The course aims at providing guidelines in the reconstruction of historical and pedagogical paths of investingations in childhood history; attention will be drawn to family relationships and social relations involving young generations. The main themes of current social complexity will be analysed through the perspectives of the state of the world's children and the implementation of child rights.
2 basic texts:
E. Macinai (2011, a cura di), Il nido dei bambini e delle bambine, ETS, Pisa;
E. Macinai (2013), Pedagogia e diritti dei bambini, Carocci Roma;
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2 texts to be chosen from:
- Baraldi C., Bambini e società, Carocci, Roma 2008.
- Bobbio A., Traverso A. (a cura di), Contributi per una pedagogia dell’infanzia, ETS, Pisa 2016
- Calaprice S., Paradosso dell’infanzia e dell’adolescenza, Franco Angeli, Milano 2016
- Contini M, Demozzi S. (a cura di), Corpi bambini, Franco Angeli, Milano 2016
- Corsaro W.A., Le culture dei bambini, il Mulino, Bologna 2003
- Grange Sergi T. (a cura di), Qualità dell’educazione e nuove specializzazioni negli asili nido, ETS, Pisa 2013
- Silva C. (a cura di), Educazione e cura dell’infanzia nell’Unione Europea, ETS, Pisa 2016
- Traverso A. (a cura di), Bambini pensati infanzie vissute, ETS, Pisa 2016
- Vaccarelli A., Le prove della vita, Franco Angeli, Milano 2016
Learning Objectives
Knowledges: to know the conditions that led to the appearence of contemporary childhood culture.
Skills: to reflect on the elements that characterize the educational professionalism in relation with early childhood.
Prerequisites
To know the periodisation of history; to know how to read a historiographical text; to know the history of the twentieth century.
Teaching Methods
Academic lectures, cooperative seminars focused on specific issues, e-learning (Moodle).
Further information
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Type of Assessment
Oral examination on the suggested texts. There will be written tests in itinere.
Course program
The course aims at providing guidelines in the reconstruction of historical and pedagogical paths of investingations in childhood history; attention will be drawn to family relationships and social relations involving young generations. The main themes of current social complexity will be analysed through the perspectives of the state of the world's children and the implementation of child rights.