“Sharing Results of ‘Schools for Gender Equity’ at Istituto Omnicomprensivo Marsciano

The  Teachers’  Board  of  the  Istituto  Omnicomprensivo  “Salvatorelli Moneta”  in  Marsciano was held on  25 October. During  the meeting,  the projects  for  the current school year were presented, but were also shared the results of some projects carried  out last year. In particular, during Thursday’s meeting, two ebooks resulting from the  Erasmus+ KA2 project ‘Schools  for Gender Equity’ were projected and shared with all  the teachers of the institute. It was the Omnicomprensivo di Marsciano that took part  in  this  project  on  behalf  of  Italy,  alongside  schools  from  the  other  participating  countries:  Spain, Portugal,  Greece,  Estonia  and  Romania.  The  first  ebook  presented  collects twelve finalist short stories  for each of the six participating schools, in which,  on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March), an international competition  entitled  ‘She  felt…’  (the  opening  sentence  of  the  short  stories)  took  place.  The  students tried their hand at inventing short stories of 200 words, capturing a moment,  a  thought or a  feeling  they considered  significant. All  the  teachers agreed in praising  the  quality  of  the  students’  work.  The  other  ebook  presented  is  a  collection  of  educational tools, from short activities to games to real historical and literary paths, which  aim  to  make  students  reflect  on  the  meaning  of  gender  equality  and  how  many  stereotypes still exist in our societies. Above all, this ebook aroused the curiosity and  questions of all  teachers, who were curious  to put  the activities into practice and  try  them  out.  Given  these  premises,  we  hope  that  this  will  be  a  school  year  under  the  banner of gender equity.