SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNICATIVE PROCESSES
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: GUIDO NICOLOSIExpected Learning Outcomes
Understanding the relationships between education and society: the way in which school systems influence society from a diachronic and synchronic point of view. The main focus will be the analysis of educational institutions and communication processes and tools understood as key dimensions to mitigate or amplify social inequalities and to favor or limit the development of children's cognitive abilities
Course Structure
Face-to-face lectures
Required Prerequisites
No requirement
Attendance of Lessons
Not compulsory
Detailed Course Content
- Socialization processes;
- Socialization agencies;
- Media;
- Educational institutions;
- Sociological theories on educational processes (Durkheim, Mannheim; Bourdieu, etc.)
- "Media Education";
- Analysis and criticism of "meritocracy";
- School and digital technologies.
Textbook Information
Ribolzi Luisa, Crescere nella società, Milano, Mondadori;
Rivoltella Pier Cesare, Media education, Brescia, Scholé;
Barone Carlo, Le trappole della meritocrazia, Bologna, Il Mulino,
Gui Marco, Il digitale a scuola. Rivoluzione o abbaglio?, Bologna, Il Mulino.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Socialization processes; • Socialization agencies; • Media; • Educational institutions; • Sociological theories on educational processes (Durkheim, Mannheim; Bourdieu, etc.) | Ribolzi Luisa, Crescere nella società, Milano, Mondadori, p. 14-173. |
| 2 | • Analysis and criticism of "meritocracy"; | Barone Carlo, Le trappole della meritocrazia, Bologna, Il Mulino, p. 9-127. |
| 3 | School and digital technologies | Gui Marco, Il digitale a scuola. Rivoluzione o abbaglio? Bologna, Il Mulino, p. 21-163. |
| 4 | Media education | Rivoltella Pier Cesare, Media Education, Brescia, Scholé, p. 9-25; 105-160. |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exams + mid-term evaluation
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Socialization processes;
- Socialization agencies;
- Media;
- Educational institutions;
- Sociological theories on educational processes (Durkheim, Mannheim; Bourdieu, etc.)
- "Media Education";
- Analysis and criticism of "meritocracy";
- School and digital technologies.