Advanced Training Course “Gender in Schools and Educational Pathways”

The course is part of the actions to be undertaken to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda, which calls on teachers and educators to play a leading role in the processes necessary to achieve gender equality and the self-determination of all women and girls. Educating new generations to gender equality and respect for differences, while building equitable and emancipatory educational contexts, is today a priority objective of schools and universities and, more broadly, of any educational community. However, there is often a lack of educational and school policies that adequately prepare teachers and educators at all levels to address this task in a systematic and structured way. Even when implemented, the gender perspective often remains confined to specific and separate educational areas, whereas it should instead be a transversal lens of analysis, study, research, teaching, and action across all dimensions of teaching and learning. This course therefore aims to provide specific training for teachers and educators, offering both theoretical tools (drawn from the humanities and STEM fields) and practical skills to address some of the most complex issues faced by today’s educational communities. Such a pathway seeks to dismantle stereotypes and prejudices, build a different culture of gender relations, and combat sexism and racism, as well as prevent and address violence. Schools and educational settings are privileged spaces for education on affectivity and sexuality, and for preventing and combating discrimination and gender-based violence. Teachers and educators can play a central role not only in prevention but also in promoting a culture of rights and equal opportunities, in respect for differences, including those related to sexual orientation.

The course will be held in person.
Expected workload: 40 hours.

Inaugural lecture – 14 January 2025, 4:00–6:00 p.m., Aula Magna Storica, Palazzo “La Sapienza”
Module 1 – 17 January 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Workshop 1 – 18 January 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., Rooms C and D, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Module 2 – 21 February 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Workshop 2 – 22 February 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., Room C and D, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Module 3 – 28 February 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Workshop 3 – 1 March 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., Room C and D, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Module 4 – 14 March 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Workshop 4 – 15 March 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., CUS Pisa
Module 5 – 28 March 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Workshop 5 – 29 March 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., Room C and D, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine
Module 6 – 11 April 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Aula Magna, Palazzo Boileau
Workshop 6 – 12 April 2025, 3:00–6:00 p.m., CUS Pisa
Final lecture – 16 April 2025, 4:00–7:00 p.m., Room C, Centro Congressi Le Benedettine

Silvia Cervia, Department of Political Science, University of Pisa

Alice Chinelli, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa

Maria Luisa Chiofalo, Department of Physics, University of Pisa

Alessandra Chiricosta, John Cabot University

Federica Condipodero, Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics, University of Pisa

Pierluigi Consorti, Department of Law, University of Pisa

Sergio Cortesini, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Maya De Leo, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Caterina Di Pasquale, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Elena Falaschi, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Donatella Fantozzi, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Teodosia Fasciano, “Gli Anni in Tasca” Bookshop, Pisa

Vinzia Fiorino, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Anna Monreale, Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa

Carlotta Monti, Casa della Donna of Pisa and “Educating to Differences” Network, Pisa

Rahma Nur, writer and lecturer

Federico Oliveri, Interdisciplinary Centre for Peace Sciences (CISP), University of Pisa

Elisabetta Palagi, Department of Biology, University of Pisa

Renata Pepicelli, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa (Director)

Viviana Re, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Pisa

Laura Ricci, Department of Law, University of Pisa

Luisa Rizzitelli, National Athletes Association (Assist)

Daniela Rotelli, Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa

Pina Salinitro, Italian Association for Demographic Education (AIED Pisa) and “Educating to Differences” Network, Pisa

Elisabetta Serafini, Italian Society of Women Historians (SIS)

Elettra Stradella, Department of Law, University of Pisa

Lara Tavoschi, Department of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa

Chiara Tognolotti, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge, University of Pisa

Renata Pepicelli, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge (Director)

Pietro Di Martino, Department of Mathematics

Caterina Di Pasquale, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

Elena Dundovich, Department of Political Science

Donatella Fantozzi, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

Vinzia Fiorino, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

Giovanni Paoletti, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

Elettra Stradella, Department of Law

Chiara Tognolotti, Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

For further information, please write to the Office for Equality and Differences: ued@unipi.it