22910193 - FAMILY SOCIOLOGY+LABORATORY

The aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of family models that have changed over time and of the role and function of their members, as well as to provide them with conceptual tools and research data suitable for understanding and interpreting the events of family changes that affect individuals throughout their lives.
The aim of the workshop is to provide students with food for thought and materials suitable for knowing and understanding the relationship between family and institutions in the context of public policies for early childhood.

At the end of the course, the student acquired the ability to frame and interpret in a sociological way the contemporary phenomena that mark the transformation of the family, making appropriate use of statistical documentation.
At the end of the workshop, the student is able to critically analyse the nature and objectives of public policies aimed at the family.
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Programme

The aim of the course is to provide information and interpretation keys for the analysis of family structures and their transformation processes in contemporary society. To this end it is presented and discussed how gender relations are defined in the family context and between generations, parental networks are built and social capital is produced; what is the role of the family as an active subject in the processes of socialization, which interacts with other educational agents (starting from the school); what are the relationships between family, the world of work, the world of consumption and the world of communication.

Core Documentation

Santoro M., Conoscere la famiglia e i suoi cambiamenti, Roma, Carocci, 2013
Casavecchia A., Equilibri di coppia. Tra vulnerabilità e generatività sociale una ricerca in due municipi di Roma, Roma, Aracne, 2014

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Type of delivery of the course

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Attendance

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Type of evaluation

The exam is done in written and oral form. For the written test, which consists of 3 open questions, the student has 45 minutes of time. The evaluation of the test will be carried out taking into account the completeness of the answers provided. In the days following the written test the teacher publishes the results on the bulletin board, indicating the students who have passed it and are therefore called for the oral exam. The oral exam, which consists of the discussion of the written test and the formulation of further questions, takes place on one of the following days. The topics included in the texts are discussed in the oral exam.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The aim of the course is to provide information and interpretation keys for the analysis of family structures and their transformation processes in contemporary society.
Therefore it is presented and discussed how gender relations and between generations are defined in the family context, how parental networks are constructed and how social capital is produced.
The role of the family as an active subject in the processes of socialization is then addressed.
An in-depth study of the topics covered in the course concerns the analysis of the family's potential as a resource for social policies, taking into consideration the couple and the peculiarities that characterize their vulnerability and social generativity.
A part of the program is dedicated to issues related to early childhood.

Core Documentation

Santoro M., Conoscere la famiglia e i suoi cambiamenti, Roma, Carocci, 2013
Casavecchia A., Equilibri di coppia. Tra vulnerabilità e generatività sociale una ricerca in due municipi di Roma, Roma, Aracne, 2014

Type of delivery of the course

frontal lesson

Type of evaluation

Oral exame