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centres, SMEs and craft businesses, entrepreneurs, governments of leading regions of Italy. A friend glance to borderline situation of youths; a local development team builds networks with training. CHANCE - Maestri di strada. Partnership.
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centres, SMEs and craft businesses, entrepreneurs, governments of leading regions of Italy. A friend glance to borderline situation of youths; a local development team builds networks with training CHANCE - Maestri di strada
Partnership • 12°, 33° e 48° Circolo didattico - Onlus “Maestri di strada” - Università di Napoli Federico II) • Napoli, Italy • 1998-2003 • 500 individuals evaluated and 350involved
Contents fostering social inclusion of drop outs throughout learning, working and experimenting participative citizenship education Two phases: • to re-build relationships with the family and the context , complete compulsory school, cognitive development • counselling and mentorship to support individual project planning for social and professional inclusion.
Needs and target group Social exclusion caused by living in disadvantaged and criminal areas and by feeling internal marginalisation” Youths (13-15 ;16-18)
Innovation (1) “Only the operator which learns can help the others” The theory of the “Comunità di pratica” based on situational learning, i. e. a learning built on experience and a new concept of “School-community”.
Innovation (2) The theory of “Empowerment”: give children power and confidence to tackle their own problems
Innovation(3) The “Social mothers” that have a key-role of reception and mediation, representing the connection between quartier and school, local community and children.
Obstacles/Facilitators/ • We are victims of the ‘project’ philosophy, while extreme situations need continuity • The team of psychologists at the Federico II University act as facilitators • The youths themselves act as facilitators
Recommendations • Local level: institutionalising ensuring continuity, exploit the professionalism on the field; to build project design and planning capacity internal to the public authority. • National level: to ensure the dignity and professional development of the operators; to ensure the integration among different projects. • European level: continuing training of the team should be an integral part of the action not an accompanying measure; solid partnership based on sharing objectives and responsibilities.
Transferability The key condition is to train a solid competent team Public bodies committed to mainstreaming social inclusion according to a multilevel approach Listening to the trainers and project team perspectives Specialist competencies and multidisciplinary approach
Mainstreaming New approach to the local development Innovative learning method (situational learning and mutual learning of both teachers and pupils)