SOCIOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD
cod. 1007744

Academic year 2024/25
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Gianluca MAESTRI
Academic discipline
Sociologia generale (SPS/07)
Field
Discipline filosofiche, psicologiche, sociologiche e antropologiche
Type of training activity
Basic
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The objective of this course is to:
Analyse the process through which children, within the different institutional systems in which they participate, experience and reinterpret the culture they produce, relating it to that established by the adult cultural system, through the key concepts of agency and interpretive reproduction.
To deepen the active role of children in processes of socialisation and cultural construction, highlighting the dynamics of interaction between childhood and the social context.
To provide students with adequate sociological tools to design and implement interventions aimed at promoting children's agency in educational contexts.
To stimulate critical reflection on the educational and social implications of these processes, with particular attention to the impact of school, family and media institutions on the construction of childhood identity.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

During this course, topics and perspectives inspired by William A. Corsaro's sociological approach are explored, offering analytical tools from the sociology of childhood. The focus of the lectures is on the contemporary rethinking of the socialisation process, with an emphasis on the question of child agency. In this context, the issue of childhood obesity is also analysed, as an outcome of social, educational and cultural dynamics that influence children's eating practices and lifestyles, highlighting their active role in their daily experiences.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Corsaro W.A., Sociologia dell’infanzia, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2020.

Prandini R., Maestri G., Bassi A. (a cura di). Cibo, stili di vita, salute.
Un’indagine empirica nel territorio della ASL di Reggio Emilia,
FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2021 [open access] Cap. 5.

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Written test

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

E. segreteria.corsiumanistici@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education manager:
Mr. Gianluca Uccelli
T. +39 0521 904891
Office E. dusic.educazione@unipr.it
Manager E. gianluca.uccelli@unipr.it

President of the degree course

Prof. Luana Salvarani
E. luana.salvarani@unipr.it

Guidance delegate

Prof. Marco Bartolucci
E. marco.bartolucci@unipr.it

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Mariangela Scarpini
E. mariangela.scarpini@unipr.it
         

Erasmus delegates

Prof. Dimitris Argiropoulos 
E. dimitris.argiropoulos@unipr.it

Prof. Laura Madella
E. laura.madella@unipr.it

Quality assurance manager

Prof. Diego Varini
E. diego.varini@unipr.it 

Tutor students

First year students
E. tutormatricole.educazione@unipr.it

Second and third year students
Childhood educator curriculum
E. tutorsociopedagogico.educazione@unipr.it

Second and third year students
Socio-pedagogical educator curriculum
E. tutorinfanzia.educazione@unipr.it