POSTCROSSING AT SCHOOL – EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS OF POSTCARDS EXCHANGE
Roxana HOBAI
„Gheorghe Șincai” Technological High School, Târgu Mureș, ROMANIA.
Email: roxana_ro2011@yahoo.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2308-0292
Diana BERKU
„Gheorghe Șincai” Technological High School, Târgu Mureș, ROMANIA.
Email: dianaberku25@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5725-8566
ABSTRACT
The aim of the research is to analyze the impact of postcrossing activities on students from educational, linguistic, cultural, and emotional perspectives. For this purpose, 10th-grade students of “Gheorghe Șincai” Technological High School from Târgu Mureș participated in an extracurricular activity carried out through a website dedicated to the international exchange of postcards. The students’ perceptions of the activity were identified both through direct observations and through a questionnaire. Although today’s communication context is highly digitalized – dominated by instant messages and online social networks – we believe that postcrossing-type activities bring significant benefits, contributing to the development of students’ transversal skills and to the strengthening of intercultural education.
KEYWORDS:
postcrossing, postcards, transversal skills, intercultural education, interdisciplinarity, extracurricular activity
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Hobai, R., & Berku, I. (2025). Postcrossing at school – educational benefits of postcards exchange.
Romanian Review of Geographical Education, 14(2), 34-46 http://doi.org/10.24193/RRGE20258