Le slide presentate nel corso della scuola estiva del progetto "Good(s) monitoring europe!" (Palermo, 7-10 luglio 2021) da Ida Mariolo, docente dell’Istituto “Einaudi-Pareto” di Palermo che ha preso parte al progetto A Scuola di OpenCoesione (ASOC)

1. GME! Summer School - 7/10 July 2021, Palermo (Italy)

2. Experience enhances
understanding.
Understanding leads to more
effective action.

3. To become responsible citizens, students must have access not only to content knowledge and
core democratic values, but also to opportunities to learn citizenship skills and apply them
to the problems and needs of the community outside the classroom.
The monitoring of public funds may become “a teaching and learning strategy that
integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning
experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.

4. The importance of monitoring, and doing it
in the community, through a method
(ASOC) and its tools;
The dialogue with the Institutions
Civic protagonism

5. WHY MONITORING
inside the schools ?
In the process, students
link personal and social
development with
academic and cognitive
development.
It combines
learning goals and
community service
in ways that can
enhance both
student growth and
the common good
It is a form of
experiential
education where
learning occurs
through a cycle of
action and
reflection as
students seek to
achieve real
objectives for the
community and
deeper
understanding and
skills for
themselves.

6. ASOC provides the opportunity to develop skills in digital technologies, statistics and civics in order to
help students understand and describe how public policies—and cohesion polices in particular—impact
the communities in which they live.
4 Steps in the research:
DESIGN
ANALYZE
EXPLORE
TELL

7. Improved ability to understand
complexity and ambiguity
Positive impact on students’
school learning
Digital skills
Positive impact on academic outcomes
such as problem analysis,
problem-solving, critical thinking, and
cognitive development
LEARNING
OUTCOMES

8. Greater sense of personal
efficacy, personal identity,
spiritual growth, and moral
development
Greater interpersonal
development, particularly
the ability to work well with
others, and build leadership
and communication skills
PERSONAL
OUTCOMES

9. Reduced stereotypes
and greater
inter-cultural
understanding
Improved social
responsibility and
citizenship skills
Greater involvement in
community service after
diploma
SOCIAL
OUTCOMES

10. A monitoring project strengthens the dialogue with the institutions. Through interviews with
stakeholders students can also overcome the natural skepticism that usually occurs towards
policy makers.
The monitoring process makes the future citizen more aware of his role and of the power of
access and control that he can exercise over public affairs

11. The monitoring research carried out, allows students to turn the spotlight on themes and topics and
interventions in the territories, in order to involve the reference community.
Provide opportunities for input to students and the community in the design of the monitoring learning
experience;
Provide opportunities for reflection on the monitoring experience and on the connections between this
experience, democratic values and citizenship;
Focus on change, enabling students to question prevailing norms and develop new ideas for creating a
more just and equitable society.

12. “Monitoring
goes on! “
Thank you for your attention.
ida.mariolo@gmail.com