EGIN Annual Conference 2010 15 and 16 April - Venice, Italy The Italian Education System -...

EGIN Annual Conference 201015 and 16 April - Venice, Italy

The Italian Education System - Industrial Technical Education and Vocational Training

The ItalianEducation System

Industrial Technical Education and Vocational Training

Ms Lara CrippaEnglish Teacher at Istituto Salesiano San Marco



The Italian school system provides a wide choice of educational offers.

In the last five years the system has been heavily modified in the educational,

methodological and organizational aspects.

In constant dialogue with the other European countries, the attempt has been to reach a

shared education and training system.



After the first cycle of education, the Italian student can choose between:

five-years path(which includes High Schools and Industrial

Technical Institutes)

or the three-years course (the Vocational Training)



Italian students fulfill compulsory education at 16 and training requirement at 18, with the

option to choose which path of education and training is more suited to their skills, personal

abilities and future projects.



Unlike High Schools, Technical Institutes and Vocational Training Centers aim to a diploma

of higher education which can ensure the access to University or to Higher Technical

Education or to employment.



The identity of the Technical Institutes is characterized by a strong scientific and

technological cultural basis in line with the European guidelines. This identity is

expressed by a limited number of wide “addresses” that relate to key areas of the

economic and productive development of the country

(Administration, Finance and Marketing, Tourism, Mechanical, Mechatronics and Energy, Transportation, Electronics, Information

and Communication Technology, Design and Communication, Chemistry, Materials and Biotechnology, Fashion System,

Agribusiness, Environment and Territory).



The courses of the Technical Institutes are articulated into two areas: general education and address field, for a comprehensive five-

year path.



The general education reinforces the compulsory education, through the

development of the axis of language, mathematics, science-technology and social-

history.



The address area aims to give theoretical knowledge and application expendable in

various contexts of life, together with cognitive skills which enable to solve

problems.



The identity of the Vocational Training Centers is characterized by the integration of a solid

general education with the professional culture. It takes three years and is divided into

21 “specificities”

(e.g. footwear, chemical products and clothing operator; building, mechanical and graphic operator; electrical systems, administrative and food-processing expert).



The address area, together with the general area, provides the student with the necessary skills expendable in the various work and life

contexts, giving the ability to take autonomous responsibility during the production processes and services.



Specifically, the training offered by the Salesian Institute San Marco is divided into

two paths:

the Industrial Technical Institute for the graphic arts and communication (ITI) and the Vocational Training Centre (CFP) that offers

four types of courses:

graphics, with the two options of press and prepress operator, mechanics and

electrotechnics.



The course at ITI San Marco spreads over five years and is divided into two years of general education and three years of address area.

At the end of the training in graphic arts and communication the student has acquired the following

capabilities:Design and manufacture communication products delivered through

different channels, choosing tools and materials in relation to contexts of use and production techniques

Use dedicated computer packagesDesign and manage the graphics and multimedia communication

Design, create and publish contents on the webManage projects and processes in accordance to the procedures and

standards set by the quality and safety management of the corporate systems

Analyze and monitor the needs of the reference marketTeamwork



The course at CFP San Marco, graphics address, spread over three years and ends

with the attainment of the professional qualification

in Press Operatoror Prepress Operator.

Besides entering the job world, students can move to the channel of technical education and complete their training with the five-year

diploma and access to higher education.



At the end of the training the press and prepress operator has acquired the following

capabilities:

Use graphics programs for drawing, design and layoutEvaluate the photographic quality of reproductions, to perform color

correctionsPreparing the printing machine to perform the printing and ensure

their quality by computerized equipmentWorking within the finishing for the main processes of binding and

postpress



The education and training at the Salesian Institute San Marco is enriched with the

organization and implementation of activities of excellence that involve the students, the

school and the local companies:

Companies come to school’ through meetings with corporate expertsTechnical visits

InternshipSchool-work alternance

Extension coursesWorkshop

Cultural exchanges



In 2008 was born the three-year degree course in Sciences and Techniques of Graphic

Communication.

The two profiles created at the end of this university course are:

advertising and graphic Communication andinstitutional and corporate Communication.



In 2010 is born the master-degree in Graphic design and strategic communication.

The course, lasting two years, completes the first-level degree program.



The charisma that supports and guides all educational choices proposed by the San

Marco institute is that of Saint John Bosco, founder of the

Salesian Congregation: to aim on the formation of the whole person, to create

“honest citizens and good Christians”, in the belief that the time invested to educate and bring up young people is never lost time!



Thank you!

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