Using the Persona Dolls to approach diversity and fight discrimination

The Persona Doll method is part of an educational approach to social justice. Persona dolls have personal identities and stories that represent aspects of diversity. It is a method whose main objective, in addition to emotional literacy, is to raise awareness among young children of the issue of injustice in their school and family environment and in the society in which they grow up. However, the benefits of using the Persona Doll method are not only found in young children, but also in adults. This paper seeks to highlight this dimension and to present the activities carried out in the context of a cultural programme. The title of the project was “We approach diversity and fight discrimination with Persona Dolls” and it was implemented during the current school year 2024-2025, by adult students of the 3rd class of the specialization of nursery assistants of the Evening Vocational Lyceum in Eastern Thessaloniki. At the same time, it seeks to present the impact of the method in improving the personal beliefs and attitudes of adult future early childhood educators towards interculturality and inclusion.