Processi di tipizzazione di genere in famiglie con genitori migranti e a rischio di povertà educativa: un’esperienza formativa condotta nell’ambito del Progetto “Ali per il Futuro”

Gender typing is the process by which children acquire the values, motives and behaviours considered appropriate for their gender, in their particular culture. Parents have a significant impact on children’s gender typing because they may directly instruct children to behave in certain (gender typed) ways; or implicitly model and/or reinforce certain types of behaviour in children. Culture and society have also a great impact: indeed, there are variations between and within cultures in male/female roles and stereotypes, how they are accepted and how they affect behaviour. In any case, gender differentiation and gender-typing have profound social and personal consequences. For instance, access to education remains stereotypically gendered with consequences for educational poverty. Gender typing process were explored in a group of migrant parents at risk for educational poverty participating in a training experience within “Ali per il Futuro” Project.