ABSTRACT The study elaborates how the original learning contract of Malcolm Knowles may be used in an Italian University setting. We introduced it in a master’s degree course of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology of the University of Padua. We examined the implications of Malcolm Knowles’s theory, compared them with other applications in America and then tried to adjust the contract to the Italian system. This is the first attempt to apply the contract in academic courses in Italy. The analysis also shows the characteristics of the Italian academic system, of the master degree and of the module in which the experimentation take place. Students may not produce other evidence for passing the exam, except the standard one, that normally is the same for all of them. The study was a real attempt to improve the tool and to adapt it to an Italian course that in this case was an integrated course conducted by three professors who made a lot of effort to share the aims of their programs and to involve the students in the experimental phase. The results are very interesting and let us reflect on how to improve the contract and how to better involve the students. Last, but not least, the technology used has to be improved in order to become more user friendly, above all in blended courses like the present one.

Fedeli, M., Felisatti, E., Giampaolo, M. (2012). The Use of Learning Contract within a University Setting in an Italian University. In Proceedings of 2012 CIAE (Commission for International Adult education) Pre-Conference 4 (pp.21-34). Washington D.C, : Marcie Boucouvalas.

The Use of Learning Contract within a University Setting in an Italian University

GIAMPAOLO, MARIO
2012-01-01

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study elaborates how the original learning contract of Malcolm Knowles may be used in an Italian University setting. We introduced it in a master’s degree course of the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy and Applied Psychology of the University of Padua. We examined the implications of Malcolm Knowles’s theory, compared them with other applications in America and then tried to adjust the contract to the Italian system. This is the first attempt to apply the contract in academic courses in Italy. The analysis also shows the characteristics of the Italian academic system, of the master degree and of the module in which the experimentation take place. Students may not produce other evidence for passing the exam, except the standard one, that normally is the same for all of them. The study was a real attempt to improve the tool and to adapt it to an Italian course that in this case was an integrated course conducted by three professors who made a lot of effort to share the aims of their programs and to involve the students in the experimental phase. The results are very interesting and let us reflect on how to improve the contract and how to better involve the students. Last, but not least, the technology used has to be improved in order to become more user friendly, above all in blended courses like the present one.
2012
Fedeli, M., Felisatti, E., Giampaolo, M. (2012). The Use of Learning Contract within a University Setting in an Italian University. In Proceedings of 2012 CIAE (Commission for International Adult education) Pre-Conference 4 (pp.21-34). Washington D.C, : Marcie Boucouvalas.
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