EMPIRICA ETS. Studi e progetti socio-educativi

🌍 🧑🔬👩🔬 Yesterday, on the International Day for Women and Girls in Science, we were confronted with an uncomfortable truth: gender inequalities in STEM are not an issue of the past, but a reality that persists even today. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics remain fields where women are still under-represented, both in numbers and in narratives. 🔬 Change cannot come from abstract declarations of equality, but from an ongoing commitment to deconstruct stereotypes that limit girls' opportunities in STEM. Education must stop being a land where gender roles are confirmed, but instead it must become a tool for empowerment, where everyone can grow with their own inclinations, curiosities and passions.

🌍 Ieri: Giornata Internazionale per le Donne e le Ragazze nella Scienza 🧑🔬👩🔬 Ieri, nella Giornata Internazionale per le Donne e le Ragazze nella Scienza, ci siamo trovati di fronte a una verità scomoda: le disuguaglianze di genere nelle STEM non sono una questione del passato, ma una realtà che persiste anche oggi. La scienza, la tecnologia, l'ingegneria e la matematica restano, infatti, terreni in cui le donne sono ancora ampiamente sotto-rappresentate, sia nei numeri che nelle narrazioni. 📊 In Italia, il 39% delle laureate sceglie percorsi STEM, un dato superiore alla media europea (35,4%), ma che non riflette affatto la parità. Le giovani donne, nonostante il crescente interesse per le materie scientifiche, continuano a confrontarsi con strutture sociali, educative e culturali che in molti casi non riconoscono loro le stesse opportunità e visibilità dei loro coetanei maschi. 📉 I dati OCSE-PISA 2022 ci raccontano che i quindicenni italiani ottengono in media 21 punti in più rispetto alle coetanee nelle competenze matematiche. Questo divario non è un’anomalia individuale, ma una manifestazione di un fenomeno ben più profondo: le aspettative sociali e i modelli educativi che, fin dalla scuola, pongono delle barriere invisibili, ma potenti. Le ragioni di questi numeri sono culturali, storiche e strutturali.  🔬 Il cambiamento non può arrivare da dichiarazioni di parità astratte, ma da un impegno costante per decostruire gli stereotipi che limitano le opportunità delle ragazze nelle STEM. L'educazione deve smettere di essere un terreno in cui vengono confermati ruoli di genere, ma deve invece diventare uno strumento di emancipazione, in cui ciascuna e ciascuno possa affermarsi per le proprie inclinazioni, curiosità e passioni. 💡 La scienza è per tutti. E ogni progresso che facciamo verso una reale parità nelle STEM è un passo in avanti per una società che non solo vuole innovare, ma vuole farlo nel rispetto delle potenzialità di ognuno, senza distinzioni basate su pregiudizi di genere. #GiornataInternazionaleDonneScience #STEM #ParitàDiGenere #EducazioneInclusiva #BiasCognitivi #Innovazione

🌟 The listening school: when students' voices inspire change 🌟 At IIS Crocetti-Cerulli in Giulianova (TE), students are protagonists of a project that uses Appreciative Inquiry to tackle a crucial challenge: combating school drop-out.  We start from their most significant experiences, those moments in which they felt valued, welcomed and part of a school community. ✨ Why starting from positive experiences? Because every step towards change starts with what works. Recognising positive experiences and moments when we feel valued helps to build a school that motivates, engages and welcomes all. 📚 Listening in order to grow This workshop, developed by Empirica, offers students a place to - talk about what made them feeling good in their school - imagine a school future in which these experiences are multiplied - design concrete solutions that make the school more inclusive and closer to their needs Why is this important? Because a listening school is a school that grows and fights early school leaving. This pathway: - strengthens the sense of belonging - amplifies experiences that enhance each student - moves ideas and dreams into tangible actions 👉 And now? Step by step, we will continue to work with students to turn their visions into reality. Because change comes from listening and is built together. 💬 At Crocetti-Cerulli, listening becomes action and change takes shape, one step at a time. #EmpiricaETS #CrocettiCerulli #AppreciativeInquiry #Inclusion #earlyschoolleaving #schooldropout

🌟 The listening school: when students' voices inspire change 🌟 At IIS Crocetti-Cerulli in Giulianova (TE), students are protagonists of a project that uses Appreciative Inquiry to tackle a crucial challenge: combating school drop-out.  We start from their most significant experiences, those moments in which they felt valued, welcomed and part of a school community. ✨ Why starting from positive experiences? Because every step towards change starts with what works. Recognising positive experiences and moments when we feel valued helps to build a school that motivates, engages and welcomes all. 📚 Listening in order to grow This workshop, developed by Empirica, offers students a place to - talk about what made them feeling good in their school - imagine a school future in which these experiences are multiplied - design concrete solutions that make the school more inclusive and closer to their needs Why is this important? Because a listening school is a school that grows and fights early school leaving. This pathway: - strengthens the sense of belonging - amplifies experiences that enhance each student - moves ideas and dreams into tangible actions 👉 And now? Step by step, we will continue to work with students to turn their visions into reality. Because change comes from listening and is built together. 💬 At Crocetti-Cerulli, listening becomes action and change takes shape, one step at a time. #EmpiricaETS #CrocettiCerulli #AppreciativeInquiry #Inclusion #earlyschoolleaving #schooldropout

What does #greeneconomy🌳 mean? What are the #green skills🍀🌲? This week we met many local #youth to talk about these topics and to stimulate an approach toward a #sustainable #entrepreneurship that promotes #employability and #inclusion of #young people 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️

For every child, every right!

Let's start a new journey! 🚀 ▶ Today we met our partners Möllans Basement and TechCreas for the kickoff ✈ of the #ErasmusPlus project NARRIANCE: Increasing the self-guidance and active #citizenship skills of #migrant #youth living in marginalised contexts through the narrative orientation approach. For 18 months we will work together to help young #migrants 🙋♀️ 🙋♂️ to develop #selfguidance and active #citizenship skills 🌍

How to use book creator to create engaging #books 📚 for #children 🙆♀️ 🙆♂️ ; new strategies to innovate #education 👩🏫 with #podcasts 📣 ; actions and tools to combat #school dropout 🎓 . We close this month with many insights from Fiera Didacta for new ideas 📝 that we will soon turn into concrete activities

Giornate intense di incontri, confronti e scambi di #idee 🎉🎉🎉 Anche noi a Fiera Didacta Italia #condivisione #coprogettazione #innovazione

Scuola come fulcro del cambiamento sociale: il libro “Disrupting Hierarchy in Education: Students and Teachers Collaborating for Social Change” promuove un approccio incentrato sul dialogo critico e sulla collaborazione tra tutti i partecipanti al processo di apprendimento: https://lnkd.in/dPv_y2iZ