HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROCESSES

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

PE248

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2021/2022

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

History of Pedagogy

Language:

Italian

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

PENTUCCI Maila

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

171

Prerequisites:

First of all, a thorough knowledge of contemporary history in Italian and European dimensions is required.
Knowledge of the history of pedagogy is also required.

Objectives

1) To know the history of the school and of Italian cultural and educational institutions from the eighteenth century to the present day.
2) To deepen the connection between the development of cultural institutions and the construction of national identity.
3) To know the construct of cultural citizenship.

Contents

The course aims to critically review the history of cultural and educational processes, highlighting the transformations of Western society and the pedagogical function of the mechanisms of culural reproduction. The main objective of the analysis is to investigate cultural and educational processes in the perspective of an epistemological and pragmatic-methodological renewal of pedagogical knowledge in the direction of lifelong learning.

Extended Syllabus

School history:
- The birth of the education system
- Italian school and education system.
- History of kindergarten
- History of primary school
- History of middle and secondary school
Culture and citizenship:
- The construction of national identity through school from the 19th century onwards
- History of school textbooks
- Children's literature and the construction of the Italian citizen: Cuore, Pinocchio, Gianburrasca.
- School and fascist propaganda
- Education to democracy in the school of republican Italy

Recommended Bibliography

Books:
1) Bonetta, G. (2017) "Scuola e civilizzazione. Il sistema formativo italiano dal '700 alla fine del '900". Roma: Armando editore (pp. da 13 a 311)
2) Ascenzi A. (2009) "Metamorfosi della cittadinanza", Macerata : EUM.
Papers or Chapters:
Cameli, R., Pentucci, M. "Fare gli italiani. Una lettura storico-Pedagogica di Cuore e Pinocchio". In Rocchetti, F. (ed.) Con gli occhi di Gramsci. Letture dal Risorgimento. pp. 129-143.
2) L. Scaraffia, B. Tobia, «Cuore» di E. De Amicis e la costruzione dell’identità nazionale, in «Dimensioni e
problemi della ricerca storica», 1988, n. 2, pp. 103-130. Or:
Ubbidiente, R. (2011). "Fare gli italiani. a Scuola in “Cuore” di Edmondo De Amicis tra missione sociogenetica e utopia sociale", in Ubbidiente, R. & Rybiki, M.H., Luoghi di rappresentazione sociale nella letteratura italiana e Francese ('800/'900), pp. 83-99. Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore.
Reading one of the following novels of your choice: Cuore di E. De Amicis. Le avventure di Pinocchio di C. Collodi. Il giornalino di Gianburrasca di Vamba.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course will be organized in 54 hours of face-to-face lesson, with practical exercises and operational activities. The course includes about 150 hours of independent study.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Written and oral examination. Partial tests (written) are scheduled during the academic year.

Contacts/More Information

Students are invited to use the office hours also for didactic questions and requests for further information. Please book by e-mail at: maila.pentucci@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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