B6315 - PEDAGOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows: - the main theoretical assumptions concerning the study of everyday life and mundane educational events; - the main theories and theoretical-methodological approaches for investigating mundane interactions as occasions for learning, education, and socialization; - the micro-pedagogical approach to education, i.e., the study of the ways in which the members of a community give meaning to their everyday lifeworld, construct and transmit culture in and through their social practices and interactions. The student will be able to: - analyze mundane practices and interactions by relying on a (video-)ethnographic approach and Conversation Analysis; - identify the educational value of social interactions in a variety of ordinary contexts (e.g., parent-child interactions in the family, pupil-teacher or parent-teacher interactions at school, doctor-patient or doctor-parent/caregiver interactions in healthcare settings); - reflect on mundane educational experiences and the role of language and interaction in education, socialization, and learning processes; - use this knowledge and skills to act as a “reflective practitioner”, in order to implement interventions aimed at promoting self-reflexivity and awareness of the subjects involved in mundane educational experiences.

Course contents

The course offers:

a) a review of theoretical models for interpreting daily life and daily social interactions as educational arenas (first part of the course);

b) video-ethnographic methodological approaches centered on social interaction to identify and study educational processes in daily life (second part of the course);

c) observation and analysis of video recordings of communicative and educational events in both ordinary (e.g., parent-child interactions in the family) and institutional contexts (e.g., pupil-teacher or parent-teacher interactions at school, doctor-patient or caregiver-doctor interactions in healthcare contexts) (third part of the course);

d) the illustration of training perspectives that can be implemented to promote self-reflexivity and support the subjects involved in communicative and educational experiences (final part of the course).

The course is held in English. The texts to be read and discussed in class are in English. The video recordings observed and analyzed are in English and/or Italian.

Readings/Bibliography

- Colla, V. (2023). Education in everyday family life. Language, culture, and morality in homework interactions. Ets, Pisa.

- Goodwin, M., Cekaite, A. (2018). Embodied Family Choreography. Practices of Control, Care, and Mundane Creativity. Routledge, London. Only Introduction and Part I. 

For students attending the lessons, this basic bibliography will be adapted on the basis of specific readings to be agreed with the teacher for the final presentation in the classroom, as indicated in the "Assessment methods" section.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Individual, pair, and group works

Reading and discussion of original texts and articles

Data observation

Individual and collective analyses of video recordings and transcripts

Assessment methods

Students attending the lessons: the exam consists in a PowerPoint presentation to be given in the classroom based on an article chosen by the student from a list proposed by the teacher. The presentation will be evaluated according to the students' capacity to organize it also by including references to the main themes addressed in the course. The student's presentation ability will also be assessed.

Students not attending the lessons: the exam consists in an oral examination on the texts listed in the Readings/BIbliography Section.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint presentations

PC

Transcripts and videorecordings of interactional data and educational events

Office hours

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