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Part One
Basic Knowledge of the Italian Educational System
Chapter 1
- The Italian School System and the European Context
1.1 The historical evolution of the Italian school.......................................................................3
1.1.1 The nineteenth century.............................................................................................3
1.1.2 The first half of the twentieth century......................................................................3
1.1.3 School in the Republican Constitution.....................................................................4
1.1.4 The second half of the twentieth century.................................................................4
1.1.5 From the Moratti reform to Good School................................................................5
1.2 Nursery schools and first cycle...............................................................................................5
1.2.1 Nursery schools regulations.......................................................................................5
1.2.2 Primary school............................................................................................................6
1.2.3 Lower secondary school.............................................................................................6
1.2.4 National Guidelines for the first cycle.......................................................................7
1.2.5 Periodic and final evaluation. The final state exam in the first cycle of education......7
1.3 Second cycle of education......................................................................................................8
1.3.1 The equal status of “education” and “education and professional training”.........8
1.3.2 Regulations of the upper secondary school..............................................................9
1.3.3 Structure of classes.....................................................................................................9
1.3.4 CLIL: teaching and learning in another language...................................................9
1.3.5 The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
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1.3.6 School and work.......................................................................................................10
1.3.7 Student evaluation....................................................................................................10
1.3.8 School credit and training credit. ...........................................................................11
1.3.9 The State examination.............................................................................................11
1.4 Regulations of vocational schools, technical schools and high schools............................12
1.4.1 Vocational schools....................................................................................................12
1.4.2 Technical schools......................................................................................................13
1.4.3 High schools. ............................................................................................................14
1.5 European Union and the subsidiarity to the education systems of the member countries... 14
1.5.1 The construction of the common European home...............................................14
1.5.2 The functioning of the European Union. ..............................................................16
1.5.3 Union’s institutions..................................................................................................16
1.5.4 Powers of the Union.................................................................................................17
1.5.5 European programs in support of education throughout life..............................18