youth participation against school leaving: fuoriclasse’s advisory councils

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YOUTH PARTICIPATION AGAINST SCHOOL LEAVING:

FUORICLASSE’S ADVISORY COUNCILS

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Participation right (or to freedom of opinion)

Article 12: States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law. (Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nation Assembly, 1989)

Child is a right holder and the adults must ensure that his/her opinion is taken into account for all important decisions

concerning him/her


According to Save the Children’s perspective, participation is when children and adolescents can

Ø  Think by themselves

Ø Express their ideas and points of view in an effective way

Ø  Interact in a positive way Ø Be responsible for other people


The main purposes are

Ø  To empower children and adolescents as persons as well as member of civil society

Ø  To make them able to influence decisions

concerning their lives

Adult is responsible about the decision procedure but it is enriched by the child or adolescent point of view


PARTICIPATION

SCHOOLWELL-BEING

SCHOOLLEAVING

When students feel they are the main actors of school life, they strenghten their sense of belonging to school community, as well their sense of responsability and solidarity


From 20 to 71 advisory councils From 400 to 1420 students directly involved

2015 2016


Advisory councils were initially born in order to help some students with school difficulties. Actions are elaborated by taking suggestions from students into account

Students and teachers discuss on the wellbeing at school, or causes of school leaving and elaborate strategies for preventing/contrasting this phenomenon

From 2011 Untill today

Advisory council is a permanent organization of participation within the school, a dialogue space

between students and teachers


REPRESENTATION OF STUDENTS AND CLASS INVOLVEMENT

REPRESENTATION OF TEACHERS AND ORGANIZATION PROCESS

SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT


RELATIONSHIP TEACHING STRUCTURE

ADVISORY COUNCILS CONCERN ABOUT


STUDENTS’ PROPOSAL BECAME REALITY

Emotional education

La scuola è anche mia! Video against bullism


Renovation of school spaces


School vegetable garden

Hygienical kit

Recreation time outside of the classroom


From 2016 Save the Children is creating a national movement made

of teachers, school heads, educators, school and social

workers, associations

The main purpose is to create a network that promote school well-being, participation actions

and children rights in the school life

Good practices for a high quality school

Network would be made up of 100 schools in 2018

Fuoriclasse in movimento


Don’t ask to a child “ What you would like to do when you grow up?” but

“What’s the problem you would like to solve right now?“

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