Course Syllabus

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

COURSE CODE: "EXP 1018"
COURSE NAME: "Community Inclusion through Art and Movement"
SEMESTER & YEAR: Fall 2024

SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR: Rosa Filardi
EMAIL: [email protected]
HOURS: F9:00 AM 1:00 PM Course meets on: September 13, October 4, October 25 and November 8
TOTAL NO. OF CONTACT HOURS: 15
CREDITS: 1
PREREQUISITES:
OFFICE HOURS: by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Grading: This course will be graded on a PASS/FAIL scale
The course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of techniques and methodologies for teaching and learning through non-verbal communication and bodily movement. While such skills are necessary for all human communication, they are particularly important in socio-humanitarian and helping relationships. The course is therefore geared towards students who intend to pursue a career working with facilitating the social inclusion of disadvantaged groups such as migrants, prison inmates and people with various disabilities.

SUMMARY OF COURSE CONTENT:

Students will study theories and patterns for advancing learning and teaching through bodily mediation and expressive therapies, specifically of dancemovementtherapy, which originally developed in the United States and the United Kingdom and later spread to the rest of Europe. The course will also offer an experiential component in which students will participate in a workshop with "Compagnia della Mia Misura", a non-profit association whose mission is to foster social inclusion through art and dance.

Reserve readings from:

· Chodorow, J. (1991) Dance Therapy and Depth Psychology: The Moving Imagination, Routledge,
London and New York

· Goleman, D. (1995) Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, USA

· Laban, R. (2011) The Mastery of Movement, Dance Books Ltd., London

· Lowen, A. (1971) The Language of the Body, McMillan, NewYork

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Videos:

· Dancing with Maria, (on Maria Fux) by Ivan Gergolet, 2014

· La città in gioco. A project by Rosa Filardi and Leonardo Gervasi (produced at the therapeutic community I Delfini,
a residential neuropsychiatric service for children and adolescents, Niguarda Ca'Grande Hospital, Milan, 2013)

· Other possible videos, and material on line

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

-Acquire theoretical and practical knowledge of professional skills from an expert in body-mediated pedagogy

-Develop the ability to observe the non-verbal dimension in communicative and expressive processes

- Learn to know, recognize and value one's own and others’ resources as individuals by enhancing psycho-corporeal unity

-Develop in the student a civic sense of commitment and participation in the community at the service of those in need

-Cultivate a sense of social responsibility

-Develop and strengthen cooperation and teamwork

TEXTBOOK:

NONE

REQUIRED RESERVED READING:

NONE

RECOMMENDED RESERVED READING:

NONE

GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:

Assignment	Guidelines	Weight
Attendance		15%
Active participation and activities		30%
Short final paper engaging with course reading materials		25%
Oral presentations rsponding analytically to the pratical workshop experience		30%
	Grading: This course will be graded on a PASS/FAIL scale

-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
DT

-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EXAMINATION POLICY
You cannot make-up a major exam (midterm or final) without the permission of the Dean’s Office. The Dean’s Office will grant such permission only when the absence was caused by a serious impediment, such as a documented illness, hospitalization or death in the immediate family (in which you must attend the funeral) or other situations of similar gravity. Absences due to other meaningful conflicts, such as job interviews, family celebrations, travel difficulties, student misunderstandings or personal convenience, will not be excused. Students who will be absent from a major exam must notify the Dean’s Office prior to that exam. Absences from class due to the observance of a religious holiday will normally be excused. Individual students who will have to miss class to observe a religious holiday should notify the instructor by the end of the Add/Drop period to make prior arrangements for making up any work that will be missed. The final exam period runs until ____________

ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred. In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment, may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation to the President, who will make the final decision.

STUDENTS WITH LEARNING OR OTHER DISABILITIES
John Cabot University does not discriminate on the basis of disability or handicap. Students with approved accommodations must inform their professors at the beginning of the term. Please see the website for the complete policy.

SCHEDULE

This is a preliminary schedule and may change

Lesson 1
Body pedagogy and the language of movement
DancemovementTherapy : History and principles.

Lesson 2
Laban movement analysis: the four efforts. Theory and practice.

Lesson 3
Workshop with Compagnia della Mia Misura, a project of social inclusion through art and dance.

Lesson 4
Discussion of the experience with Compagnia della Mia Misura.

Oral presentions