293 research outputs found
A Study about Generativity in Intergenerational Care in Pandemic Time
The paper aims to present, through an educational approach, a reflection about generativity, defined as the desire to leave a positive legacy and related activities that raise outcomes for future generations (Erikson, 1950; McAdams, de St. Aubin, Logan, 1993). Sustaining the future has been identified as a key factor in the welfare of future generations and the desire to leave a positive legacy (Hauser et al., 2014) helps young adult to cope with the challenges of the transition to adulthood in contemporary life. However, interdisciplinary theoretical insight suggests that generativity as a targeted midlife task may no longer be sufficient for explaining a life course pattern of generative concerns, commitment, and actions (Kim et al., 2017). Some scholars in the symbolic-relational area interpret generativity as an essentially relational construct: the value of the relationship between the generations (Scabini, Rossi, 2012).
In agreement with these studies, generativity derives from the relationship with the Other and it expresses itself in this relationship with the Other. We might consider generativity as a product of the relationship between different generations, not only of the individual him/herself. The analysis underlines how the intergenerational dimension is at the origin of family generativity (Dollahite et al., 1998) as it develops and grows thanks to the donative sources within family systems. Family generativity is a holistic concept because it is inherently familiar, intergenerational, relational and communal. It involves care for the rising generation on the part of the previous generations, including the grandparent generation, not simply as individuals but also as the extended family group that makes up the âolder generationâ.
The discussion points out emerging educational needs not only related to young people, but also to adults; today there is a priority to educate adults to take and rewrite their generative role in an intergenerational exchange that cannot and must not be interrupted, but that has to turn into a current, social, cultural and economic scenario linked also to the pandemic
Understanding Italy's new 'bipolar populism'
Italy's parliament is reconvening today following the Italian election on 4 March, with a high degree of uncertainty still existing over the nature of the country's next government. Maria Chiara Vinciguerra assesses how Lega and the Five Star Movement came to be the greatest winners from the election, and the long-term implications of the result for political stability in Italy and the rest of Europe
Punching Below Its Weight: The Role of the European Parliament in Politicised Consultation Procedures
With Lisbon, the European Parliament formally acquired an equal standing to that of the Council of the EU in the making of policies in the AFSJ (area of freedom, security and justice). However, the growing political salience of policy issues at stake and bottom-up politicisation in the AFSJ has had the unintended effect of undermining the European Parliamentâs internal unity even under consultation procedures. To show how this played out in practice during Europeâs migration and refugee crisis, this article analyses the European Parliamentâs role, preferences, and bargaining position in the making of two Refugee Relocation Decisions (Council Decisions 2015/1523 and 2015/1601) under consultation procedure. To do so, this article exploits Putnamâs two-level framework (level I and II politics throughout the policy-making process) to explore early agenda-setting attempts and groupsâ positions on issues of refugee relocation and burden-sharing, as they were formally stated in their position papers and expressed at the LIBE Committee and at plenary. This article shows that the high domestic salience and politicization of the issues at stake left MEPs torn between competing principals at home and within their European Parliament political groups and had the effect of weakening overall unity on the issue of refugee relocation.</jats:p
I luoghi della nascita: una ricerca-intervento sui fattori di rischio nelle madri migranti
