STORIA DELLE ISTITUZIONI EDUCATIVE IN ETÀ ROMANA

To trace the history of educational institutions in the Roman age, through a diachronic perspective, aiming to show continuity and change, phases and growth rates in the educational system; to present the elements of derivation but also of the novelty and originality of Roman institutions compared to the corresponding Greek institutions; to highlight, through the analysis of the sources, the osmotic relationship that links the educational institutions not only to various aspects of social life, but also to the politics of certain emperors, whose regulatory interventions particularly affected educational policy.

Frontal classes; workshop

Attendance is not compulsory, but strongly recommended, because the use of multimedia tools and the teacher's explanations will facilitate the learning of fundamental concepts.

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

Education and society, education and training in Roman society; institutional and environmental mediators in education: family, school, workshop, the paedagogium, the collegium, the gymnasium, military service; professional education and technical skills: the land surveyor, architect, geographer, physician, midwife, veterinarian, teacher, grammarian, rhetorician; aspects of school policy in the imperial age: establishment of state and municipal chairs; pay of the professores; education and training in domus Augusta

- R. Frasca, Educazione e formazione a Roma. Storia, testi, immagini, Bari, Edizioni Dedalo 1996, pp. 11-546.

- M. Albana, Stato e istituzioni educative. Aspetti di politica scolastica in età imperiale, Catania, CULC 2000, pp 9-102.

- M. Albana, Educazione e formazione nella domus Augusta, «Annali della Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione dell’Università di Catania» 14, 2015, pp. 31-65 (on line)

- M. Albana, Eumenio, un retore direttore di dipartimento ante litteram, in “Amicitia res plurimas continet. Omaggio a Febronia Elia”, Catania 2018, Amicitia res plurimas continet. Omaggio a Febronia Elia, a cura di M. Albana - C. Soraci, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno editore, 2018 [Analecta Humanitatis, 35], pp. 17-37 (on line)

M. Albana, Il medico in età imperiale fra autorappresentazione e realtà Sociale, in Der Stifter und sein Monument: Gesellschaft – Ikonographie – Chronologie, Akten des 15. Internationalen Kolloquiums zum Provinzialrömischen Kunstschaffen. 14. bis 20. Juni 2017, Graz / Austria, B. Porod – P. Scherrer (Hrsg.), Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Archäologie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 16, Graz 2019, pp. 40-51(on line)