A-Infos (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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