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Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
CHILDHOOD in the PAST
• Roman age• Pater familias
• XIX century• The child belongs to the parents
• XX century• Maria Montessori a pedagogist• A child is a person• Declaration of the Rights of the Child 1959• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
NURSERY
• For children from 3 months to 3 years old
• First part of 20th century• Nurseries organised by companies
• Focus on care/welfare
• Seventies • Public institutions
• Organised by local municipalities
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
NURSERY
• Nineties• “micro” nurseries organised by families or co-ops
• Now managed by the Ministry of Education instead of the Ministry of Health
• Specific training for practitioners
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
NURSERY
• Aims:• To develop:
• Cognitive skills
• Motor skills
• A good psychological and emotional balance
• ISTAT data:• 67% of children from 0 to 2 years old are looked after by grandparents
• 44% of children do not go to nursery because thier parents think “they are too young”
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
INFANT SCHOOL
• Admits children from 3 to 5 years old
• Widely dispersed across the whole country
• 1968 foundation of the infant school by the Ministry of Education
• Management• Public (municipality and ministry)• private
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
INFANT SCHOOL
• Not compulsory, but integral part of children’s entitlement to education
• Timetable usually 40 hours per week
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
INFANT SCHOOL
• From acting as:• Care/induction into group setting: asilo (nursery)• Support for families: scuola materna (Kindergarten)• To “environment for learning, relationships and life experiences” (Nuovi
Ordinementi, 1991): scuola dell’infanzia (Infant School)• University training sought for teachers
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
INFANT SCHOOL
• 1st part of the 1st cycle of schooling
• Main characteristics:
• Holistic, ecological and integrated approach
• Organisation of a deliberatelystructured context for learning in order to interweave physical, experiential and linguistic strands of development
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
INFANT SCHOOL
• Teacher as a manager/director
• Implicit curriculum
• Explicit curriculum to develop Areas of Experience defined by National programme (Campi di esperienza)
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
PRIMARY SCHOOL
• For children from 6 to 10 years old
• From 1861 the 1st compulsory educational institution to be widely dispersed across the country
• Management: mostly public (State)
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
PRIMARY SCHOOL
• Provision between 24 and 30 hours per week, according to family requests
• Usually 40 hours per week in big cities• Evolution of the National Programm:
• From the idea of “fanciullo” (‘little one’) who must learn to read, write and count” (1955)
• To the idea of “child” who must acquire life skills (2007)
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
PRIMARY SCHOOL
• A CHILD WHO IS • An active participant in a complex world
• A bearer of inalienable rights
• A bearer of a personal history
• A bearer of unity and diversity with respect to his/her origin
• An agent of his/her own development and learning
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
PRIMARY SCHOOL
• A CHILD WHO• Learns to appreciate study, culture, social rules and the citizenship
• Can be independent and is able to acquire the competences required for living in a complex world
• Is self-aware and able to control and express his/her emotions
• Is sympathetic and unselfish
• Has his/her own rhythms of learning, which are respected
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
Special Needs
• 1976, law 360, gives pupils with SEN the opportunity to choose between special school or mainstream school
• 1977, law 517 requires the integration of all pupils with SEN in mainstream schools, starting from the infant school
• The legal decision n. 215/87 of the Constitutional Court extends the right to integration at all levels of schooling
• 1992 law 104: the integration must help pupils with SEN to be autonomous/ independent and to learn the competences needed for life in society
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
Special Needs
• TOOLS.• Functional diagnosis
• PEI
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
FUTURE CHALLENGES
• Not enough time to communicate, share experiences and “live together”
• Too much exposure to media
• Number and diversity of relationships with adults
Plymouth 18-19 october 2012 A. Bosio C. Valentini
FUTURE CHALLENGES
• Not enough time to spend with peers
• Trend to avoid frustration, risk-taking and (hard) work
• Too much structured time
• Isolation of families