Cultural Inclusion and

Curriculum in Italy

Presented By:
Jasmine Bucu and
Anjali Riddick
What is Cultural Inclusion?

• Background on the schooling of

immigrant children in Italy
– Current status of education

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 Research Methods
• Literature
• Interviews
• Observations
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 Results/Findings
• Conflicting perceptions of cultural inclusion
– Official perspective
– Teacher perspective
– Student perspective
– Family perspective
– Immigrant perspective
• Cultural inclusion in the curriculum
– Foreign language classes (i.e. ISL, English, etc.)
– Students as teachers
– Special projects
– Multiethnic posters in the school environment
– Extracurricular activities
– Cultural mediators
 Future Discovery…
• Where will the Italian education
system pertaining to the schooling of
immigrant children be 10 years from
now?
Resources and Thanks To…
• Readings from Exploration Seminar Italy:
Education, Immigration, and Identity (Manka
Varghese)
• IDLO
• IOM/OIM
• Department of Intercultural Education
• Di Donato School
• Iqbal Masih
• University of Rome
• Esquilino Community
“Immigrants have been considered a threat,
but they really are a great resource”

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