El embarazo implica cambios fĂsicos y tambiĂ©n relacionales y afectivos. Durante los nueve meses, y en los meses posteriores al nacimiento, las mujeres desarrollan una serie de expectativas y fantasĂas sobre sĂ mismos y sus hijos. La manera en la que las las mujeres viven su maternidad expresa, ademĂĄs, los valores culturales, los mitos, y las reglas que la sociedad ha transmitido. Entonces, el nacimiento puede considerarse como un evento cultural con caracterĂsticas distintivas. Pasando de estas consideraciones, nos preguntamos cĂłmo las mujeres inmigrantes viven su experiencia de la maternidad en un paĂs extranjero. Examinamos la manera en que las mujeres llevan a cabo la reconstrucciĂłn, la historia de su embarazo en relaciĂłn con su propia identidad maternal, la identidad de su hijo y su cultura de origen, para evaluar el riesgo de depresiĂłn posparto. En este estudio, reunimos a 11 mujeres inmigrantes, que pertenecen a diferentes culturas y viven en Palermo. Las participantes realizaron una entrevista semiestructurada sobre representaciones maternas (IRMAG y IRMAN respectivamente), un dibujo simbĂłlico del espacio de la vida familiar (DSSVF) y luego la escala de DepresiĂłn Postnatal Edimburgo (EPDS) durante el embarazo y puerperio.Pregnancy involves physical changes but also relational and affective ones. During the nine monthsâ period and in the months following the birth, women develop a series of expectations and fantasies about themselves and their child. The way women live their motherhood expresses, in addition, the cultural values, the myths, the rules society has transmitted to them. Then, birth can be considered as a cultural event with distinctive features. Moving from these considerations, we wondered how immigrant women live their experience of motherhood in a foreign country. We examined the way women reconstruct the history of their pregnancy in relation to their own maternal identity, the identity of their child and their culture of origin, to evaluate the risk of post-partum depression. In this study, we met 11 immigrant women, who belong to different cultures and live in Palermo. The participants were administered a semi-structured interview about maternal representations (IRMAG and IRMAN respectively),a symbolic drawing of family life space (DSSVF) and then the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) during pregnancy and puerperium.peerReviewe
Servizi educativi e scuole dellâinfanzia: le vie per una nuova corresponsabilitĂ educativa con le famiglie
Alla luce di alcuni documenti nazionali e internazionali, il presente contributo intende proporre alcune riflessioni sulle
possibili vie da intraprendere per ricostruire alleanze educative tra servizi educativi, scuole dellâinfanzia e famiglie, con
particolare riferimento alla formazione di educatori e insegnanti della prima infanzia. Il contributo, infatti, presenta gli
educatori della prima infanzia come possibili facilitatori di corresponsabilitĂ educativa con le famiglie e, quindi, di comunitĂ educanti inclusive.In light of national and international literature, this paper focuses on some reflections on possible ways to recreate edu-cational alliances between kindergartens and families. In particular, this reflection refers to the training of early childhoodeducators and teachers. In this sense, the paper presents early childhood educators as possible facilitators of educationalco-responsibility with families and, therefore, of inclusive educating communities
Promuovere âmicrocomunitaÌ generativeâ per sostenere la genitorialitaÌ. A 100 anni dalla nascita di don Milani
A centâanni dalla nascita di don Milani, ritornare a riflettere sulla attualitaÌ della
sua lezione, non deve risolversi in un atto meramente celebrativo, dobbiamo fare
attenzione a ânon trasformare il ricordo di quellâesperienza (che fu comunque
unâesperienza di rottura) in una sorta di riferimento edificante che rimane solo
evocatoâ (Saccardi, 2023, p. 43), senza un reale riferimento al nostro tempo. Per
rendere onore alla memoria di don Milani e conservarne, appieno, il valore pedagogico e storico, bisogna rapportare il suo messaggio âa quello che di utile e fecondo possiamo ricavarne nel contesto della nostra contemporaneitaÌâ (Ibidem).
In altre parole, va conservato quello che Barbiana rappresenta. Le âBarbiane del
mondoâ si trovano ovunque sia possibile individuare âpercorsi di riscatto, di acquisizione di consapevolezza, di cammino verso la democraziaâ (ivi, p. 40). In tal
senso, lâesperienza di Barbiana si pone piuÌ come un âorizzonte di sensoâ che come
un modello da replicare.
Nel tentativo di rimanere fedele a tale premessa, in questo contributo, ho scelto
di presentare alcune peculiaritaÌ di itinerari formativi di educazione degli adulti
che si possono configurare come âmicrocomunitaÌ generativeâ (Vinciguerra, 2022).
Infatti, cioÌ che accomuna il messaggio dellâopera di don Milani alle esperienze di
percorsi formativi/educativi allâinterno di âmicrocomunitaÌâ di genitori, giovani
coppie, insegnanti, ecc., risiede nelle implicazioni educative dellâagire comunitario.
