Transcript The Italian educational system

Assessorato alle Politiche Giovanili
Regione Campania
ITCS Ferdinando Galiani
Napoli
Progetto di Rete
“Giovani Promossi Incontrano l’Europa”
The Italian educational
system
Today and Tomorrow
Education and our Constitution
According to the Italian
Constitution
Education
Is a fundamental right
for all the people.
Compulsory Education
From 1999/2000
education is compulsory for
children aged between
15 years
6 to
THE ITALIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM
LEVELS
NURSERY SCHOOL
AGE 3
LENGTH 3 YEARS
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AFFECTIVE
PSYCHOMOTORY
COGNITIVE
SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
THE ITALIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM
THE FIRST CYCLE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
5 YEARS
LOWER SECONDARY
SCHOOL
3 YEARS
STATE EXAM
PRIMARY SCHOOL
AGE
Optional
6
5
FREE
EDUCATION
and BOOKS
27-30 HOURS A
WEEK
NO MORE THAN
25
STUDENTS PER CLASS,
NO FEWER THAN 10
SUBJECTS
ITALIAN, MATHS, SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY,
ART, MUSIC, P.E., COMPUTER, RELIGION
(OPTIONAL)
Primary school
The aim of primary school is
to promote a basic cultural
and scientific literacy and
to encourage social
interaction.
LOWER SECONDARY
SCHOOL
“SCUOLA MEDIA”
AGE
11- 14
30 HOURS A
WEEK
POSSIBLE
AFTERNOON
LABORATORIES
Subjects
ITALIAN,
MATHS
PHYSICS
CHEMICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY,
GEOGRAPHY, ART, MUSIC, P.E.,
COMPUTER SCIENCE, TECHNICAL
EDUCATION,
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FOREIGN
LANGUAGES, CIVIC EDUCATION,
RELIGION (OPTIONAL)
Lower Secondary school
The "Scuola Media"- provides a common general
education to students. It is compulsory, free of
charge and lasts three years. The main objectives of
this level to offer to pupils both a wider
knowledge of reality through the different
subjects and the occasion to develop their
personality. The standard curriculum includes
Italian language, history, geography, foreign
languages, mathematics, physics, chemistry and
natural sciences, musical, technical, artistic and
physical education.
Upper secondary schools until today
Classical studies(liceo)
Scientific studies(liceo)
Liguistic studies(liceo)
Upper secondary schools until today
Artistic studies(liceo- istituto professionale)
Technical studies(istituti tecnici)
Vocational studies(istituti professionali)
Upper Secondary schools:
The Joint Organs
School
Council
Teachers’
Council
Class
Council
The internal organization:
Assemblies
The following councils operate in schools:
Class Council, Teachers’ Council and School Council
The Class Council includes teachers from the same class; in addition, these councils may also
include two parents for each class elected from among the parents themselves. Furthermore
there are two student representatives.
The Council is chaired by the Head Teacher or by a delegated teacher. The main task of the
Council is to formulate proposals to the Teachers' Assembly regarding educational and learning
activities. In addition, this is the body with the task of establishing and improving exchanges and
communications between teachers, parents and students. Parents and students do not take part
in assessment or educational coordination activities.
Then there is the Teachers‘ Council which confronts internally problems concerning the running of
the school; the School Council is made up of representatives of teaching and non-teaching staff,
parents, students and the Head Teacher, which is responsible for the estimated and final budgets
and, within the limits of the budget and the law, for the organization and planning of school
activities.
The School Council:
People
Our school council is made up of :
 4 students,
 8 teachers
 4 parents
 2 school assistants
 2 representatives of the administrative office
 The headteacher
Every representative is elected during the first days of
the school year
The School Council:
Objectives
The school council representatives must
represent the views of all the different people taking part to the school life in order
to improve their school
Establish the general school commitments
Decide how to use school funds
Decide the cultural venues which students
can take part to
Give general criteria to made up class groups
Approve the general didactic plan drawn up
by the teachers’ assembly
The teachers’ Council
People
It is made up by all the
teachers of the school
The teachers’ Council
Objectives
Inside the council the teachers have to:
 Make up the general training plan of the school
 Approve the adoption of new text books
 Establish the number of terms which the school year shall be
divided into
 Approve eventual net to set up among different school
 Evaluate the results of didactic activities
 Elect the representatives of the school council and the teachers’
evaluation group
 Give their approval/disapproval regarding the acquisition of new
students/ re- subscription of students who failed in order to limit
drop outs.
