Gender in contemporary Italian context. A focus on informal education and proposals for a gender sensitive approach through intergenerational and intercultural dimensions

Gender is a pervasive informal educational experience. This is particularly true in the Italian context, where the educational system, lacking an intentional gender education and a gender-sensitive approach, risks to contradict its most essential finalities: the promotion of equal opportunities and...

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Main Authors: Lisa Brambilla, Giulia Pozzebon, Marialisa Rizzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres (APEM) 2017-12-01
Series:Ex Aequo: Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres
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Online Access:https://exaequo.apem-estudos.org/artigo/gender-in-contemporary-italian-context
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Summary:Gender is a pervasive informal educational experience. This is particularly true in the Italian context, where the educational system, lacking an intentional gender education and a gender-sensitive approach, risks to contradict its most essential finalities: the promotion of equal opportunities and active citizenship. This paper, according with the transformative vocation of pedagogical research, explores the risks and opportunities of informal gender education. After a theoretical introduction, intergenerationality and interculturality are suggested as dimensions whose exploration facilitates a better understanding of the complexity of the contemporary gender order, opening up new possibilities to challenge it.
ISSN:0874-5560
2184-0385