73337 - PEDAGOGIA DELLE FAMIGLIE E DELLE DIFFERENZE DI GENERE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will:

- KNOW the “history of genders” of the twentieth century: both the most important legal, cultural, social economic changes and authors, theories and cultural trends which have mainly influenced education;

- KNOW the educational models that have transformed knowledge and beliefs on genders in everyday practice;

- REFLECT on the concepts of diversity and differences with references to multi-disciplinary knowledge;

- KNOW the concept of personal identity, its polysemy in various spheres, its plural meanings in contemporary context and its process of discoveries - elaboration - construction - comparison from pedagogic point of view;

- KNOW the process and elements involved in the building of the identity of gender starting from early childhood;

- RECOGNISE the procedure in which the worlds of culture and information establish the categories of “male” and “female”;

- IDENTIFY how educational contexts as social, sociomedical, cultural, recreation and sports services repeat/produce stereotypes, prejudices, categorizing on genres;

- PLAN AND REALIZE educational procedures for people applying to social, sociomedical, cultural services oriented to a many-sided behaviour towards "role tasks";

- EMPLOY a variety of language points and strategies in order to deconstruct stereotypes linked to the dominating paradigm of disjunction and reduction;

- PLAN AND CONDUCT cultural initiatives in towns, schools, for subjects in vocational training, at the same time developing each subject's peculiarity as well as plurality implied in the construction of gender;

- STIMULATE AND MANAGE education towards cultural change for the whole community also by means of initiatives of popular work;

- ANALYSE and evaluate disciplinary knowledge and their own knowledge using the categories of the paradigm of Complexity;

- KNOW the recent national and international texts on pedagogic topic in order to integrate purchasing and actively participate in the discussion on the quality of education on gender.

Course contents

The course will take place during the first semester (Sept.-Nov. 2022) at the BOLOGNA Campus.

Readings/Bibliography

 

FOR ERASMUS STUDENTS, ONE BOOK REQUIRED:

1) Abbatecola E., Stagi L., Pink is the new black. Stereotipi di genere nella scuola dell’infanzia, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 2017

The program is the same for attending and non attending students.

There are not texts or Power Points posted on the e-learning platform.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons; group work; guided discussions; showing of documentaries and videos. The course foresees the presentation and the analysis of basic texts, with moments of deepening and discussion. Students will work in groups on issues treated and agreed in class; simulations during classes; construction of educational projects.

Assessment methods

The final assessment is based a verbal exam in Italian language.

The exam is estimated on the following objectives:

- to know the contents of the program;

- reflect on the role of the teacher about gender dimensions in educational contexts;

- participate in the discussion on the quality of education on gender.

The exam procedure is the same for attending and non-attending students.

Teaching tools

PC, Power Point, Web resources.

Office hours

See the website of Silvia Leonelli