Pedagogical Sciences for inclusive communication mediated by LIS (Inter-University Degree)
What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?
What does it train you for?
Following the recognition of the Italian Sign Language (LIS) by the Italian Government (L. 69, 21/05/2021), the Master's Degree Course in Pedagogical Sciences for inclusive communication mediated by LIS was created with the aim of training a qualified professional figure to work in all level schools and in universities, together with the LIS interpreter, as well as in educational and training services aimed at deaf children and adolescents and hearing children and adolescents with comorbidity and/or multiple disabilities, who use LIS to communicate.
Since it is a question of training a "system" professional figure in educational and in learning field , this Course is configured as a LM 85 (Pedagogical Sciences) with a specific address in knowledge of deafness, Italian sign language and linguistic mediation.
In Italy, it is the first university master's course for Pedagogists expert in inclusive communication processes and in LIS.
It involves three different universities that have long been dealing, in various ways, with issues related to deafness and Italian sign language.
Each locations takes charge of the disciplinary areas in which it has greater expertise, thus giving rise to a rich and high-quality training path, thanks to the integration of the different skills; they are: University of Palermo (administrative headquarters); University of Rome 3; Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
What do you learn?
The three Universities involved in the training offer are located in the South, Center and North of Italy, and divide their specific skills into the following areas:
University of Palermo
- Area of general pedagogy, embodied pedagogy and educational relationship together with special teaching and pedagogy, philosophy of language and the medical field;
- Area of special pedagogy and psychology of the development of communication and language;
- Area of LIS linguistics, deaf culture and teaching methodologies for deafness in addition to general and social pedagogy.
It is also hypothesized to establish third level internships-apprenticeships with training institutions and/or cooperatives and associations in which to deepen one's skills through experience in specific fields and also enrich the opportunities for job placement.
The training offer of the CdS could be integrated with flexible programming and teaching based on student assessments and periodic consultations with stakeholders.
What can you do with it?
In accordance with current legislation, graduates in the LM 85 Class Courses will be qualified to practice the profession of Pedagogist.
In particular, the Master's Degree Course in Pedagogical Sciences for inclusive communication mediated by LIS trains a professional figure who has a plurality of skills; in fact, it provides adequate theoretical and operational knowledge to carry out the activity of pedagogist, with functions of: planning, pedagogical coordination, training of educators and promoter of change and development within different educational and social contexts.
In a community and network perspective, it also provides knowledge to work professionally alongside curricular and specialized teachers and other professional figures for inclusion (such as the Assistant for autonomy and communication), as well as to collaborate in the drafting of the Dynamic-Functional Profile (PDF) and the Individualized Educational Plan (PEI).
Therefore, he finds a job opportunity in schools of all levels, in educational and professional training centers, within universities as learning support, in network projects with families in territorial coordination centers.
As a freelancer, he can offer his specific skills in the field of communication and LIS to third sector organizations or private individuals for single services or to facilitate social inclusion paths.