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Studi e ricerche
Edited book | Blended Learning and the Global South
Chapter | Virtual Exchanges and Gender-Inclusive Toponymy
Virtual Exchanges and Gender-Inclusive Toponymy
An Intercultural Citizenship Project to Foster Equality
Abstract
This paper focuses on a virtual exchange project between the University of Virginia, United States, and an upper-secondary school in Pavia, Italy. Centred on the question of gender equality, the project has been designed to take place over three years (2018-21), and with direct reference to the transnational model of virtual exchange for global citizenship education proposed in 2019 by Robert O’Dowd. As an integrated part of the language learning curriculum, the project creates a virtual space which parallels the space-time of traditional class tuition, and which students can inhabit with a significant degree of autonomy. The project aims to foster gender equality and help students to reflect on the sociocultural evolution of the language and how it can be used to address issues of identity, diversity and inclusion.
Submitted: March 24, 2020 | Accepted: May 18, 2020 | Published Sept. 6, 2021 | Language: en
Keywords Virtual exchange • Intercultural citizenship • Intercultural competence • Gender equality • Active citizenship • Global citizenship
Copyright © 2021 Francesca Calamita, Roberta Trapè. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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