Il «genere» nelle parole di bambine e bambini di scuola primaria in Italia: tra stereotipi ed esperienze

Autores/as

  • Margherita Cardellini Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione di Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15167/2279-5057/AG2017.6.12.435

Resumen

Gender education is currently facing a huge challenge. On the one side, it is trying to break free from several and malicious accusations produced by a suspicious context against the term “gender” and on the other, it is trying to make every form of education as a “gender” one, in the sense of a respectful educative action for the several forms of expressions of a flexible and dynamic identity. On this basis, this paper aim is to present some of the results of a research project conducted in Italy to investigate children's representations about two individual elements of differences through focus groups, i.e. gender and skin color. Children's dialogues and conversations related to gender identity, gender stereotypes, sexual identity and sexual orientation were encouraged by some photos and children also showed a considerable reflexive competence in relation to these “gender” issues.

 

Keywords: gender stereotypes, primary school children, gender and “race”, colorism, discrimination.

 

Biografía del autor/a

Margherita Cardellini, Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione di Bologna

PhD Student in Scienze Pedagogiche presso il Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione, Scuola di Psicologia e Scienze della Formazione (UNIBO)

Publicado

2017-12-01