59231 - Infancy and Family Pedagogy

Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student:

• Reads the familiar phenomena in order to overcome the normality/deviance paradigm and to respect the complexity and polymorphism that distinguishes today's families;
• Analyzes the characteristic features of contemporary families (legal, cultural, social, economic changes; authors, models, theories, etc.).
• Identify new needs and new questions that arise in contemporary family contexts, in order to rethink educational theoretical and methodological issues most appropriate to support the parental role;
• Design possible educational paths to support and strengthen school-family alliance;
• Design possible educational paths to support and strengthen school-family alliance;
• analyzes the aspects of contemporary childhoods
• identifies new needs and new demands of contemporary childhoods
• Designs educational paths to ensure respect for children's rights

Course contents

The course aims to analyse and reflect on the complexity of the condition of children and families in the contemporary context and to find educational perspectives and pedagogical support.

The course is composed by two entangled modules

Modulo 1 "Pedagogia dell'Infanzia" (36 hours)

Professor: Silvia Demozzi

Contents:

• Multiple Childhoods
• Childhood: from a biological age to a socio-cultural category
• Childhood and Rights
• “Adultization” and risks of the disappearance of childhood
• Sharenting 
• Gender and childhood
• Childhood and play
• Childhood and sport
• Childhood and Illness
• Childhood and violence (war, poverty, exploitation..)
  
• What education for children today? Which educational programs to foster participation?

Modulo 2 "Pedagogia delle famiglie" (12 hours)

Professor: Alessandra Gigli

Contents:

• The concept of plurality of families
• Map of Italian families today
• Family systems in the macro social and cultural processes
• Characteristics of functional families: analysis of protective and risk factors
• " Educational Emergencies " in contemporary families: new landscape of maternity and paternity; the crisis of rules; marital instability (separations, family recomposition and single-parent families)
• Pedagogical tasks for supporting educational functions of the family
• Family education and parenting support
• Educational alliances: the pedagogical coordinates for a cooperative relationship with families

Readings/Bibliography

Compulsory readings (both for attending and non attending students):

Demozzi S., L’infanzia “inattuale”. Perché le bambine e i bambini hanno diritto al rispetto, Ed. Junior, 2016.

A.Bondioli, D.Savio (a cura di), Crescere bambini. Immagini di infanzia in educazione e formazione degli adulti, Ed. Junior 2017. With the exception of the following Chapters: 5 (pp. 97-11), 7 (pp.129-138) e 10 (pp.183-196)

Gigli A., Famiglie evolute. Capire e sostenere le funzioni educative delle famiglie plurali, Ed. Junior, 2016

Further suggested reading:

Davide Cino, Silvia Demozzi, Figli “in vetrina”. Il fenomeno dello sharenting in un’indagine esplorativa, in RIEF rivista di educazione familiare, n° 2 luglio-dicembre 2017, pp.153-184
download full text: http://www.fupress.net/index.php/rief/article/view/22398/20342

S. Demozzi, "I bambini 'giocano grande'?" in A. Bobbio, A. Bondioli (a cura di), Gioco e infanzia. Teorie e scenari educativi, Carocci, 2019.

Teaching methods

• Traditional lessons
• Cooperative learning
• Interactive methods
• Readings

Attending lessons is strongly advised in order to make the study easier and to have the opportunity to exchange thoughts and opinions among peers.

Assessment methods

The final exam will be a written test, which consists of 2 different sections.

The two sections must always be taken simultaneously: the final mark will be calculated as weighted average of the marks obtained in every section (the 1^st form accounting for 75% of the total mark and the 2^nd one accounting for 25%).

To pass the test, the weighted average of the two marks must be at least 18/30.

Types of written tests

- Form 1: 4 open-answer questions (max 20 lines available). The maximum mark for every question is 7,5/30. During the course, optional activities (either individual or as group) will be suggested: the evaluation of those activities will be part of the course final evaluation for Form 1 (max 7,5/30 for every activity) and the number of questions to be answered during the written test will be reduced

- Form 2: 11 closed-ended questions (multiple choice, true or false, to completion, etc.)

Evaluation criteria

The skills required for a successful test are: in-depth knowledge of the texts, reflexive and critical ability and correct use of the language.

Evaluation criteria for Form 1:

For Form 1, the score of each question will be assigned based on the knowledge of the contents addressed in the texts included in the bibliography and of those learned during the course, also considering the critical-reflective ability as well as the ability to elaborate contents in a written text in a relevant way.

Full mark with honour will be assigned if – on top of being correct (both style and content), answers show in-depth analysis skills and personal and original content elaboration process.

Evaluation criteria for Form 2:

The mark for Form 2 will be assigned based on following criteria:

- To reach the minimum mark (18/30), at least 6 answers must be correct

- 30/30 will be assigned with 10 correct answers

- 30/30 with honours will be assigned with 11 correct answers

- Not given answers will be considered as incorrect

Duration of the test:

The time available to complete the test is:

· Form 1 for those students with optional activities completed during the course: max 30 minutes

· Form 1 for those students without optional activities completed during the course: max 60 minutes

· Form 2: max 20 minutes

Registration on AlmaEsami webpage is required in order to take the final exam.

Marks will be published on AlmaEsami webpage for student's approval or refusal. If no approval/refusal choice is made within 15 days after publication, marks will be automatically recorded.

 

Teaching tools

Books, videos, pictures, slides.

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Demozzi

See the website of Alessandra Gigli