention to expectations both in a family con-text and in the reference socio-cultural context. Knowledge of activities and professions connected to so-cial services, with the purpose of facilitating an inter-professional collaboration and group work.

2.2.2 Applying knowledge and understanding
Skills of applying the main theoretical knowledge (especially the relational-systemic approach and the net-work one will be examined in detail) and the intervention methods to specific critical issues and/or of social unease (minors, disabled, old persons, families, immigrants, etc.). Skills of managing complex organisatio-nal processes and skills of applying a professional code of conduct.

2.2.3 Making judgements
To be aware of the relationship between personal experiences and systems of values from one part, and the work of social services from the other. More in detail, in this area a specific analysis will be dedicated to the posttraumatic stress disorder. Critical understanding about the impact of inequalities and socio-cultural, political, and economic injustices on the human functioning, skills of making judgements in the reading of scientific texts and sources connected to the social analysis processes, skills of dealing with conceptual frameworks integrated with intervention methods, critical evaluation about the use of research in social services, suspension of judgement when facing complex situations. Students will be especially motivated to reason on issues when suspending judgement is particularly important, such as minors' protections and the functioning of violent and mistreating families, and on a special bracket of population: the multi-problematic families.

2.2.4 Communication skills
Communication suitable for interacting with various professionals in the social services' area and/or with other professional workers, skills in conducting and/or managing group discussions, skills at interacting with persons in difficult situations, conversation skills aimed at developing confidence relationships, skills in wri-ting reports.

2.2.5 Learning skills
Skills in using specialised texts and their bibliographies, also through the development of research skills in digital databases, even in the English language.

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2 Obiettivi formativi

2.1 Obiettivi generali

• The knowledge of the logic inspiring social policies and welfare models;
• The comprehension of the social work
• The comprehension of the social work towards: planning, actualization and evaluation of the social policies;
• A critical comprehension of how cultural, economical and social differences can affect the human being, together with particular references to the discrimination, oppression, exploitation and social injustice.

2.2 Obiettivi specifici
• To know the different welfare systems and the main fields of social charity policies
• to understand the Italian welfare system together with its own details and its own lacks.
• To be aware of the interconnections among micro-meso-maso social levels.

2.2.1 Conoscenza e capacità di comprensione (knowledge and understanding).
• To consider the main directional concepts about social rights’ theories ;
• To understand the interconnection between needs and social policies;
• To consider the structural social conditions towards the marginalization and the expulsion of men and groups.

2.2.2 Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione (applyingknowledge and understanding).
• To understand the social worker’s role, together with their approaching towards the capacity-building with the empowerment of individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
• To apply the acquired knowledges in order to operate, with scientific attitude, on professional interventions, next to professional actions the should give a self-reflective practice enable to operate inside the valuable expectations of the profession;

2.2.3 Autonomia di giudizio (makingjudgements).
• Reflection and group discussion of the problems studied also on the basis of a systemic approach and complexity of the topics covered.

2.2.4 Abilità comunicative (communicationskills).
• Communicate information in a group and during an examination.

2.2.5 5) Capacità di apprendimento (learningskills).
• Develop knowledge and orientation skills in the field of social policies in the local, regional, national and international context.

Educational objectives

For the discussion in front of a specific committee during the final exam, a theoretical-empirical paper is expected. Based on shared guidelines within the degree program, this paper allows the evaluation of the student's ability to integrate appropriate theoretical knowledge, intervention methodologies, and critical evaluation of outcomes

Educational objectives

The class aims to teach students the fundamental theoretical models of dynamic psychology. In this direction, the approach to the discipline will be based on the most accredited and internationally shared scientific literature. All the main psychic processes and mechanisms that characterize the personality, emotional and affective experience, behavior and intersubjective relationships will be analysed. Through lectures, clinical case studies and discussions on issues of social importance, students will develop knowledge and models of interpretation of phenomena useful for the development and implementation of intervention and prevention practices of the risk of mental illness and deviance, the promotion of personal well-being and psychological health.

Educational objectives

The general objective of the course is to learn constructs and theories for the analysis of the functioning of work groups and organizations, framing them within the socio-cultural perspective of practice-based studies to the study of organizations.
The course is divided into two modules.
In the first module the main approaches to the study of the organizations will be presented, focusing in particular on the relational dimensions in the organizational contexts.
In the second module, the functioning of the groups as a "community of practices" and of organizations as "community of communities" will be explored.

Specific objectives. Upon completion of the course students will be able to: 1) know the main theories and the main constructs of a practice-based perspective to the study of organizations (I Indicator Knowledge and Understanding); 2) to be able to analyze empirically the activities and social interactions in work groups; know how to use observational methods and qualitative research tools for the analysis of group and organizational phenomena (II Indicator Ability to apply knowledge and understanding); 3) acquiring the skills of judgment and decision through the realization of exercises in which it is necessary to know how to critically evaluate and reinterpret what is studied and in which it is necessary to use in a reflective and responsible the methodologies learned (III Indicator Critical and judgment capacity); 4) to effectively illustrate what has been learned through small group collaborative activities and through the writing of reports (IV Indicator Communication skills); 5) know how to pursue autonomously the acquisition of theoretical, methodological and applicative knowledge of organizational psychology, thanks to the critical discussion of the literature references, methods and devices of organizational analysis illustrated (V Indicator Learning capacity).