IC ‘De Amicis – Da Vinci’
Palermo, Italy
Impact and successes
- Learning with peers: solidarity and equality.
- By being a safe space where students can share their experience and being free to talk. A child shared his past experience in another school, despite not having liked talking about it previously.
- Children can show their difficulties and weaknesses during this moment.
- One class has become more cohesive as a result
- There is more solidarity among students. If conflicts occurred they appeared to be sincere in telling each other the reason of their anger.
- Seeing parents in the classroom made the students feel more safe.
Lessons, learning and recommendations
SEA has enriched the lives of the students. The school has become more open and dynamic as a result.
Teachers have reported that they would like to carry on the practice next year.