32855 - Educational Theories and Models of Gender Differences

Learning outcomes

COURSE IN

EDUCATIONAL THEORIES AND MODELS OF DIFFERENT GENDERS

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

Course content

The course will cover the educational theories and the main educational models that have been treating the difference of gender in Italian, European, international context. So, there are three types of analysis:

 

1) Level of educational subject

The course will focus on the notion of personal identity. Recognition of its polysemy in various disciplinary contexts, and its contemporary plural meanings. Besides, the course will concentrate on processes and elements involved in the construction of the “identity of gender” starting from early childhood. In the end, teaching will deal with the useful strategies to deconstruct stereotypes on gender linked to the dominating cultural paradigm of disjunction and reduction;

 

2) Socio-cultural level

The course will analyse the “history of gender studies” in the twentieth century and examine the main changes from legal, cultural, social, economic, etc. point of view. Then it will deal with the procedure and methods culture and information create about the categories of “male” and “female” and the notions of diversity and difference.

 

3) Educational level

The course will focus on the knowledge of authors, theories and socio-cultural tendencies implied with the topic of “gender”, particularly those who have mainly influenced education. It will examine how educational contexts, - as social, sociomedical, cultural, recreation, sports services-repeat/produce stereotypes, prejudices, categorizations on gender and how teaching models have “transformed” such knowledge and beliefs into everyday practice.

The course will concentrate on the problems implied in the education on gender in Italian and West-European context. Besides, it will point out the importance of cultural changes in education to make up personal identity in ourselves and others. The teaching includes:

a) educational course for those people who apply to social, sociomedical, cultural services aiming at many-sided behaviour towards “role tasks” of gender.

b) cultural initiatives in towns, school towards subjects in training in order to create individual identity in training and organization.

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Recommended reading

Basic texts:

1) Manuzzi P. (a cura di), I corpi e la cura, ETS, Pisa 2009.

2) Gamberi C., Maio M. A., Selmi G. (a cura di), Educare al genere. Riflessioni e strumenti per articolare la complessità, Carocci, Roma 2010.

 3) Text to choose from:

a)      Biemmi I., Sessi e sessismo nei testi scolastici : la rappresentazione dei generi nei libri di lettura delle elementari,  Consiglio regionale della Toscana, Firenze 2006

b)      Cagnolati A., Tra negazione e soggettività. Per una rilettura del corpo femminile nella
storia dell'educazione, Guerini, Milano 2007

c)      Cagnolati A. (a cura di), La grande avventura di essere me stessa. Una rilettura di S. de Beauvoir, Aracne, Roma 2010

d)      Demetrio D., Giusti M., Iori V., Mapelli B., Piussi A. M., Ulivieri S., Con voce diversa. Pedagogia e differenza sessuale e di genere, Guerini, Milano 2001

e) Gianini Belotti E., Dalla parte delle bambine, l'influenza dei condizionamenti sociali nella formazione del ruolo femminile nei primi anni di vita, Feltrinelli, Milano 1973

f)      Iori V., Eloisa o la passione della conoscenza. Le insegnanti e i saperi nella relazione educativa, Angeli, Milano 1994

g)        Lipperini L., Ancora dalla parte delle bambine, Feltrinelli, Milano 2007

h)      Ulivieri S., Essere donne insegnanti, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino 1996

i)      Ulivieri S. (a cura di), Le bambine nella storia dell'educazione, Laterza, Roma-Bari  1999

 

Students who do not attend the lectures have to integrate the programme with

Ulivieri S., Educare al femminile, ETS, Pisa 2007.

 

Erasmus students

Instructions for accessing the e-learning service (for Erasmus students)

Go to the E-learning centre site http://www.moodle.unibo.it/

Click on Progetto Erasmus under the title Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione

Then click on the name of the course that interests you.

The first time you use the site you will have to create a new account.  Please follow the steps outlined below

1. Fill out the New Account form with your details.
2. An email will be immediately sent to your email address.
3. Read your email, and click on the web link it contains.
4. Your account will be confirmed and you will be logged in.
5. Now, select the course you want to participate in.

You can now access the full course. From now on you will only need to enter your personal username and password (the university has given you) to log in and access any course you have enrolled in. Once you are in the site  you can use  the forward and back arrows to move around.

Text: Ulivieri S., Educare al femminile, ETS, Pisa 2007.

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