Progetto Highlights for High School 09-10 Education system in Italy Fall, 2009 Presentation for the students of Presentation for the students of MIT MIT.

Progetto Highlights for High School 09-10

Education system in Italy

Fall, 2009

Presentation for the students ofPresentation for the students of

MITMIT

Where we are: Lombardy Crema, Milano, Gallarate, Busto Arsizio

Crema, Lombardia

Duomo in downtown Crema

Education SystemStages

Pre-school school 3 - 6

_____________________ Primary school 6 - 11

Middle school 11 - 14

High school 14 - 19

High school5 years (14 - 19)

At the age of 14, students must choose what type of high school to attend:

Liceo (more academic): classico, scientifico, artistico

Technical schools Vocational schools

Compulsory education is required until 16

Liceo classico

Emphasizes Latin, Greek, Art History, Philosophy

Liceo scientifico

Focuses on mathematics and science

Istituto Tecnico

Tecnico Commerciale (Business Studies) Tecnico Industriale (Mechanics, Computer

Science) Tecnico per Geometri (Land planning and

Environmental Studies) Others

High school. Some general facts

Timetable: from 28 to 36 teaching hours / week

Students come to school

either

– Every morning, Monday to Saturday

or

– Monday to Friday, + one or two afternoons

High school. Some more …

About 10 subjects per yearNo optional subjectsStudents stay together for all subjectsState exam at the end of the 5 years Access to University

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

FOR OUR TEACHERS:

- Short presentation of MIT and its teaching methods

- Presentation of the Highlights for High School program

- Presentation of the Hands on Methodology

WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU

FOR OUR STUDENTS:

- Short presentation of MIT

- Short self-introduction

- Lessons (the Italian teacher of the subject will be in the classroom with you)

- An example of test for each module

WHAT KIND OF LESSON?

WHAT ? Lessons of biology/ physics/ math/ computer science. Each module (topic) will be 2 to 10 teaching units long

HOW ? It ‘s fundamental that topics are presented through a hands on methodology (simple experiments, examples, problems etc)

EXAMPLES OF TOPICS

Math

Class II

Second-year students

Class III

Third-year students

Class IV

Fourth-year students

Quadratic equations

(8 hours)

Applications: problems; higher degree equations

Inequalities

(8 hours)

Descriptive statistics

(8 hours)

EXAMPLES OF TOPICS

Computer scienceClass III

Third-year students

Class IV

Fourth-year students

Class V

Fifth-year students

1) Introduction to programming for students with no programming background: very simple algorithms , variables, operators, conditional statements, looping statements using a programming language like Python 2.5 or higher

(4/6 hours)

2) Computer hardware: processor, ram, I/O devices for students with very little background in computer science (2/4 hours)

1) Introduction to Data Base and DBMS: redundancy, inconsistency, integrity, logical and physical data independence, information security

(2/3 hours)

1) Distributed systems, computer networks, topologies, routing ... for students with little background in computer science (2/4 hours)

2) How to create a professional-looking web page - for students with html programming background (2/3 hours)

3) Computer network security and web security (3/6 hours) for students with medium background in computer science (3/4 hours)

EXAMPLES OF TOPICS

Physics

Class II

Second-year students

A lesson of two hours on one of the following topics:

1. Work , Power

2. Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy

3. Conservation of Mechanical Energy

4. Temperature and Heat

EXAMPLES OF TOPICS

Science

Class II

Second-year students

A lesson of two hours on one of the following topics:

1. Virus: general characteristics, spread of infection and diseases

2. Evolution from prokaryotic to eukaryotic cells

3. Eukaryotic cells: general structure, differences between animal and vegetal cells

4. Structure and function of the most important cell organelles

ITCG Luca Pacioli, Crema (Cremona)Istituto Tecnico Commerciale

Collegio San Carlo, MilanoLiceo classico e scientifico

ITCG “E.Tosi”, Busto Arsizio, VA

Liceo Scientifico “Leonardo da Vinci” Gallarate, VA

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS?

Selection Direct contact with schools to agree on

topics Make a list of the necessary material to

bring / you’ll need in Italy for the lessons, to tell the schools so that they can get organized

COME TO ITALY!!!!!

The End

Snow at Pacioli, winter 2008