Per il priore di Barbiana, infatti, â[...] Il processo educativo eÌ un processo comunitario, circolare, in cui ciascuno eÌ nello stesso tempo discepolo e maestro [...]â
(Bondi, 2023, p. 91). E ancora, lâesperienza di Barbiana ci insegna che âPer costruire uno spirito critico bisogna creare un clima e un sistema di regole e valori
condivisi ai quali si deve attenere la comunitaÌ della formazioneâ (Meucci, 2023,
p. 175).
Le mie esperienze di ricerca âform-azioneâ (Balduzzi & Lazzari, 2018), si muovono in questa direzione: promuovere processi educativi che siano processi comunitari e circolari, grazie ai quali condividere pratiche e co-elaborare significati
UNA RIFLESSIONE PEDAGOGICA SULLE COMPETENZE EDUCATIVE GENITORIALI TRA AFFETTIVITĂ ED ETICA
The paper deals with notion of parental competence by exploring its pedagogical and educational meanings. In the light of the contemporary âcult of emotionâ, not only emotional but also ethical aspects are highlighted. An inquiry into the educational need for recognition is developed, thus a reflection on the âmaternalâ and âpaternalâ, not in terms of opposing functions but in terms of educational responsibility and reciprocity. Thanks to this analysis, co-parenting and coresponsibility will emerge as key categories of contemporary family pedagogy, also in the perspective of a wider educational community
CorresponsabilitĂ e cura educativa dei genitori nello âzero-seiâ: unâesperienza di ricerca e formazione attraversata dalla pandemia
The paper focuses on early childhood educators as possible facilitators of educational co-responsibility with families and, therefore, of inclusive educating communities, according to the PNRR. A research-training with educators of Palermo, started before the pandemic and then reformulated, is presented. During this research, in 2019, a questionnaire was administered to investigate three areas from which, according to the literature, obstacles to an effective educational alliance often arise: pre-understandings on the family education of educators, representations of parents and ideas of co-responsibility. In 2022, an online questionnaire similar to the first was administered, also exploring the lived-experiences related to the pandemic. The comparative analysis, carried out with qualitative phenomenological methodology, reveals changes in all the areas investigated. Moreover, the need for educational support of parents perceived by educators entails their need to be formed to respond to it. Hence the requirement of an adequate training in family pedagogy to implement educatorsâ professionalism clearly emerges.Il contributo presenta gli educatori della prima infanzia come possibili facilitatori di corresponsabilitĂ educativa con le famiglie e, quindi, di comunitĂ educanti inclusive, come indicato dal PNRR. Viene descritta una âricerca-formazioneâ con educatrici di Palermo, avviata prima della pandemia e poi riformulata. Durante tale ricerca, nel 2019, era stato somministrato un questionario per indagare tre ambiti da cui spesso sorgono, stando alla letteratura, ostacoli per una effettiva alleanza educativa: precomprensioni sullâeducazione familiare delle educatrici, rappresentazioni dei genitori e idee di corresponsabilitĂ . Nel 2022, Ăš stato somministrato un questionario on-line analogo al primo, per esplorare anche vissuti legati alla pandemia. Lâanalisi comparativa, realizzata con metodologia qualitativa fenomenologica, rivela cambiamenti in tutte le aree indagate. Emerge altresĂŹ che al bisogno di sostegno educativo dei genitori percepito dalle educatrici, corrisponde il loro bisogno di essere formate a rispondervi. Ne deriva la necessitĂ di unâadeguata formazione di pedagogia della famiglia per implementare il profilo professionale degli educatori
Per una comunitaÌ educante: il servizio educativo domiciliare tra mondi della vita familiare e territorio
The home visiting was created in order to provide accompanying and support to vulnerable families, through educational and training actions. The aim of this paper is a reflection on the home visiting that promotes forms of educating communities, through active participation of all the actors involved (families, educators, schools, associations and services). These aspects will be underlined by recalling an experience of home visiting in Palermo in 2019, with a focus on the role of educational co-responsibility between families and communities
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