ABOUT THE PLUSVALOR PROJECT:
Start date: 1st December 2008
End date: 30th November 2010
Partners:
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy – coordinator
- Fondazione Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità (Ismu), Italy
- Stichting Katholieke Universiteit Brabant, Netherlands
- Societatea Romana pentru Educatie Permanenta, Romania
- Ec-Pec Foundation, Hungary
Main aims:
- spread the aim of plurilingualism into primary and secondary school in partner countries;
- to develop innovative methodologies for valorisation of the language of origin in migratory context, in constant reference to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages;
- spread the use of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages to all the partner countries;
- develop a model of citizenship education for adults in migratory situations and in the new European contexts (Romania, Hungary) in order to foster the migrated families’ social inclusion, supporting parents’ role in the new contexts of migration.
Target groups:
- primary and secondary schools students and adults in Romania, Hungary and Italy who will participate to Italian, Arabic and intercultural education courses;
- primary and secondary teachers in Romania, Hungary and Italy who will attend teacher training courses;
- European citizens by means of the awareness-raising activities on intercultural issues and European integration.
Main results:
- Research and booklets on plurilingualism, the valorization of first language and the relationship between the first and second language;
- Training courses for teachers;
- Language and citizenship courses for children and adults;
- Didactic materials for language teaching and intercultural education;
- Project website;
- International conference and other dissemination activities