Pedagogical Sciences for Inclusive Communication Mediated by LIS MA

This Degree programme is the first master's level course in Italy for communication assistants, a key profession in any school attended by students, both deaf and hearing, who use LIS as their main communication language (e.g. with non-verbal autism, non-verbal syndromes, etc.).

The three partnering universities deal with a variety of issues related to deafness and Italian Sign Language and offer specific training in this field. Each of them will cover the specific subject areas of their expertise.

This Degree Programme offers an innovative active and participative learning experience and builds professional competencies that can flexibly adapt to various needs in education and training.

The curriculum spans Education Sciences and Linguistics.

The Degree programme is blended, i.e. it is designed with both on-site and online classes to allow students from the partnering Universities to follow the training activities together. This will maximise the number of on-site activities, ensure interaction and favour workshops and active learning.

At each of the partnering Universities, students will attend one-third of their classes on-site and the remaining two-thirds online. Teaching is carried out for on-site and online students together, to foster a cohesive and collaborative classroom experience for all. Classroom tutors who act as individual and group facilitators ease communication (e.g. questions from the online to the on-site group) and coordinate workshops and lab activities.