After a gap of several years, In Dialogue: CID Occasional Papers is back, with a thoughtful essay on applying intercultural dialogue to an educational context. We present: When the Letters Sing and the Numbers Jump: Education as a Space of Relationship by Maria Flora Mangano.
This occasional paper aims to deepen the meaning of education as a space of relationship across, among, and beyond cultures, fields of study, and student ages. A “homemade” and “home based” one-to-one teaching of second-generation children and teenagers in difficulty is described. Vol-unteer, replicable, and feasible activities complementing formal education were conducted with and for students and their families. This approach may be a challenge for scholars and educators having little prior experience with children. Nevertheless, it provides potential for (re)thinking education as a combination of learning and teaching, involving indoor and outdoor cultural activities; it becomes an accessible and free space, where students, families, and teachers may meet and grow together.
Mangano, M. F. (2024). When the letters sing and the numbers jump: Education as a space of relationship. In Dialogue: CID Occasional Papers, 2. https://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org/2024/11/11/in-dialogue-cid-occasional-papers-2-when-the-letters-sing-and-the-numbers-jump-education-as-a-space-of-relationship/
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