WORLD WORLDWIDE ITALY News Journal Update - (en) Italy, UCADI, #181: A mess made in Italy (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

On 22 December 2023, Parliament approved law no. 206, one of the
flagship measures of the Meloni Government, "Organic provisions for the
valorisation, promotion and protection of Made in Italy", published in
the Official Journal no. 300 of 12/27/2023 . The "made in Italy high
school path is established, which is part of the structure of the high
school system" and the timetable of the teachings and the specific
learning outcomes of the "made in Italy" high school path are defined.
The Ministry of Education and Merit then issued a circular containing
indications to define the teaching timetable and the specific learning
outcomes of the training course of the new high school.
The programs of the new high school provide for the acquisition of
in-depth knowledge, skills and competences in the economic and legal
sciences, within a cultural framework which, by also paying attention to
the mathematical, physical and natural sciences, allows us to grasp the
intersections between the disciplines; b) the meanings, methods and
interpretative categories that characterize the economic and legal
sciences, entrepreneurial skills suitable for the promotion and
valorisation of specific production sectors; necessary tools for
research and analysis of historical-geographical and artistic-cultural
scenarios as well as the historical dimension and industrial and
economic development of production sectors; of structures and
communication skills in two modern foreign languages, corresponding to
level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference, for the first
language, and to level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference,
for the second language; development of internationalization processes
also through the strengthening of integrated learning of the contents of
training activities programmed in a vehicular foreign language, without
additional burdens on public finances and without prejudice to the
possibility of receiving funding from public and private entities; the
strengthening of the paths for transversal skills and orientation
through the connection with the training paths of the ITS Academy and
with the reference socio-economic productive fabric, favoring laboratory
work, innovation and the training contribution of companies and local
authorities; inclusion in the world of work and professions, through the
strengthening of apprenticeship paths.
Once the regulation has been adopted in compliance with the principles
of the autonomy of educational institutions as well as flexibility
spaces for the adaptation of the training offer to the economic and
cultural vocation of the territory within the regional planning of the
training offer, they can be activated, at starting from the 2024/2025
school year, the Made in Italy high school courses. But since everything
must take place "without causing redundancies in administrative,
technical and auxiliary staff and teaching staff in one or more
competitive classes and, in any case, without new or greater burdens on
public finances", the Liceo, Sciences is simultaneously abolished Human,
economic and social option, in place since 1 September 2010 with the
Gelmini reform and which in recent years has given a good account of
itself for the balance of its study plan and for the growing interest
and appreciation of families in terms of registrations.

The Economic-Social High School of Human Sciences

The economic-social high school option of Human Sciences, although it
represented a novelty for Italy, was placed in a European perspective
aimed at providing advanced skills in the study of economics, law and
human sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology). Using an
interdisciplinary approach to study. However, there was a balance
between the disciplines of the humanistic and scientific-mathematical
areas, accentuated by the study of two foreign languages which confirmed
the international vocation of this school, providing a cultural and
professional qualification of European scope which was in positive
relation with the market. The skills necessary for a critical reading of
contemporary reality in its complexity could thus be developed,
integrating different types of knowledge, supporting study with the use
of modern teaching technologies.
The aim was to develop in the student the skills necessary for a
critical reading of contemporary reality in its complexity, through the
integration of different knowledge, achieved with the support of modern
teaching methodologies. Such a study plan was implemented thanks to the
scientific approach to the study of reality through research methodology
and using an in-depth study of foreign languages, supported by cultural
exchanges with foreign countries. very welcome to the students, who were
directed by the teachers towards the choice of interdisciplinary paths,
which took into account the openness to the territory. This path was
verified in meetings with external experts and internships in possible
workplaces.
The use of problem solving methodology and active learning through field
experience characterized the teaching adopted. This teaching structure
had been strengthened by the inclusion of this school in an online
community between networks of schools of the same orientation, which had
allowed the adoption of an experimental teaching aimed at providing
students with ever new opportunities and critical learning tools .
The social scientific high school ensured a balanced and structured
education, allowing enrollment in all degree courses, in particular in
the departments of economics and commerce, law, sociology and law and
business organization, political science, foreign languages and
literature, and linguistic mediation disciplines. and cultural.
Its name as a school referred to a clear professional direction that
allowed students an easier and more immediate approach to the job
market: The government's decision cancels a long work on the scientific
didactic level through an apparent involvement of the teachers who are
part of the old high school and who were called to endorse the
transformation of their school with a practically forced vote, in order
not to lose chairs and jobs.

The diabolical plot between Valditara and Lollobrigida

The decision to approve the law establishing the new school takes place
once the school year has begun and is applied using approximate times
and deadlines which generate uncertainty in users, especially since
information activities have begun some time ago which preclude the
choice of the institutes to attend next year . One might think that all
this is done for propaganda reasons, to be able to raise the flag of an
inconsistent minister, desperate to give content to the name of his
ministry. Especially since in the rush to start the new classes, a
limited timetable is provided for the first two years without indicating
the educational contents of the entire course of studies, thus
demonstrating carelessness on the part of both the proposing minister
and the public sector. instruction. But the situation is more complex
and involves the Ministries of Merit Education as well as that of Made
in Italy.
What is provided to students is a qualification with vague contents and
in any case not functional to the job market. The appeal should come
from the mega intervention that the Ministry of Education and Merit is
preparing with the reform of the technical institutes. In fact, a black
thread links the new high school to the reform of the technical
institutes, the duration of which should be increased to four years to
give the students who attend them the opportunity to access the ITS
Accademy , post-study specialization courses in high school, lasting two
or three years, privately managed with 70% of staff coming which
accentuates the tendency towards the delivery of professional training
to private individuals, with all due respect to public schools. If all
this is placed in the context of differentiated autonomy, the dimensions
of the disaster are easily grasped.

B.C

https://www.ucadi.org/2024/01/23/un-pasticcio-made-in-italy/
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