italian school system

The Italian School System

Scuola secondaria di 1° grado „Padre Pio‟

Altamura - Italy

Comenius Project: 2010-2012

“European Youth – The Citizens of

Tomorrow”

by the students of

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2The Italian School System

Comenius Project: 2010-2012

“European Youth – The Citizens of Tomorrow”

Thanks for your time.

Hello everybody!

We are Maria, Lucia, Tommaso,

Alessandro, Rosanna, Anna.

We would like to tell you something about

The Italian School System to find out the

differences among the School Systems of the

other partner schools from Spain, Scotland

and Germany.

The school year


Usually the school year begins in mid-September

and ends at the end of June.

It consists of at least 200 days of class.

Christmas holidays are the longest ones,

lasting about 15 days.

To commemorate All Souls‟ day there are only

2 holiday days and at Carnival 3 days.

The school week runs from Monday to

Saturday depending on the school.

At the end of each term students receive

a 'report card„ with marks in all subjects. They take it

home .

Same levels

• Nursery school 0-3 years old (asilo nido)

• Infant school 3-6 years old (scuola dell‟infanzia)

• Primary school 6-11 years old (scuola elementare)

• Lower secondary school 11-14 (scuola media inferiore)

• Upper Secondary school 14-19 (scuola superiore)

• University

State school Private school


Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 15/16

The Italian school system also features the „scuola serale‟

(evening school) for adults and working students.

Nursery school

• Aims:

identitity, autonomy,

development of skills,

Exploring and

experiencing through

creativeness, intuition,

imagination.


Infant school

Aims• To improve language

• To learn simple arithmetic concepts


Primary schoolSubjects:

• Italian, English, Maths, History,

Geography, Natural Sciences, Music,

Arts, Religion (optional), Physical

Education.

Aims:

developing and deepening knowledge,

capabilities and competences in

human and scientific areas.


Lower secondary school

3 years – final exam .

It provides further education on the

subjects studied at scuola primaria,

with the addition of ITC and of

Modern Languages: Spanish, French,

German.

Outside the normal time-table there are

many activities in which the children

may take part: sport, drama, music and

so on.


At the end of the middle school ,

you take a final state exam and

you get a diploma.

At the end of elementary school

you get the Licenza Elementare


At the end of the Lower secondary school students decide

which school they want to attend on the basis of interests and aptitude

(an aptitude test is administered in the last year of middle school).

After the five years they take a final state exam and they get a

diploma.

This exam takes place every year between June and July and

grant access to University.

Hupper secondary school5 years


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Students may opt for:

1. Licei

2. Technical Institutes (Istituti tecnici)

3. Professionals Schools (Istituti Professionali)

There are several types of schools

differentiated by subjects and

activities.

.Classico ( Latin, ancient Greek, Italian,

History, Philosophy are the most important subjects)

.Scientifico (the same subjects as the liceo

classico even if it is oriented towards Maths, Physics,

Chemistry, Natural Sciences.

.Linguistico ( it puts emphasis on language

learning)

Licei

.Artistico (it is oriented towards arts

teaching – both in practical (drawing sessions) and

in a theorical (Art History) way.

.Scienze Umane ( the emphasis is more on

Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology and Law).

.Coreutico musicale (dance and music)


(Istituti Tecnici)

Technological area (Settore tecnologico)

1. Mechanics

2. Trasport and logistics

3. Electronics

4. Computers and telecommunications

5. Graphics and comunication

6. Chemicals and materials

7. Fashion system

8. Agriculture

9. Environment and territory

Technical schoolsEconomic area (Settore economico)

1. Management, finance and marketing2. Tourism


Service area (Settore dei servizi)1 . Agriculture and rural development 2 . Wine and food, hospitality 3 . Trade

(Istituti Professionali)Professional schools


Industry and crafts (Settore industria e artigianato)

1. Industrial production craft

2. Maintenance and Technical Support

University

At the end of the Secondary High School

Students can go to University or they can go to work.

Students attend a particular facoltà, a division of the university that is

usually housed in its own building.

Facoltà are often scattered throughout the city.

For studio art and music, one can attend an art school

(Accademia delle belle Arti) or music school (Conservatorio di musica)

rather than University.

Each Facoltà contains department and Istituti.


Most large Italian Cities have a public University. The fees (tuition) are very

expensive.

There are private Universities too.

Two of the most famous are the University Cattolica and

La Bocconi which specilizes in business subjects.

Both of them are in Milan.

University graduates receive the title Dottore or Dottoressa.

University



University education

It is organized according to the European model in a

three-year base and a further two years (except for

certain faculties such as medicine).

After the first 3 years you get a „Three year degree course‟,

after the last two years you get a „Specialist Degree Course‟.

Then you have higher qualifications such as Masters and

Doctorates.


Scuola secondaria di 1° grado „Padre Pio‟

Altamura - ItalyGuidelines

- Pursue the educational success of all the students through an individual, personal and

original training.

- Promote the integration of „diversity‟ in the school.

- Strengthen school-community integration. Aims of education

Methodological approaches

- Exploit the experience and

knowledge of pupils.

- Implement appropriate actions

against diversity.

- Encourage exploration and

discovery.

- Encourage collaborative

learning.

-Promoting dialogue and co-responsibility

with the families.

-Respect for the fundamental rights and

freedoms, equal rights and opportunities

between men and women.

-Tolerance and freedom within the democratic

principles of coexistence. Solidarity, legality,

environmental protection.

-Preparation for citizenship and active

participation in economic, social and

cultural life.


This is the P. O. F. - Plan of Training of our school

Weekly timetableExpansion of the educational Plan of Training

The school also organizes educational and teaching

activities related to:

citizenship education, environmental, health, affectivity,

feast of the trees, sport.

-Reading Project: Meeting with the author.

-the newspaper in school: newspapregame

- young people remember the Holocaust .

-foreign language theatre.

-Latin - Theatre

extra-curricular projects

cross-path projects

Comenius projects

Laboratory of history

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PROGRAMMI OPERATIVI NAZIONALI

Financial instruments are managed by the European Commission to achieve economic

and social development of all regions of the Union.

They are designed to support innovation and the quality of education.

Their specific objectives are:

-Develop the capacity and diagnostic devices for the quality of education.

-Improve the skills of school staff and teachers.

-Improving levels of knowledge and skills of young people.

-Promote academic success, equal opportunities and social inclusion.

-Improve learning systems.

-Increasing the technological equipment and networks of educational institutions.

-Increase the number of laboratories to improve the learning of key skills, particularly

mathematics, science and language.

-Improving the quality of school infrastructure, ecological and safety of school

buildings.

-Strengthen capacities to ensure the participation of disabled people.

-Promote the transformation of schools into learning centers accessible to all multi-

purpose.

PON -

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useful links

http://www.bdp.it/

http://www.istruzione.it

http://www.indire.it/

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