Class Councils
People
They are made up by all the
teachers belonging to a class
group
They are headed by the
headteacher or by a teacher
appointed by him/her he/she is
usually the class tutor
Class Councils
Objectives
Students’ final term evaluation
Preparation of the class didactic plan in
harmony with directions given by the school
council and teachers’ council
Decisions regarding students’ discipline
The class tutor
Inside the class council
He/she is the teacher who:
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Checks students’ progress
Mantains relationships with parents
Monitors students’ absences
Organizes the partecipation of the class to
the several school activities
The teachers’ evaluation Comitee
This is a further plenary council
Headed by the Headteacher
It is made up of 4 teachers elected during the
teachers’ council
They evaluate the work of brand new teachers
after their in training service(1 school year) and
give their approval to let them officially enter
the school world
The Students’ Conference
It is a representative organ
of all the students belonging to
a certain district
It consists of two students for
each secondary school in the
district
The students’ Conference
Objectives
Coordinate relationships between schools
Exchange information regarding the didactic
experiences
Set up an information desk service for all the
students who may need any sort of help
Make educational proposals either to local
authorities or directly to the Board of
Education
Upper Secondary schools:
General Organization
YESTERDAY
For a long time education has been
characterized by a centralized
system organized by
the
Board of Education
Upper Secondary schools:
The General Organization
TODAY
From 2005
a progressive process of
DECENTRALIZATION
transfered the administration and didactical
decisions to each educational institution,
giving them more responsibilities. This
process is still ongoing and is called
“AUTONOMIA".
AUTONOMY :
Planning the school year’s activities
POF = “PIANO DELL’OFFERTA
FORMATIVA
Or
General plan of the school
year’s training
activitities
General plan of the school year’s
training activitities
What is it?
It is a
public document valid one school year
testifying
the committments of the educational
institutions towards its students and their families
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It is
drawn up by the Teachers’ Council in accordance to
general training guidelines provided by the School Council.
It must be approved by the
School Council
the
What is it???
A committment
The school
educational offer
POF
The identity card
of a school
A process
Our educational offer
Extra- curricular workshops
Reading literacy: How to use the school library
to improve students’ reading skills
Orienting students in the working field/
university
Setting up a process simulation
 How to be a good European citizen today
 Neapolitan schools adopt a monument
 Professional support for students with psychological
difficulties
 Environmental protection scheme
 PE training sessions
 Safe Driving
 Cambridge, Goethe Institut , Grenoble Certifications
 European Computer Driving Licence Certification
International/ National Projects
 Comenius Partnership: Emigration in Germany and
southern Italy
 Comenius grant : Job shadowing
 Schools open doors(supported by local authorities) :
History ,theatre and traditional music
 Universal Cultural Forum(supported by Comune di
Napoli) : The real meaning of Peace in today’s world
Measures adopted in our school to
help students in difficulty
PON(National Plan Funds)
Since 2003 our school has received funds( Structural
funds plan) both from European and local
authorities to implement revision and consolidation
activities in different subjects( the most troublesome)
for students in difficulty. The courses are held in the
afternoon either by a school teacher or by an external
teacher who has submitted his/her curriculum vitae.
In this case, he/she will be supported by another
teacher who will become his/her official tutor for the
whole course period.
Where do funds come from?
The school funds come from a European Social
Fund and a Regional social fund, both aming
at supporting areas of southern Italy:
Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia,
Sardegna and Sicily .
In few words it is a sort of plan to sustain
development in the field of education and
occupation.
