Primary teacher education

At the end of the course the students should be able to: - demonstrate understanding of the culturally mediated nature of the notion of childhood - demonstrate an understanding of current theories concerning children and infancy from an intercultural point of view - read and critically analyze articles and texts that present the various aspects of vital dimensions of childhood - situate the anthropological perspectives on children (and youth) within the field broader than social and cultural anthropology; and to reveal the following knowledge and skills: - know and understand the general lines of the development of anthropology cultural; - know the theoretical-methodological problems that the discipline faces in its practice today, with particular reference to educational processes and contexts; - possess good skills in cultural analysis of social and territorial contexts with particular regard to multicultural contexts; - be able to use anthropological knowledge in the context of future practice; - to know how to translate the theoretical and methodological knowledge of anthropology in taking a critical and reflective approach; - know how to interpret information emerging from the professional sphere as data to be treated according to an ethnographic model; - be able to communicate their analysis of socio-cultural contexts in which acts; - be able to use the ethnographic method, to improve listening, observation and interpretation of the communication processes in which it participates; - be able to integrate their knowledge to autonomously expand own analytical tools.