30159 - Pedagogy of Interculturality (LM)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Antonio Genovese
  • Credits: 6
  • SSD: M-PED/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Culture and Language for Foreigners (cod. 0983)

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Necessary knowledge and skills to understand and analyse conflicts  and cultural resources present in multi ethnic society in order to plan effective care.

 Specific Objectives : Knowledge and analytical skills in the following areas

-         multiculturalism and interculturalism;

-         stereotypes, prejudices, and education processes;

-        racism: attitudes and behaviour

-        immigration and learning processes;

-        intercultural family models with specific reference to international adoption;

-        pedagogical models: assimilation, separation and integration;

-         diversity and different  and learning to value differences

-         overcoming ethnic conflicts;

-        creating and evaluating intercultural training courses in an extra-scholastic context

Course contents

Intercultural pedagogy, the development of multicultural societies and the educational process.

The course aims to provide knowledge and reflection on the following themes: multiculturalism and interculturalism, stereotypes, prejudices, and educational processes; racism, immigration and learning processes , diversity and difference; pedagogical models, assimilation and integration, valuing differences, intercultural education and overcoming ethnic conflicts.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Genovese A., Per una pedagogia interculturale. Dalla stereotipia dei pregiudizi all'impegno dell'incontro, Bononia University Press, Bologna 2003

2. Taguieff  P.A., Il razzismo. Pregiudizi, teorie, comportamenti, Cortina, Milano 1999 oppure Wieviorka M., Il razzismo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2000

3. One of these: Favaro G. et al., Come un pesce fuor d'acqua: il disagio nascosto dei bambini e dei ragazzi immigrati, Guerini, Milano 2002; D'Ignazi P., Ragazzi immigrati. L'esperienza scolastica degli adolescenti attraverso l'intervista biografica, F. Angeli, Milano 2008

Teaching methods

Lectures

 

 

 

Assessment methods

Oral Exams.

Office hours

See the website of Antonio Genovese