This article pays attention to a short writing by Emma Tettoni – an Italian teacher of the second half of the Nineteenth Century – which, on one hand, exposes the faults of the mothers in the education of their children and, on the other hand, argues for a training to the educational role of the mother, in particular, and of parents, in general. The key points of this training are twofold: the first concerns the intelligence, namely the rationality of educational conducts, and the second concerns the field of sentiments, specifically the goodness. The conclusions relate to the overcoming of stereotypes and prejudices about the so-called “maternal instinct” and, above all, the improvement and development of family education in a pedagogical perspective.
Per una storia dell'educazione al ruolo genitoriale: il contributo di Emma Tettoni (1859-1891)
MARESCOTTI, Elena
2014
Abstract
This article pays attention to a short writing by Emma Tettoni – an Italian teacher of the second half of the Nineteenth Century – which, on one hand, exposes the faults of the mothers in the education of their children and, on the other hand, argues for a training to the educational role of the mother, in particular, and of parents, in general. The key points of this training are twofold: the first concerns the intelligence, namely the rationality of educational conducts, and the second concerns the field of sentiments, specifically the goodness. The conclusions relate to the overcoming of stereotypes and prejudices about the so-called “maternal instinct” and, above all, the improvement and development of family education in a pedagogical perspective.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
