Skills
The programme trains a professional figure characterised by:
- high theoretical and practical skills in the field of educational sciences, particularly in the socio-educational field of minors;
- extensive knowledge of children and young people, in-depth knowledge of children's needs and psychological development;
- advanced knowledge of the processes of social change (crisis, immigration, new family fragilities, etc.) and of recent national and regional legislation; knowledge of the evolution of family and childhood history and educational processes;
- critical ability to evaluate family, social and individual contexts and to prepare strategies for educational intervention;
- knowledge of the most current research trends on the issues of the integrated training system, the coordination of socio-educational services, the methodology of educational planning;
- mastery of methodologies for education, training, prevention and protection of minors in difficult situations (hardship, school dropout, neglect, hospitalization, risk of exclusion);
- specialised skills in the running and management of playrooms, kindergartens, places of aggregation and youth training;
- ability to mediate conflicts and to operate in a network logic among socio-educational services for minors;
- specialised skills for the pedagogical design and the coordination of socio-educational services for minors, also in a teamwork logic, with tasks of planning and supervising activities;
- ability to use the English language in written and oral form;
- good knowledge of the main IT tools and telematic communication, with particular reference to the field of educational research.