Plastics and Waste: Environmental History to Breed a Culture of Sustainability
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
This professional skills workshop aims to develop and strengthen specific cross-cutting skills. The abilities learned will help students through their education and enable them to acquire an initial toolkit of skills for a given professional field. These also include the general interpersonal and communication skills that are required for the world of work.
Expected learning outcomes
The professional skills workshop uses interactive and participative teaching methods to develop specific knowledge and skills in selected professional fields. This didactic approach aims to strengthen teamworking, knowledge sharing and problem-solving abilities, while also helping students to practically apply the skills and knowledge they have gained previously within a specific practical setting.
The workshop is open to a limited number of participants, enabling the organisation and monitoring of individual and group work so as to create the best possible opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and understanding gained.
Participants will gain an awareness of the workshop's underlying themes, giving them a grounding from which to form their own personal opinion on the topic at hand.
The workshop is open to a limited number of participants, enabling the organisation and monitoring of individual and group work so as to create the best possible opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and understanding gained.
Participants will gain an awareness of the workshop's underlying themes, giving them a grounding from which to form their own personal opinion on the topic at hand.
Lesson period: First week
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First week
Course syllabus
The workshop will take place from 17th to 21st of February 2025 (classroom T1, h. 9.00-13.00) and will include:
1) Introduction to the purpose and articulation of the laboratory;
2) Sessions focusing on the history of plastics an the history of urban waste from the circular economy of the XIX Century, to the linear dynamics of the XX Century, to the new push towards the circular economy;
3) Expert testimonies focusing on: the production of urban waste in relation to the sustainability of the local food system, the circular economy of food in the urban context, the opportunities offered by the separate collection of wet waste and the relationship with plastic for food packaging; national and international projects carried out on these topics will be presented.
Timetable
17/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
18/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
19/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
20/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
21/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
1) Introduction to the purpose and articulation of the laboratory;
2) Sessions focusing on the history of plastics an the history of urban waste from the circular economy of the XIX Century, to the linear dynamics of the XX Century, to the new push towards the circular economy;
3) Expert testimonies focusing on: the production of urban waste in relation to the sustainability of the local food system, the circular economy of food in the urban context, the opportunities offered by the separate collection of wet waste and the relationship with plastic for food packaging; national and international projects carried out on these topics will be presented.
Timetable
17/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
18/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
19/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
20/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
21/02: h 9.00-13.00, Classroom T1
Prerequisites for admission
No special knowledge or skills are required.
Teaching methods
The workshop takes place in person and includes:
- lectures;
- laboratory teaching;
- expert testimonies;
- role-play
- team work.
- lectures;
- laboratory teaching;
- expert testimonies;
- role-play
- team work.
Teaching Resources
Texts, slides, multimedia materials, references used in classrooom will be made available on the workshop's myARIEL web site.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Evaluation will be based on:
- Attendance (at least 16 out of 20 hours),
- Participation in class activities, discussions and writing assignments.
Assessment parameters will be active participation in class.The final evaluation is stated simply as pass or fail.
- Attendance (at least 16 out of 20 hours),
- Participation in class activities, discussions and writing assignments.
Assessment parameters will be active participation in class.The final evaluation is stated simply as pass or fail.
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