Argomenti dell'insegnamento
Development of professional skills: - Be able to navigate the legal and organisational framework of kindergartens and primary schools as places of learning and realise your professional potential. - Using examples of specific legal cases from the school and kindergarten sector, becoming familiar with and understanding the complex legal environment of these educational institutions; - Being able to make well-founded, objective and problem-oriented decisions based on acquired scientific knowledge and exemplary, specific professional situations - Reflecting on one's own educational path and actively developing one's own professional profile individually and cooperatively - be familiar with theories and instruments, reflect on professionalism within the framework of educational institutions and develop the ability to think through evidence-based further development - be able to theoretically substantiate and conceptually initiate cooperation within and outside educational institutions

Insegnamenti propedeutici
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Modalità di insegnamento
Lecture, presentation and joint discussion of cases, inputs, multi-method cooperative learning forms, mandatory short contributions as part of compulsory group work along the concept of professional learning communities

Obiettivi formativi
The module is about teaching the following basic, job-related competences: - To find one's way within the legal and organisational framework of kindergarten and primary school as places of learning and to be able to realise this professionally; - to know and understand the complex legal area of these educational institutions based on examples of specific legal cases from the school and kindergarten sector; - to be able to make well-founded, factual and problem-orientated decisions based on the academic knowledge acquired and examples of concrete situations, to individually shape their own educational path and to actively develop their own professional profile; - to know theories and instruments, to develop professionalism and to develop the ability to use one's own professional actions and competences autonomously and flexibly for changes in the world of education. Expected learning outcomes and competences: Knowledge and understanding Students know the most important provisions of the Italian and South Tyrolean kindergarten regulations/school regulations as well as the rights and duties of the children/pupils and the educational staff/teachers. They are familiar with the job description and tasks of educational staff/teaching staff, can describe them and correctly categorise the developments of this job description in the context of new challenges due to various reforms in the education system. You will familiarise yourself with the complex legal areas of the kindergarten and school institutions. Applying knowledge and understanding Students will be able to apply their knowledge of kindergarten and school regulations in everyday teaching/educational work. They know and analyse the scope of tasks, the areas of specialisation and the various competences of the job description of a kindergarten teacher. Judgement Students are aware of the impact and legal responsibility of their professional decisions. They recognise, collect, analyse and assess indicators for the evaluation and self-assessment of their competences and the further development of their professional profile. Communication They know the importance of new media and digital communication within the kindergarten/school, between different kindergartens/schools and with other educational institutions. They know educational institutions, specialised services and authorities as contact points and cooperation partners Learning strategies Students - develop their ability to engage in discursive debate within a peer group in order to discuss specific, concrete work-related situations. - are able to identify their professional skills in terms of specific characteristics and develop points of reference for further professional development.

Modalità d'esame
The written examination consists of a section with multiple-choice questions on a jointly agreed part of the topics covered in the lectures relating to kindergarten and school legislation and the institutions of kindergarten and school, and a second section consisting of an essay on a specific legal case from the aforementioned areas of education and a question for reflection on the job profile and one's own professionalism.

Criteri di valutazione
The assessment relates to the topics covered, the expected learning outcomes and the specific educational objectives. Criteria for assessment are: Detailed treatment of the topic, legal correctness, correctness of the answers, structure and presentation of the various arguments, reference to sources, ability to analyse and reflect, use of technical language, personal conclusions and in-depth reflection on the individual topics. In the event of a negative assessment of the overall module, any positively assessed parts of the module will be credited the next time you take the module examination. Please note, however, that a negative assessment will also be included in the count of examination attempts in this case. According to the examination regulations, three attempts without passing will result in a block for three examination dates (see also Art. 6, para. 4 of the current examination regulations)