Educational Engagement, Care, and Inclusion: A Narrative about La Giostra, a Nursery School in Florence
Roč.21,č.4(2016)
Studia paedagogica: Childhood
The present study concerns an Italian nursery school (for children between 6 and 36 months of age) located in the periphery of Florence. La Giostra is an interesting and challenging project that originated in desires by educators and the Cospe non-governmental organization to change the local socio-cultural context as well as efforts to give voice to immigrant families with very young children. The project succeeded in creating an educational environment characterized by a participatory approach and a willingness to promote and support an intercultural and multi/inter-linguistic institution characterized by communicative practices in which both foreign-language-speaking and Italian children could participate successfully.
Nursery school; non-governmental organization; immigrant families; preschool children
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