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TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH CIVIC
EDUCATION
A EUROPEAN HUG

• ISTITUTO DI ISTRUZIONE DI II GRADO D ISTRUZIONE
  SECONDARIA DI II GRADO VITO CAPIALBI VIBO
  VALENTIA -ITALY
• Referente del Progetto prof.ssa Anna Pia Perri

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ITALY

• Italy is a country in southern Europe. It is
  comprised of a boot-shaped peninsula and two
  large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily
  and Sardinia, and shares its northern borders
  with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia.
• Italy is divided into 20 regions.
• The independent countries of San Marino and the
  Vatican City are enclaves within Italian
  territory.

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Vito Capialbi Secondary School

• "Vito Capialbi" Secondary School is in the
  capital town of the province of Vibo Valentia
  which has about 35,000 inhabitants. The province
  - which consists of 50 villages and towns spread
  over an area comprising mountains, plains and
  coastal resorts - has an overall population of
  175,00. Many of the students in the school are
  commuters and travel by car or by bus every day
  to the town of Vibo Valentia from the outlying
  villages. Public transport is scarse in the
  afternoon that is why extra-curricula activities
  are limited. The school itself is situated in the
  town centre. The building is about 40 years old
  but has recently been renovated. It has a big
  yard and car parking facilities. There is a good
  school library, two modern computer labs, a
  science lab and a physics lab. There is also a
  music room, a gym and a big Hall for meetings and
  other activities. About 1,000 teenagers - from 14
  to19 years old - attend the school which is
  subdivided into four major areas of study
  languages, psychology, sport science and social
  studies. All four areas consist of a five-year
  course finishing with the State Exam which gives
  access to University Faculties.

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Milan

• Main Italian Cities
• Rome capital city, famous for its history and
  art
• Milan capital of fashion and finance
• Turin main Italian industrial city
• Florence famous all around the world for its art
  
• Naples known for its art
• Venice beautiful city set on a lagoon .

Venice
Turin
Florence
Rome
Naples
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Our region Calabria

• Calabria is a region in southern Italy which is
  the "toe" of Italy. It is bounded in the north by
  the region of Basilicata, in the west by the
  Tyrrhenian Sea, and in the east by the Ionian
  Sea. The region has a population of about 2
  million.
• Its economy is mainly based on agriculture and
  tourism. Farms produce cereals, vegetables,
  oranges, almonds, wine, and figs. There are also
  extensive olive groves.
• The region is divided into five provinces
  Catanzaro, Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Crotone and
  Vibo Valentia.

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Our town Vibo Valentia

• Vibo Valentia was originally a Greek colony,
  called Hipponion. It was founded, probably around
  the late 7th century BC, by the inhabitants of
  Locri, one of the main cities of Magna Graecia.
• Its population is about 35,000.
• Nowadays, Vibo Valentia is an agricultural,
  commercial and tourist centre.
• Many towns by the seaside are located within the
  province of Vibo Valentia, among them, Tropea and
  Pizzo, where lots of people spend their summer
  holidays.

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Tropea and Pizzo

• Tropea is a
  very famous seaside resort
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  located near the Tyrrhenian sea it
  attracts
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  thousands of tourists every summer.
• Pizzo, another beautiful town by the seaside,
• is also known because of its particular ice
• cream called tartufo.

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Italian Politics

• Italy is a democratic republic with a President.
• Another important person is the Prime Minister.
• Italy has two parts to the Parliament
• The Chamber of Deputies(630 members)
  The Senate (315 members)

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Italian School System

• In 2003 the Italian Parliament planned a reform
  of the school system (law 53/2003) which,
  however, has not yet been fully implemented.The
  changes include a new combined school/work path
  for students between the ages of 15 and 18, as
  well as greater choice and decentralisation.
• The Reform redefines the age limits for
  compulsory education and guarantees to everybody
  the 'right to education and training for at least
  12 years or until the acquisition of a
  qualification (18 years of age)'.
• One of the most important innovations of the law
  is that it lowers the age of access to school on
  a voluntary basis, children can attend nursery
  school when they are aged two-and-a-half instead
  of three, and primary school when they are
  five-and-a-half instead of six.
• School education will be divided into two cycles,
  preceded by nursery school and followed by
  possible attendance at a university or institute
  of 'higher technical education and training'
  (Istruzione e Formazione Tecnica Superiore,
  IFTS).
  

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First Cycle

• Primary School Children who turn six years of
  age by 30 April of the school year will be able
  to enter the eight-year first cycle of school
  education. The first cycle will be divided into
  primary school (five years) and lower-secondary
  school (three years). Primary education will
  involve an opening year and two two-year periods.
  
• Lower-Secondary School At the end of the five
  years of primary school, students will attend
  lower-secondary school, where the education will
  be divided into a two-year period and then a
  third year that will serve as a link with the
  second cycle. At the end of the first cycle, the
  student will have to pass a state examination.
  English as a second language and the use of
  computers will be included on the curriculum from
  the first year of primary school. A second EU
  language will be added in lower-secondary school.

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Second Cycle

• The second cycle of school education (after the
  eight-year first cycle), will provide two
  possibilities going to high school (liceo), of
  which there will be eight different types -
  artistic, classical, human sciences, economic,
  linguistic, musical, scientific and
  technological or attending a vocational training
  school. All students will have the possibility of
  changing the type of school chosen within the
  high school system or of switching from high
  school to vocational school and vice versa. High
  school education will be managed by the central
  state in collaboration with regions, while
  vocational training schools will be exclusively
  the competence of the regions.
• High-school education will be divided into two
  two-year periods plus a fifth year, at the end of
  which students wishing to attend university will
  have to pass a state examination. A state
• Students that choose vocational training schools
  will have the option of completing their entire
  training path between 15 and 18 years by
  'alternating school and work periods'. This
  'school-work' path will be beyond the competence
  of the school institutions and based on
  agreements signed with companies or 'with the
  respective representative associations, chambers
  of commerce or public and private bodies'.

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System of Evaluation

• The Reform also provides for the creation of a
  system of evaluation. A National Institute for
  the Evaluation of the Education System (Istituto
  nazionale per la valutazione del sistema di
  istruzione) will periodically examine the
  education and training paths and the overall
  quality of the education and training supply
  provided by the scholastic institutions. It will
  also organise and manage, together with
  examination committees, the state examinations
  provided for at the end of the school education
  cycles. Evaluation will concern both students'
  behaviour and learning achievements.

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School Year 2005 2006CALENDAR
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