First national school report (2003)
The 1st National Report on Schools focuses on a number of innovative research areas: the survey on citizens’ expectations and satisfaction with the Italian school system (interviews were also conducted with parents), the first-ever survey of opinions on the Moratti Reform and the sample survey on students, the fundamental theme of which is the study of history between past and present. Finally, the “Focus on totalitarianism in the 20th century: analysis of the content of the history textbooks most widely adopted in secondary and high schools”, is a particularly important topic that has recently given rise to an important debate. The work is structured in five sections: The relationship with the future; Human, material and environmental resources; The school of autonomy between centralism and decentralisation; Citizens’ expectations and satisfaction; The relationship with the past: culture, values, history.
Index
Contents
Presentation
Section I
The relationship with the future
School, labour market and business system: a comparative analysis of the European and American systems
New technologies are entering the school but not the classroom
Learning foreign languages in the new global context
The dual system of education and vocational training
Scientific research between reforms and (lack of) competitiveness
Early School Drop Out
Section II
Human, material and environmental resources
Teaching staff: training, selection, salaries and careers
School leaders: identity and role
The state of school structures and buildings
Support for the disabled students
School integration of immigrants
Section III
The school of autonomy between centralism and decentralisation
The state of implementation of administrative and teaching autonomy
Financing, spending capacity and methods: the education budget in the school of autonomy
The concept of evaluation
Bureaucratic and administrative simplification
Trade union and association representation in schools
Section IV
Citizens’ expectations and satisfaction
Citizens’ expectations and satisfaction with the Italian school system
Section V
The relationship with the past: culture, values, history
The historical-normative evolution of the school system in Italy
Sample survey of students: the study of history between past and present
Focus on totalitarianism in the 20th century: content analysis of the most popular history textbooks in secondary and high schools
In-depth interviews
Opinion Leaders
Statistical appendix
The 2003 school
Statistical appendix
Index to the statistical appendix
Annex to the statistical appendix: ATA staff
Bibliography