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

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In terms of fostering a common and wide-ranging approach to address the issues in question, one
strength of the project was the involvement of several schools in the various countries, which enabled
strategies to be shared. This fostered important synergies for obtaining teaching and working material
and for organising activities to propose to the Student Teams. It therefore provided an opportunity
to conduct a study across different classes under a single project. In some cases (such as Spain) it
was the first important opportunity to adopt a transversal approach within a particularly large context
where it is often difficult to create synergies.
Important synergies were developed, for instance, between the Beccari and Giolitti schools in Turin,
between the two Casa di Carità vocational training centres in Turin, and between the two El Clot vocational
training centres in Spain.
Practical suggestions
For the Dialogue Spaces to be fully functional they must be led by people with the necessary
expertise and abilities.
Appointing a coordinator/representative for combating prejudices and stereotypes at school
can be very useful in order to establish an official role and make it possible for this person to
dedicate time to those issues.
ASI coordinators must receive specific training on conflict mediation and group management.
The role of the ASI coordinators is most effective if shared among several people within the
same structure (a working group is more productive than a single person!).
It is important to create time for discussions with the whole school to foster the involvement
of the entire teaching staff.