In order to evaluate the importance of teaching in university workshops, we investigated the organisation of groups of students both in a classical teaching setting and in workshops, as places where skills can be learnt, in order to identify important criteria for the creation of tools relating to the verification and self-verification of the educational process. This case study focused on 20 professors, responsible for workshop activities, and 45 students at the University of Valle d’Aosta. Data was collected using a variety of multiple choice questionnaires which contained pertinent open questions relating to students’ appraisal of various issues. This research has enabled us both to highlight various criticism regarding workshop activities with reference to educational curriculum and also to identify quality indicators. This case study has resulted in the creation of a tool for the evaluation of the quality of workshop teaching and this tool has a proactive value with respect to the planning and realisation of workshops which are to be used as didactic mediators for the transfer of concept and experience and also as places for the integration of social and professional skills.
Nell’ambito della rilevazione delle dimensioni della didattica universitaria che intervengono nelle attività di laboratorio, abbiamo esplorato l’organizzazione del gruppo degli studenti sia in termini di setting didattico sia in relazione all’identità del momento laboratoriale quale luogo di costruzione di competenze, al fine di individuare criteri pertinenti per la costruzione di strumenti per la verifica e per l’autoverifica della formazione. La ricerca si configura come uno studio di casi effettuato su venti docenti responsabili di laboratori e su quarantacinque studenti dell’Università della Valle d’Aosta. I dati sono stati raccolti tramite la somministrazione di questionari a struttura mista, con quesiti a scelta multipla, a scale di condivisione di apprezzamento di enunciati, a risposta aperta. Lo studio di casi ha permesso di rilevare alcune criticità riguardanti l’identità del laboratorio rispetto al curricolo formativo e di individuare indicatori di qualità relativi a differenti aree di contenuto. Ne scaturisce la proposta di uno strumento contestualizzato di valutazione della qualità della didattica laboratoriale, a valenza proattiva rispetto alla progettazione e alla realizzazione di laboratori intesi come mediatori didattici del transfert degli apprendimenti concettuali ed esperienziali e come luoghi di integrazione di competenze sociali e professionali.
Il laboratorio come luogo di costruzione di competenze
GRANGE T
2006-01-01
Abstract
In order to evaluate the importance of teaching in university workshops, we investigated the organisation of groups of students both in a classical teaching setting and in workshops, as places where skills can be learnt, in order to identify important criteria for the creation of tools relating to the verification and self-verification of the educational process. This case study focused on 20 professors, responsible for workshop activities, and 45 students at the University of Valle d’Aosta. Data was collected using a variety of multiple choice questionnaires which contained pertinent open questions relating to students’ appraisal of various issues. This research has enabled us both to highlight various criticism regarding workshop activities with reference to educational curriculum and also to identify quality indicators. This case study has resulted in the creation of a tool for the evaluation of the quality of workshop teaching and this tool has a proactive value with respect to the planning and realisation of workshops which are to be used as didactic mediators for the transfer of concept and experience and also as places for the integration of social and professional skills.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.