2018 - Franco Angeli
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Genere e segregazione formativa : una ricerca su percorsi accademici atipici
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- The report focuses on gender segregation in education and how the choice of high school and university courses unconsciously overlaps the gender dimension. Educational segregation can be interpreted as a sort of litmus test for the high d-gree of gender inequality still present in the academic and educational system. A sexist subdivision leads male students to pursue subjects ostensibly considered masculine (science and technology) and female students to pursue the so-called feminine ones (liberal arts). This phenomenon of gender conditioning in educational choices is not specific to Italy and can be seen in other countries as well. Gender stereotypes and representations often affect these decisions and have an impact on an individual's professional and personal future and on global society. One very pressing stereotype involves female students and their (presumed) lesser ability to apply themselves to mathematical and scientific subjects, which has caused fewer women to enter science and technology fields.
- This article introduces the results of the qualitative research performed on a statistical sample of female students at three Tuscan universities (Florence, Pisa, Siena). These young women made decisions considered "brave" or "different" by having chosen scholastic courses classified socially as "male" (engineering, computer science, etc.). The female students recount how their atypical choices were made and analyze the sexist legacies that still today prevent women from having truly equal opportunities, both in terms of training and in the broader social context. [Publishers' text].
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Educational reflective practices : 1, 2018-
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ISSN: 2279-9605
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In this issue
- Introduzione
- Experience-based learning, apprendimento dall'esperienza e sfide femministe : supportare lo sviluppo dell'identità professionale attraversoiche riflessive collettive
- Educate the respect of differences : a research on school curriculum
- Approcci trasformativi per la formazione alla leadership al femminile
- Leadership femminile e valore trasformativo dell'esperienza
- Differenza, alterità e riconoscimento nell'agire sociale : il caso di studio : donna : parliamone insieme
- Ragioni artistiche della parità e delle differenze di genere
- La vigile e la sindaca : uno studio sul sessismo nella lingua italiana
- Gender Equality Charter Mark : uno strumento per certificare le buone pratiche contro gli stereotipi di genere nella scuola in Europa
- Disaccordo morale e differenza di genere : la Philosophy for Communities come pratica educativa di comunità
- MINDSET : progetto di ricerca intervento per lo sviluppo della competenza senso di iniziativa e imprenditorialità nel territorio della Provinciaaranto
- Genere e segregazione formativa : una ricerca su percorsi accademici atipici
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