L'integrazione degli alunni stranieri e la gestione scolastica di un ambiente multiculturale nel territorio di Minturno-Scauri: proposta per un modello di riferimento locale.

Abstract Integration of foreign pupils and school management of a multicultural environment in the Minturno-Scauri area: proposal for a local reference model The research focuses mainly on the Italian school and on intercultural integration policies, given that the school is the place deputed to the construction and sharing of common rules, in which both practices of daily life and a reflection on the respect for various forms of coexistence can be planned, activated and implemented by teachers and other employees of an educational institution. Intercultural education does not envisage the logic of assimilation, nor that of a coexistence in which ethnic communities are isolated from one another. On the contrary, it fosters confrontation, dialogue, mutual recognition and the enrichment of people, in a framework that guarantees the respect for identities, affiliations and experiences of all, regardless of their citizenship (Byram 2020; Zorman and Zudič Antonič 2014; Zorman and Zudič Antonič 2019; Zudič Antonič 2018). In dealing with the presence of migrant children on a daily basis, all school staff must contribute to the promotion and implementation of intercultural education, in order to develop a multicultural environment where pluriculturalism, interculturalism and plurilingualism are promoted. The role of the school headmaster for intercultural integration is strategic: he acts not only as a coordinator of professionals and experts involved in the school in various capacities, but also as the person responsible for educational policies and aims of the institution he/she directs. The research was conducted in the Marco Emilio Scauro Comprehensive Institute in Minturno and in the Principe Amedeo Comprehensive Institute in Gaeta, both located in the Lazio region: the two schools selected share the same characteristics of the presence of migrant minors, interculturalism and multilingualism. The main aim of the research is to propose an applicative model with guidelines and integration policies, that is sustainable, innovative and replicable, as it is akin to territorial needs, and immediately usable by school headmasters in schools’ management.