Goals
 Reduce drop outs
 Improve education and knowledge
 Develop basic literacy
 Support students’ mobility inside the EU
 Guarantee more job opportunities for young people
 Encourage lifelong learning education
 Support in- training service for teachers
 Streghten the idea of equal opportunities for male
and female
 Spread an environmental- friendly attitude
From 2007 up to now
Education becomes compulsory
for students until the first cycle
of upper education, the socalled
“BIENNIO”
Technical education until 2010
Istituti tecnici (Technical schools) prepare
students to a future profession,
technical or administrative services in
the agricultural, industrial and
commercial sectors
Each institute is being named according to
its own specialization.
Subjects in the lower cycle
(biennio) until 2010
total amout of hours a week 36
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The first two-year curricula
include general subjects which are common to all the
sectors and specializations, the only difference lies
in the practical exercises which are carried out in
workshops and firms, pertaining to the sector to
which the school belongs
Our school timetable today(biennio)
Subjects
I year
II year
Religion(elective)
1
1
Italian
5
5
History
2
2
English
3
3
Chemistry
4
4
Natural science
3
3
Maths
5
5
Law
2
2
P.E.
2
2
Total hours - common area
27
27
Computer lab
3
3
Business studies
2
2
Another foreign language
4
4
Total hours - vocational area
9
9
Total amount of hours per week
36
36
Subjects in the upper cycle
(triennio)until 2010
Total amount of hours per week: 36
Economics and Law become separate subjects
These subjects follow a professional aim and cohabit with Business
education.
While the teaching of subjects such as Italian literature, history, civics and
physical education continues, the other subjects are all related to a
specific sector and specialization, with a significant part of the
curriculum reserved for specifically oriented practical exercises.
There are two different teachers: one for Economics/Law and one
for Business Economic Education.
Our school timetable today(Triennio)
Subjects
I year
II year
III year
Religion(elective)
1
1
1
Italian
3
3
3
History
2
2
2
English
3
3
3
Maths
4
4
3
Law
3
3
3
P.E.
2
2
2
Business studies
7
10
9
An additional foreign language
3
3
3
Political economics
3
2
Financial studies
3
Geopolitics
3
2
3
Total amount of hours per week
34
35
35
What can students do with their
qualification today?
At the
END of the course, if you pass the State
examination, you receive a
Second grade
upper school certification
Diploma di istruzione secondaria di secondo grado
(previously called maturità). With this qualification
they can enter the working world,
or continue studying at university and on other
post-diploma courses.
Future reforms
towards 2010-2011
The Italian Parliament has recently changed the educational system with a vast reform. Its main objectives are:
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Decentralization
Autonomy
New flexible curricula with
Fewer hours of lesson
Institution of a national service to monitor
educational quality standards
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Prevention of drop-outs
The Reorganization of the second cycle
from 2010
THE SECOND CYCLE
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
LICEI
5 YEARS
2 years common area + 2
years + 1 vocational area +
1 final year
STATE
UNIVERSITY
VOCATIONAL
AND
TRAINING SCHOOLS
2 YEARS common area +
2 vocational area + 1 final
year
EXAM
UPPER TECHNICAL
TRAINING
THE NEW BRANCHES
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
LICEI
■ CLASSIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ SCIENTIFIC SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ ARTISTIC SEONDARY SCHOOL
■ LANGUAGE SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ ECONOMIC
■ UNIVERSITY
■ HIGHER TECHNICAL
EDUCATION OR TRAINING
STATE EXAM
SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ TECHNOLOGICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ MUSIC
SECONDARY SCHOOL
■ PSYCHOPEDAGOGICAL SECONDARY
SCHOOL
■
HUMAN SCIENCE
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
■ RUN BY REGIONS
■ 3 YEARS + APPRENTICESHIP =
SCHOOL TO
WORK TRANSITION
TO GET A QUALIFICATION
■ 3 + 1 AND GET A QUALIFICATION FOR
UPPER VOCATIONAL TRAINING
■ UNIVERSITY
■ Upper TECHNICAL
TRAINING
■ 4 + 1 FOR STATE EXAM
New cycles in the upper secondary
school
There will be
1- a two - year first cycle
2- a two year second cycle
3- a single year final cycle
New curricula
In all secondary schools learning will
be divided into 2 different types of
curricula:
• The first two years curriculum
common to all cycles(biennio)
• A more specific curriculum related
to the type of training elected by
students
A brand - new organization
for Technical Education from the next
school year
The former Business School
will be divided into
Two branches

Administration, Finance and
Marketing
 Tourism
Flexible curricula
Percentage of autonomy inside each year’s
curricula to create a certain amount of
flexibility:
• 20% during the first “biennio”
• 30% during the second “biennio”
• 35% during the fifth and last school year
Why does flexibility matter?
