B028807 - PEACE AND CONFLICTS DYNAMICS PEDAGOGY

Italian Language

Introduction to inner well-being, self-awareness, improvement of listening and observation potential skills through meditation.
Relationship and communication: the tools to build peace relationships. From hostile words to non-violent communication.
Building peace with the concrete actions of inclusive sport.
Considerations on the relationship between interculuture, interreligion, peace: comparing theoretical models.

Silvia Guetta, Educare ad un mondo futuro, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2015
Thich Nhat Hanh, La pace è ogni passo, Roma Ubaldini Editore - 1993
Johan Galtung, La trasformazione dei conflitti con mezzi pacifici, United Nations Disaster Management Training Programme Centro Studi Sereno Regis, Torino, 2006,
Marshal Rosenberg, Le parole sono finestre oppuri muri, Esserci, Reggio Emilia, 2017
Daniele Novara, La grammatica dei conflitti, Sonda Editore, 2011
Paper and video documents UNESCO, European Union, Italian and regional will be indicated during the course.

For non-attending students:
the texts described above
Consult the moodle page for articles and videos
Testo Parole Ostili, edited by Loredana Lipperini, Laterza publisher

Knowledge of the aspects that characterize the quality of the educational and training relationship.
Knowledge of the dynamics that generate conflicts and recognize the different types
Understanding how educational and training interventions can generate or manage situations of conflict and / or violence
Understanding of the use of communication and relational strategies to prevent, mediate, support and manage conflicts
Understanding how the dynamics of inequality, emotional and cultural deprivation, discomfort and school dropout are linked to conflicts
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding through the study of cases, through the critical reading of the contexts of training, through guided observation activities.
Autonomy of judgment in knowing how to evaluate, without judging, the contexts and phenomena that arise, in view of the analysis of dynamics, research of one's own and others' well-being, development of communicative, dialogic and creative skills
Communication skills centered on empathic communication, on the value of kindness, on respect for one's own dignity and the other's.

Understanding of the different levels and contexts of communication
Historical-political orientation skills
Active listening and attention skills
Spirit of collaboration and problem solving

Frontal lessons for the treatment of theoretical models, research questions and critical comparison of the topics covered
Organization of working groups of 3-5 students for thematic insights related to the different areas of intervention that favor peace education, nonviolent communication, conflict management, the relationship between meditation and peace, inclusive sport and for peace .
E-learning lessons and delivery of tasks to be carried out on the basis of the topics and material covered
Meetings and round tables with experts.

The assessments will be oral on the MEET platform. In order to take the exam it is necessary to upload the dossier on the moodle page of the course.

The course will be divided into four modules. The first will deepen the contribution made to awareness of peace, by Tich Nhat Hanh. In addition to the text indicated to learn about thought and the contribution to education for peace, other teaching materials will be proposed to deepen the topic, stimulate research activities in small groups, re-elaborate in a personal way the meaning of seeking peace relationships.
The second module will focus on nonviolent communication, the appropriate and responsible use of language, understanding and managing conflicts. Through the contributions of Rosenberg, Galtung and Novara and using the didactic / operational solicitations of the hostile words association, both theoretical and operational models will be considered to observe, understand and improve relationships, the use of words and their potential and generative that destructive. In the light of these reflections, the elements that characterize the conflicts will be analyzed, the different types in particular in the educational field.
The third module will focus on sports issues and will refer to the issues presented in the first and second modules. As a tool and practice of human relationships, it will be shown how sport can foster meaningful experiences for the construction of inclusive and positive skills, but also of aggressive, violent, intolerant and racist behaviors. Both considerations are necessary and functional for the construction of autonomous and articulated critical readings, and operational proposals capable of offering valid strategies for problem solving, the deconstruction of stereotypes and the design of relational experiences of respect and personal growth and group
The fourth and final module will propose the recapitulation and the theoretical reflection on what has already been learned. The text "Educating for a future world" will be used as a reference to understand the historical, political, social and cultural processes that are present within the topics covered. The close interdependence present through three macro areas of reflection will be highlighted: intercultural education, interreligious dialogue, education for peace. The contribution given by UNESCO to these issues and the complexity of the issue of education for the development of a culture of peace will therefore be explored.