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Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: MARIA PIA CASTRO

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course aims to provide an understanding of the logic behind project-based work, familiarity with the main tools of social planning, an introduction to community social work, and an understanding of the basic elements of social co-planning and co-design

Course Structure

Lectures and exercises

Required Prerequisites

There are no specific requirements, but knowledge of recent developments in social planning is helpful.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is strongly encouraged

Detailed Course Content


Textbook Information

- Detogni C. (2007), Formulare un progetto socio-sanitario. Tecniche di progettazione applicata. Milano, FrancoAngeli (pp. 25-105);
- Sordelli G. (a cura di) (2016), Il processo progettuale. Fondazione CariSpezia, in http://www.fondazionecarispezia.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Il-Processo-Progettuale_Strumenti-2016.pdf, (in: studium);
- Calcaterra V., Panciroli C. (2021), Il Lavoro Sociale di Comunità passo dopo passo. Trento, Erickson (pp. 7 – 113);
- Borzaga C., Fazzi L., Rosignoli A. (2023), Guida pratica alla co-programmazione e co-progettazione. Trento, Erickson (pp. 7 – 109).
- -Sciotto E. (2024), L’apprendimento procedimentale tra decisione amministrativa e agire sociale: il caso della co-progettazione. In Autonomie locali e servizi sociali, 1, 219-238. (in: studium)

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Written exam using social planning tools (problem/objective tree; Gantt chart; logical framework; cost table) and questions on program’s content

Knowledge and understanding: The student’s ability to analyze a given area and to connect needs, resources, and intervention strategies will be assessed.

Applied Knowledge and Skills: The student’s ability to effectively apply social planning tools will be assessed.

Independent Judgment: The student’s ability to formulate appropriate planning strategies to resolve the concrete situations presented will be assessed.

Communication skills: will be assessed based on the student’s ability to articulate their views on the issues raised

Ability to learn: will be assessed based on the student’s critical thinking skills and ability to make connections between the various topics covered in the course (co-planning, co-design, community social work, and the formulation of a social project)

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

- The breakdown structure

- The Logical Framework (and its use)

- The Gantt Chart (and its use)

- The cost table (and its use)

- What is a public call for proposals, and what are the most important aspects to consider?

- Legislative Decree 117/17 (Articles 4, 5, 55)

- Co-planning to combat early school leaving

- Co-design to promote social integration

- Top-down governance, participatory governance, and shared administration

- Territorial analysis: methods and tools

- Strengths and weaknesses of co-design

- The gatekeeper and community work

- The “spiral dynamic” in the open and participatory process of community work

- The pitfalls of participation

- Tools for community work