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TEENAGER EXPERIENCE,
THE Empowerment by Numbers
The project
The project
The research project TEEN deals with the phenomenon of young immigration, to Europe, which has received increasing attention in the last years, given the very large number of young immigrants who leave their country (most of them without parents).
The project was designed by a multidisciplinary team of Politecnico di Milano and founded by Polisocial Award 2017 (www.polisocial.polimi.it).
TEEN aims at promoting basic mathematical literacy as another fundamental right that may significantly increase the level of autonomy of teen-immigrants, helping them to deal with daily needs.
The TEEN team has been developing a webapp that can be used by teen-immigrants, outside the context of the classroom and without the interaction with a teacher, to develop their basic mathematical skills.
Further info at www.teen.polimi.it
The WEBAPP for learning MATH
The WEBAPP for learning MATH
In order to make the discipline more accessible and attractive, the app is designed to deal with everyday mathematics, with non-academic language and, to be inclusive, with the least possible amount of written words. The activities proposed by the app address situations that are familiar for teen-immigrants.
Work in progress
Work in progress
Supported by the teen-immigrants hosted in 2 communities, we have investigated what issues they face in are and how mathematics can aid them to address the difficulties.
Pilot study
Pilot study
In this phase, we designed with them some activities built on real-life situation called "scenario".
Experimental phase
Experimental phase
We have experimented the material with many teen-immigrants hosted in 4 different communities. In each session, a small group of teens was exposed to the activities (called scenario). The sessions were carried under the supervision of the researcher and the educator.
Collaboration and testing
Collaboration and testing
In the last months of the project, we have tested #streetmath within both educational and professional projects. In this phase, we worked with teenagers communities and no-profit organizations (Croce Rossa Milano, and Save The Children Italy) .
During such phases, learners and educator said that streetmath is: creative, effective, relevant, clear, useful, supportive, engaging, diagnostic, enjoyable,...
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