1. Knowledge and understanding Students must possess:

- an in-depth, aware and critical knowledge of the deontological principles of the Social Service and of the ethical implications of social work; the knowledge of the main lines of development of the history of the Social Service, with particular reference to the Italian reality and the ability to identify the connections with the international matrixes of the profession;

Students achieve this basic knowledge by attending lessons, participating in classroom discussions on the topics covered in class, analytical study of the scientific texts proposed by the teacher and comparison by exchanging e-mails.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding Students will have to - knowing how to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired during the course to the analysis of sources and to the analysis of the research topics indicated by the teacher, with insights from a theoretical point of view. - be able to make connections between concepts, contents of scientific texts and teaching materials; know how to use specialized language.

Students achieve this basic knowledge: through class attendance, participation in classroom discussions on the topics covered in class, analytical study of the scientific texts proposed by the teacher and comparison via e-mail exchange.

3. Judgment skills Students must be able to make critical and independent reflections on the basis of the knowledge acquired during the course.

Students acquire these skills through discussions in the classroom with the teacher and colleagues, during lessons and in continuous interaction via e-mail.

4. Communication skills Students must possess expression skills, communication skills in written and oral Italian, as well as have basic skills in the specialized language of the discipline.

Students acquire these skills by actively interacting in the classroom through questions to the teacher, answers to requests from the teacher on the topics covered in class, exchanges with fellow students, writing short summaries on the topics of the week and written answers to questions on topics indicated by the teacher .

5. Learning ability Students must achieve learning skills for further study.

Students acquire these skills through discussion in the classroom, the argumentation of the answers to the teacher's questions on the topics of the course, the comparison with classmates during the lessons and through individual study.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it