We welcome all members of our community to the open lecture How do we Learn to Care?": Care as an Educational Issue by Fulbright Scholar Ass.Prof. Allegra Midgette
In this talk, Dr. Allegra Midgette will give an overview of her extensive research addressing learning care within the family, raising issues that intersect with educational research and practice.
Abstract:
It is estimated that it will take 92 years before gender equality is reached in the division of care labor, which includes doing childcare, eldercare, and housework. Inequality in who does care is associated with various detrimental outcomes, such as decreasing women’s career involvement and men’s involvement within the family. However, despite the importance of care, we know little about how individuals come to learn to care. In this talk, I present our recent systematic program of research exploring care as an educational phenomenon across multiple cultures. I will discuss how care is learned (or not) in both the family and educational contexts, with implications for future educational interventions.
Organiser
Faculty of Education and Culture