Rapporto finale/ Final Report (ITA-ENG) - Casa di Carità Arti e Mestieri

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Forming mixed groups in terms of nationality, gender, age and social class was not easy in some schools.
In contexts where the Student Teams were not adequately diversified the debate was less lively and the
pupils were consequently less motivated to take part in the proposed activities.
Work done by the Student Teams themselves to inform their peers and motivate their participation
was frequently found to be effective. Giving pupils who were directly involved in the project the task
of promoting it and its aims was often useful and more successful than when the same tasks were
performed by teachers. In some contexts this generated proposals for older students to act as tutors for
the younger ones on the issue of discrimination in the same way as in other subject areas.
Practical suggestions
The starting point for engaging pupils in activities on the subject of discrimination is a series
of basic cognitive and motivational activities involving the entire school so that all pupils
and teachers know as much as possible about the proposed activities and the Dialogue Space.
The most continuative and long-term activities must be undertaken with motivated pupils on
a voluntary basis (not co-opted!)
It is important to foster the creation of a diversified working group (in terms of age, gender,
nationality) to facilitate comparison.
It can be useful for pupils who are directly involved to act as promoters towards younger ones,
using a peer to peer teaching model.