Start date: 1 March 2019    End date: 31 December 2023

Funded under: Funded by ACRI (Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio - Organisation of Foundations and Savings Banks)

The Project “L’Ora Di Lezione Non Basta” (the classroom is not enough) takes up the challenge that “educational poverty” or the lack of educational opportunities  poses in Italy, in particular for individuals with specific disabilities. The intention is to strengthen the didactic communities that revolve around the school, capitalizing on the experience gained in approximately 500 schools that are part of the Italian National Network “Senza Zaino” (see https://www.senzazaino.it/).

Fifteen educational institutes from  “Senza Zaino” , distributed over eight regions and fifteen national partners, are participating in the project. Each institute has  expertise of value in the development of a didactic community.

The underlying assumption of the project is that the main point of reference for a community intending to tackle local “educational poverty” should be the school. The school can connect the different actors in the community responsible for cultural, social, educational, health, economic and administrative functions. In this way the activities of the local community become opportunities for growth, innovation and transformation of the school.

The Signals and Images Laboratory of ISTI is a partner in the “L’Ora Di Lezione Non Basta” Project.

The main goal is to provide families and the entire local community with suggestions, ideas and strategies (accompanied by digital technology) to promote the well-being of children with motorial, visual and, more generally, learning problems.

The idea is to build up a network of actors and relationships that, starting from the local context of each institution involved, can share models and strategies throughout the country.