LEARNING INSTRUMENTS

The association, also to realize  its objective (to promote the works by the Nobel Prize Salvatore Quasimodo and to increase and develop the ground), it makes use of various instruments to the learning and the retraining of the learner, especially of the young students and adults in continuing education.

Naturally the teachers use the traditional learning by the frontal lesson, but there are numerous innovative tools. 

To this, the association uses self-made books, audiovisual equipments (Rai-video, Tv guides and documentaries), texts and various teaching tools (library, meetings, festivals, cultural trips and exchanges, storytellers, etc..), traditional teaching tools.

Further it tests various kinds of  e-learning, like the video conference.

The other experimentation is the construction internet site with documents and texts that everyone can request and download to own studies and serchs.

The historian-characteristic places and the help equipments, provided at the user disposal, are very important to the achievement of the objective.  

- THE SARACEN TOWER (Arab-Norman)

Meeting with History and Poetry.

- THE RAILWAY STATION

Quasimodian Museum and Garden.

Photographic and audiovisual exhibition about Quasimodo’s live and works.

Toy library on the antique trucks; literary route.

Exhibition of handicraft products and tasting of Sicilian cuisine.

Languages and computer teaching rooms.

- READING AND CONFERENCE ROOM

Library; toy library; internet point; didactic laboratory.

- RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ACTIVITY

Literary meetings, festival.

Theatrical shows.

- RETURN TO THE TRADITION

Historic-tourist route through the storyteller (in Italian or Sicilian language).

Folkloristic music by the traditional Sicilian instruments.

- TEACHING ACTIVITIES  on the following subjects:

- HANDICRAFT (above all artistic)

- LANGUAGES (Italian for foreigner – English, French, German and others on request)

- COMPUTER STUDY

- WELFARE SERVICES

- MUSIC AND ARTS

- CUISINE AND GASTRONOMY

- TOURIST SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUE

- CULTURAL AND SOCIAL TOURISM