Because
it
meets students’ learning expectations
 Is a means to create occupational opportunities
linked to the area where the school is located
Biennio Hours per year- today
Subjects
I year
II year
Religion(elective)
33
33
Italian
165
165
History
66
66
English
99
99
Chemistry
132
132
Natural science
99
99
Maths
165
165
Law
66
66
P.E.
66
66
Total hours - common area
891
891
Computer lab
99
99
Business studies
66
66
Another foreign language
132
132
Total hours - vocational area
297
297
Total amount of hours per school year
1188
1188
Administration, Finance and Maketing
Timetable common area
Subject
1° year
2° year
3° year
4° year
5° year
Italian
132
132
132
132
132
English
99
99
99
99
99
History, citizenship, The
Italian Constitution
66
66
66
66
66
Mathematics
132
132
99
99
99
Law and economics
66
66
Integrated sciences
66
66
Sports Education
66
66
33
33
33
Religion(elective)
33
33
Total hours per year for the
common area
660
660
495
495
495
Comparing hours of lesson per year
Biennio(common area)
Today’s Biennio – Total hours of lessons per year
1188
The future Biennio – total hours of lesson per year
1056(660 common area+396
compulsory subjects)
Triennio Hours per year - today
Subjects
I year
II year
III year
Religion(elective)
33
33
33
Italian
99
99
99
History
66
66
66
English
99
99
99
Maths
132
132
99
Law
99
99
99
P.E.
66
66
66
Business studies
231
330
297
An additional foreign language
99
99
99
Political economics
99
66
Financial studies
Geopolitics
Total amount of hours per year
99
99
66
99
1052
1105
1156
Tourism
Copmpulsory subjects
Subjects
1° year
Integrated sciences(Physics)
66
3° year
4° year
5° year
99
99
99
Additional language 2
99
99
99
Business Tourism
132
132
132
Tourist geography
66
66
66
Law and tourism
99
99
99
Local Art
66
66
66
Integrated Sciences(Chemistry)
2° year
66
Geography
99
99
Computer lab
66
66
Business studies
66
66
Additional language 1
99
99
Total hours for the vocational
area
396
396
561
561
561
Administration, Finance and Maketing
Timetable common area
Subject
1° year
2° year
3° year
4° year
5° year
Italian
132
132
132
132
132
English
99
99
99
99
99
History, citizenship, The
Italian Constitution
66
66
66
66
66
Mathematics
132
132
99
99
99
Law and economics
66
66
Integrated sciences
66
66
Sports Education
66
66
33
33
33
Religion(elective)
33
33
Total hours per year for the
common area
660
660
495
495
495
Administration, finance and marketing
Compulsory subjects
Subjects
1° year
Integrated Sciences (Physics)
66
Integrated sciences(Chemistry)
2° year
3° year
4° year
5° year
66
Geography
99
99
Computer lab
66
66
66
66
Additional foreign language
99
99
99
99
99
Business studies
66
66
198
231
264
Law
99
99
99
Economics
99
99
99
561
561
561
Total hours per year for the
vocational area
396
396
Comparing hours of lesson per year
Triennio
Today’s Triennio - Total hours of lesson per year
1150
The Future Triennio -Total hours of lesson per year
1056 (495 common area
+561 vocational area)
Anna Maria Brunetti
ITCS F. Galiani
Napoli