Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study
In order to investigate how the combination of experiences, relationships, activities and initiatives act in unison, facilitating inclusive processes on some occasions and creating obstacles to it on others, in this contribution on Italian migrant leaners in Malta we adopt a biopsychosocial perspec...
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In order to investigate how the combination of experiences, relationships, activities and initiatives act in unison, facilitating inclusive processes on some occasions and creating obstacles to it on others, in this contribution on Italian migrant leaners in Malta we adopt a biopsychosocial perspective, inspired by the WHO’s ICF-CY anthropological model. We interviewed ten parents/guardians to obtain insights on personal and environmental factors that affect inclusion in Maltese Secondary schools. Our findings reveal that parents/guardians relate personality factors to successful inclusion (e.g. adaptability, entrepreneurship and sociability), as well as involvement in extra-curricular activities. The Maltese schooling context, a competitive approach to learning, traditional teaching methodologies and lack of support represent barriers to inclusion. The holistic model we adopt shows that to guarantee quality inclusive pedagogies initial teacher education and continuing professional development must be addressed. Maltese schools must build better bridges with families, embracing inclusive perspectives from an eco-systemic educational viewpoint.
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| spelling | doaj.art-02484f815cc24622b99fc33a8f5ff56f2024-01-13T03:30:24ZengPensa MultiMediaFormazione & Insegnamento1973-47782279-75052023-12-0121310.7346/-fei-XXI-03-23_12Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case StudyBarbara Baschiera0Sandro Caruana1Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia – barbara-baschiera@unive.itDepartment of Languages and Humanities in Education, University of Malta – sandro.caruana@um.edu.mt In order to investigate how the combination of experiences, relationships, activities and initiatives act in unison, facilitating inclusive processes on some occasions and creating obstacles to it on others, in this contribution on Italian migrant leaners in Malta we adopt a biopsychosocial perspective, inspired by the WHO’s ICF-CY anthropological model. We interviewed ten parents/guardians to obtain insights on personal and environmental factors that affect inclusion in Maltese Secondary schools. Our findings reveal that parents/guardians relate personality factors to successful inclusion (e.g. adaptability, entrepreneurship and sociability), as well as involvement in extra-curricular activities. The Maltese schooling context, a competitive approach to learning, traditional teaching methodologies and lack of support represent barriers to inclusion. The holistic model we adopt shows that to guarantee quality inclusive pedagogies initial teacher education and continuing professional development must be addressed. Maltese schools must build better bridges with families, embracing inclusive perspectives from an eco-systemic educational viewpoint. https://ojs.pensamultimedia.it/index.php/siref/article/view/6694InclusionMigrant learnersItalian learners in MaltaPersonal and environmental factorsParents' viewsGuardians' views |
| spellingShingle | Barbara Baschiera Sandro Caruana Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study Formazione & Insegnamento Inclusion Migrant learners Italian learners in Malta Personal and environmental factors Parents' views Guardians' views |
| title | Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study |
| title_full | Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study |
| title_short | Enhancing Personal and Environmental Factors to Nurture the Inclusion of Italian Learners in Malta: A Case Study |
| title_sort | enhancing personal and environmental factors to nurture the inclusion of italian learners in malta a case study |
| topic | Inclusion Migrant learners Italian learners in Malta Personal and environmental factors Parents' views Guardians' views |
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