22910171 - HISTORY OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROCESSES

The course aims to retrace the history of cultural and educational processes in Italy in a critical-reflective key, with particular reference to the 20th century educational currents. The course aims to develop an in-depth knowledge of the cultural and educational transformations of the complex society and its educational institutions.

By the study of History of cultural and educational processes the student will be able to achieve the following training objectives.

Knowledge and understanding:
- define and identify the epistemological and methodological field of the discipline;
- know and understand the cultural and educational processes, with particular reference to the main educational agencies.

Applying knowledge and understanding:
- analyze cultural and educational processes, with particular reference to the "pedagogies" of the Twentieth century;
- identify, from a historical perspective, cultural and educational phenomena.

Making judgements:
- develop critical-interpretative processing capacity of cultural and educational processes with reference to different educational theories.

Communication skills:
- develop relationship strategies within the class;
- know and use the disciplinary vocabulary.

Learning skills:
- be able to build an independent path of study of specific issues addressed in the course through the use of historical and historiographical sources, as well as through a bibliographic research and the construction of appropriate reading paths.
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Programme

The course aims to retrace the history of cultural and educational processes in a critical-reflective key, with particular reference to the 20th century educational currents. The course aims to develop an in-depth knowledge of the cultural and educational transformations of the complex society and its educational institutions.
In the first part of the course, which will take place in the first semester, the educational models developed during the twentieth century will be examined; the second part of the course, which will take place in the second semester, is dedicated to early childhood and applications to educational contexts for children through an in-depth study of the main lines of the history and languages ​​of children's literature.


Core Documentation

F. Cambi, Le pedagogie del Novecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014 (Introduction and chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 16).
S. Barsotti, L. Cantatore (a cura di), Letteratura per l'infanzia. Temi, forme e simboli della contemporaneità, Roma, Carocci, 2019 (l'Introduzione e i capitoli 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15).
C. Lepri, Aedi per l'infanzia. Poeti e illustratori di oggi, Pisa, Pacini, 2015.

Reference Bibliography

F. Cambi, Le pedagogie del Novecento, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2014 (Introduction and chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 16). S. Barsotti, L. Cantatore (a cura di), Letteratura per l'infanzia. Temi, forme e simboli della contemporaneità, Roma, Carocci, 2019 (l'Introduzione e i capitoli 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15). C. Lepri, Aedi per l'infanzia. Poeti e illustratori di oggi, Pisa, Pacini, 2015.

Type of delivery of the course

Lectures, readings, video projections, workshop.

Attendance

The course takes place in the second semester through lectures and workshops, twice in a week. Attendance is optional.

Type of evaluation

Due to the COVID-19 emergency and throughout its duration, until otherwise communicated by the University, the exam will take place in oral form on Teams.