Best Practices to Facilitate Social and Linguistic Migrants’ Social Inclusion in Global Citizenship Education: Bridging Bangladesh and Italy
摘要
This chapter focuses on social participatory action research that aims to provide good practices to facilitate the linguistic and social inclusion of Bangladeshi citizens residing or arriving in the territory of Venice, Italy, who are experiencing migration. The particular focus on Bangladeshi citizens is due to their presence as one of the largest nationalities arriving in Europe, the first for flows through asylum requests and the most present in Italy since 2024. Especially in Venice, officially resident Bangladeshi citizens make up 4% of the population, but in social services, their presence reaches up to 60% of requests. This shows that many Bangladeshi citizens are not officially residents or have already acquired Italian citizenship, thus creating the need to identify good practices to facilitate their social inclusion. Specifically, two case studies carried out within the CHANGES research project will be presented, focusing on the acquisition of Italian as a second language (L2) and on the differences and critical issues related to cultural and educational practices. The paper will conclude with a reflection on ways of active social citizenship that can involve and give a voice to all stakeholders involved in social equality pathways.