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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
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Prerequisites:
The course does not have any specific prerequisites.
Objectives
Contents The course aims to analyze the characteristics of the most recent and authoritative historical and educational studies and to provide a comprehensive overview of the evolution experienced by the educational models and the national school system from the 19th century to the Contemporary era. Particular attention will be given to several pivotal issues, including the concept of childhood, the evolution of educational theories and models, the gender issue, the problem of illiteracy, the establishment of the school system, the process of “fascistization”, the higher education reform, the advent of democracy, student protests of ’68 and the concept of mass education.
Extended Syllabus - Characteristics of historical-pedagogical and historical-educational research
- Historical sources
- The Nouvelle Histoire historiographical approach
- The concept of childhood
- Education in the 19th Century and the gap between pedagogical theories and educational applied methodologies
- Construction and development of the school system: between politics, culture and pedagogy
- The 20th Century as “the Century of the Child”
- Education and fascist regime
- Giuseppe Bottai and the “higher education revolution”
- The post-war period and the advent of democracy
- Mass education
- Toward contemporary: from the metamorphoses of past educational models to present reflections
Recommended Bibliography - Carla Ghizzoni, Ilaria Mattioni, “Storia dell’educazione. Cultura, infanzia, scuola tra Otto e Novecento”, il Mulino, Bologna 2023;
- Luigiaurelio Pomante, “Giuseppe Bottai e il rinnovamento fascista dell’Università italiana (1936-1942)”, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2018.
Methods of Provision
Teaching Methods Classes that are face-to-face and participatory, with the aim of presenting, examining and deepening the topics of the course, seminars, individual and group exercises.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final examination consists of an oral interview, which aims to verify the acquired knowledge and subject mastery. The evaluation will focus on the following criteria: understanding of the course material, clarity of presentation, use of the specialized language of the discipline, argumentative and critical skills, ability to analyze and rework the information.
Contacts/More Information The program remains the same for both attending and non-attending students.