Teaching code

4S008133

Teacher

Marina Garbellotti

Coordinator

Marina Garbellotti

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/02 - MODERN HISTORY

Period

Sem. 1B dal Nov 15, 2021 al Jan 12, 2022.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding 1. Acquire the basic knowledge of the method and tools of the work of the historian. 2. Get to know the “others” through comparison with the past, in order to make the educator more aware of the historical, cultural and social changes, that condition the history of childhood and, more broadly, the family. 3. Acquire the awareness that the forms of care towards children and the relationships between the components of the household are the outcome of historical process. Applying knowledge and understanding 1. Know how to contextualise from a historical point of view the educational methods, the different family models and the relationships between the components in relation to the society of belonging. 2. Develop critical sense and independence of judgment in order to seize the historical and cultural influences of the different phenomena and be able to take it considering both in educational projects and in the relationship with the “others”. 3. Develop the capability to identify today’s educational problems, related to childhood and family, depending on the historical, social and cultural context of references.

Program

After illustrating the field’s sources and research methodologies, the course will go on to look at the topic of childhood in the XVI-XIX centuries. The concept of childhood will be examined as well as the role assigned to children within the family nucleus and society.
In particular, the following themes will be developed:
- the social and family roles of boys and girls;
- filial ties;
- abandoned childhood;
- the educational differences between girls and boys.

The aim is to prepare students to adopt a critical approach to interpreting ideas about childhood in the awareness that this was a historical concept that changed over time and place and was subject to cultural conditioning. The teaching method will be mainly the traditional lecture interspersed with labs in which sources will be examined in detail, as well as opportunities for discussion and seminars.

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Student will be evaluated in an oral interview on:

- the topics covered during the lectures;
- on the material uploaded onto the e-learning platform of the course;
- on two books of your choice on the reading list.

The oral interview for non-attending students will focus on:
- the material uploaded onto the e-learning platform of the course;
- three books of your choice on the reading list.

Students will have to demonstrate that:
-they are able to contextualize historical concepts and processes and interpret them critically;
-argue their own points in a rigorous way using an appropriate and scholarly language.

For those who choose the study by Pancino C., La natura dei bambini. Cura del corpo, malattie e medicina della prima infanzia fra Cinquecento e Settecento, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2015, the following chapters are required 1, 2, 3, 6, 7.