Education and Teacher Training @

The Course seeks to provide an introduction to the theory and skills required to pursue a career in education and training. It offers two learning pathways:

Early childhood and infant educator: this pathway aims to develop an understanding of issues related to child development, with a special attention to to psychological and pedagogic issues, motor activity and environmental aspects.

Social care educator: this pathway offers insights into socialization processes with an emphasis on social exclusion.

Graduates may pursue a career as educators in crèches, early childhood recreational centres, child re-education services; in youth community settings, in local administration and community social services; as a cultural liaison officer; as a teacher or tutor in lifelong learning.

The degree course prepares for the professions of: nursery school educator, children's educator in recreation centres and educator in re-educational services ; educator in youth aggregation centers, local government and community social services; cultural mediator; instructor or tutor in continuing education services.

Entry qualification: secondary school-leaving qualification or fully validated equivalent foreign qualification as laid down by existing regulation. Applicants holding the required qualification bearing a mark below 70/100 (or equivalent) have to take a written questionnaire and/or interview. If result is not successful, applicants need to engage in additional learning activities in the first year.

 Further information on entry requirements

Syllabi - Full PDF (all the modules' syllabi together in just one file)

For Early childhood and infant educator pathway there are 5 credits of laboratory activities to compulsory attendance:

1 CFU of the 9 of HISTORY OF EDUCATION - SSD: M-PED/02
1 CFU of the 6 of GENERAL TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCHMETHOD - SSD: M-PED/03 modulo A
1 CFU of the 4 of GENERAL TEACHING AND PEDAGOGICAL RESEARCHMETHOD - SSD: M-PED/03 modulo B
1 CFU of the 9 of DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY - SSD: M-PSI/04
1 CFU of the 9 of PEDAGOGY OF FAMILY RELATIONS - SSD: M-PED/01

Application and registration period is from 15^th July to 31^st October.

Further information on application, fees and benefits

Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism CONTACTS page.

For more information please view the Department website.

Senior tutors assist students throughout their period of study.
Discover the iCare service: after applying (to enroll in the first year of an undergraduate three-year degree course or a five-year degree course) you are allocated an academic Tutor who will assist you throughout your period of studies.

Information on the quality assurance system of courses is available on the Education and Teacher Training page (Italian version).