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European Sociological AssociationRN27 Southern European Societies
Università degli Studi di Sassari
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: SOCIETAL ROLE, CHALLENGES, DYNAMICS
Higher education, research and civil society
Behind social exclusion. In the adult education a possible path to
social inclusion
D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise
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Stating the hypothesis:
if and how education determines some effectson level of social (ex)-inclusion
Aims:
to discover some strategies towards active citizenship
to give each people the capability to “make history”
to build the future societyD. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise
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Standing on the shoulders of giants
In the Modern Society, the mostimportant social bond resulted by
theMoral Education
In the Contemporary Societyknowledge, competences and skills remain the necessary conditions to promote the process of Social Inclusion
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The challenge
OF MINORITY GROUPS
AND EDUCATION FOR LIFE
These inhabitantsexperience problems to participate and to be active in
society.
these people “can”/must learn
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The research: Eight European member states
(The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Romania, Denmark, Italy and Greece)
developed an European database on Life Long Learning
The developed data will provide policy-makers with
and for reference in enhancing social inclusion
through education.
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An cof Molise Region
The Molise Region is the second smallest Region in Italy. Its small population size (321,953
population) accounts more or less the 0.6% of the Italian population. The population shows a demographic
structure oriented towards an aging Population. In 2009 the rate of individuals aged
over 64 years is 21.9% of the population while the percentage of the population under the
age of 15 years is quite low (12.7%).A boy and a girl of
Molise will live
on average and respectively
81 and 85 years.
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Poverty is more concentrated in this area
Geographical Areas
North 4.9
Center 6.7
South 23.8
Molise 24.4
Italy 11.3
Note: Istat Data base
An identikit of Molise Region
TABLE 1. Incidence of relative poverty, Italy, 2008. (%)
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A view on education
Note: Istat Data base
An identikit of Molise Region
The level of education decreases markedly with the increase in age.
Qualification Molise ItalyPhd, Master degree 10.6 10.7
High school 27.9 27.3
Vocational school 2.9 5.3
Secondary school 28.9 31.6
Primary school, Illiterate
29.5 25.0
Phd, Master degree 10.6 10.7
High school 27.9 27.3
TABLE 2. Educational qualification, Italy –Molise , 2009, (%)
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Social Partecipation
It is a multidimensional social process
with different
environmental
surroundings.
with different circumstances and
It depending on people’
interaction
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Note: Istat Data base
Social partecipation
Indicators ItalyDoes not attend cultural
events33.1
Does not read daily newspapers
41.1
Does not read books 59.1
Does not watch TV 5.5
Does not listen to the radio 36.8
Is never informed about politics
23.1
TABLE 3. People who do not take part in any social, cultural and political activities, Italy 2001 (%)
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Social inclusion is a multi-dimensional process with four sub-process:
activation internalization
connection participation
These two sub-process raise of social inclusion as
a functional outcome (that is, an increase of
basic skills to cope with practical daily problems);
(activation) or emotional outcome
(internalization) for the individual him/her-self (that is, an increase of
feelings of happiness and safety)
These two sub-process describe the functional respectively the emotional outcome for the individual in connection with his or her environment.
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•marginalized people involved in adult education courses to about 200 participants , (n. 132 respondents; Molise).
Who
•Two different questionnaires•Programms: Digital skills, Language Courses (National), Basic Skills
How and What
•Adult Education Centre (The Two Centri territoriali permanenti of Isernia and Termoli)
Where
•The two questionnaires were handed to the teachers, of adult education involved in the research, who administered the second questionnaire (post-test) about 15 meetings after the first questionnaire (pre-test). (2010 April – 2010 June )
When.
• The two different questionnaires aimed to measure to what extent vulnerable adults show an increase in social inclusion after participating in adult education programs.
Why
EDAM: The design of the research
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A) Activation and Internalisation, including • National language skills, • Digital skills, • International language skills, • Assertiveness, • Labour and upbringing skills, • Voluntary work• Neighbourhood skills • Contact skills;
B) Participation and Connection, including • Meeting and attempting, • Meeting intimate contacts, • Attempting in associations • Attempting in neighbourhood, • Being active in nature • Being active in sports, • Involving into arts and culture, • Getting a membership,• Preventing loneliness.
EDAM: The design of the research
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EDAM: Main sample characteristicsObservations (absolute value)
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
132
995
Edam Partenership Molise
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EDAM: Sample composition per gender (%), Molise
[Percentages may not sum to 100 because of missing responds]
Male
Female
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
21
70
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EDAM: Sample composition per age (%), Molise
Chart Title
21- 40
41-60
61-80
mr
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
50
37
1
12
Age (%)
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EDAM: Sample characteristics: percentages of participants per background variable [Percentages may not sum to 100 because of missing response]
NationalityAutochthon 45.45
Foreign 44.70
Marital statusMarried 42,42
Unmarried 39,39
Living Togheter 6,6
Number of children0 40.91
1 12.88
2 24.24
3 3.79
4 3.03
More Than 4 0.00
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EDAM: Sample composition per years of education (absolute value)
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EDAM:
Percentage of success:some selected results
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National language skills 34.1Digital skills 41.7International language skills 29.5Assertiveness 29.5Labour and Upbringing skills 23.5Voluntary work and neighbourhood skills
24,2
Contact skills 29.5Financial skills 15,2Meeting and attemping 29.5Meeting intimate contacts 21,2Attempting in associations neighbourhood
31.1
Being active in nature and sports
22,7
Involving into arts and culture 23.5Getting a membership 17,4Preventing loneliness 21.2Activation & Internalisation 52,3Participation & Connection 37.9
EDAM: Incidence of participants showing increase of social inclusion per variable of Social Inclusion, Molise (2010)
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EDAM: Conclusion After participating in adult education
This means that 52,3 % of the participants experience a better mastery of basic life competences (‘Activation’) and experience more feelings of happiness, safety and control (‘Internalization’).
Besidesthis 37.9 % of the participants participate more in the community (‘Participation’) and experience more social interactions (‘Connection’).
37.9
52.3
Increased Social Inclusion (%)
Partecipation and Connection Activation and Internalization
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EDAM:
The nature of the study presented here is exploratory.
That means that interpretations need to be made
with caution.
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This result is very encouraging.
FOR YOUR ATTENTION
D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise