As can be seen in the timetable
structure outline, the number of subjects has been reduced and consequently each remaining subject
has an increased number of hours. Extra hours have been given to
Italian and Art history; Natural science and Chemistry and Physics lab practical
lessons have been
introduced in the first two years while Mathematics has been extended to all five years.
The professional subjects have been united under one
single teacher and the third foreign language is taken from third year.
Moreover, in the third year of study a project area has been adopted.
This course, which started during the mid nineties under the auspices of the Ministry for
Education, is aimed at producing graduates capable of taking on those new professional
roles in tourism such as technical intermediaries especially those dealing with
people. Iter, like the traditional course, gives access to all university faculties.
The students of the tourism sector also have the possibility of developing a project
area.
In the regulations of the ITER course and in any case in the general trends of modern
teaching, project area research is seen as being a meaningful experience.
Indeed the project area gives rise to many educational opportunities that would be
difficult to find in traditional schooling. These are: the real concrete production of a
project that has been requested of the class from outside, and not a virtual or symbolic
task; valorization of the project in its construction and execution; valorization
of work
carried out in co-operation with other members of the same class; the experience of
elaborating a project autonomously with full personal responsibility; the opportunity to
face and solve real and not imaginary problems; the satisfaction of presenting a finished
project which is also of value in the examination context.
Another relevant aspect of the project is the effective application of disciplinary
and interdisciplinary know-how rather than an "academic" approach: this gives the
students an appreciation of the subjects they study as they are seen in a less abstract
light more in line with reality. Finally the project area is an opportunity to employ the
techniques and tools of research, publication, presentation and relation that would not
otherwise be possible in the school environment.
The Gritti recognizes the educational value of this experience and therefore encourages
the adoption of such projects even in those classes which are not experimental.
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