The Project of “Cap Collection”: A PBL in the School and an Opportunity of Social Inclusion for Students and Adults with Intellectual Disability

This Case study, which is included in a wider research, gathers the experience, started in the previous academic year, of a community service learning project on the collection of plastic caps done by students of sixth form (11-12 years old) in collaboration with adult people who suffer from an intellectual disability. From a qualitative methodology based on analysis of documents, observation and deep interviewing, we want to investigate its keys to success, including also the benefits which these two collectives obtain. Among the obtained results, we emphasize on the importance of the sense of this project (benefit for a third person), as a motivating element and which generates stability, as well as the collaborative culture between supported entities from an educating city. Also, we notice benefits for the adult people with an intellectual disability, who are introduced as active citizens, as well as on the recognition of diversity on the side of the students.