MEDIA LITERACY IN Italy

the most technologically advanced project in Italy so far The initiative began in 2009 in 156 classrooms across Italy The idea of project 2.0 is that students don’t have to visit a computer laboratory but instead each classroom becomes an informatic laboratory Students are given the technology (computers, television, Internet connections) at their desks

The current overall geographical distribution of CLASSROOMS which participate in 2.0 This project has grown enormously since the start in 2009, but it is still only in less than 500 classrooms across the country Northern Italy = 156 Central Italy = 110 Southern Italy = 150 Total = 416

The total number of STUDENTS who currently participate in 2.0 in 5 well known Italian regions PRIMARY SCHOOLage from 5/6 - to 10 Students in 2.0 = 266 LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 11 – to 13 Students in 2.0 = 264 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 14 – to 18 Students in 2.0 = 322 Milano Lombardia (Milano)

PRIMARY SCHOOLage from 5/6 - to 10 Students in 2.0 = 190 LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 11 – to 13 Students in 2.0 = 264 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 14 – to 18 Students in 2.0 = 276 Roma The total number of STUDENTS who currently participate in 2.0 in 5 well known Italian regions Lazio (Roma)

PRIMARY SCHOOL age from 5/6 - to 10 Students in 2.0 = 228 LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 11 – to 13 Students in 2.0 = 264 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 14 – to 18 Students in 2.0 = 322 Napoli Campania (Napoli) The total number of STUDENTS who currently participate in 2.0 in 5 well known Italian regions

PRIMARY SCHOOLage from 5/6 - to 10 Students in 2.0 = 76 LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 11 – to 13 Students in 2.0 = 132 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 14 – to 18 Students in 2.0 = 92 L’Aquila The total number of STUDENTS who currently participate in 2.0 in 5 well known Italian regions Abruzzo (L’Aquila)

PRIMARY SCHOOL age from 5/6 - to 10 Students in 2.0 = 190 LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 11 – to 13 Students in 2.0 = 264 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL age from 14 – to 18 Students in 2.0 = 276 Sicily Sicilia The total number of STUDENTS who currently participate in 2.0 in 5 well known Italian regions

2.0 vs. School 2.0 This image shows a different initiative: SCHOOL 2.0 in which the ENTIRE school (not just one classroom like project 2.0) is being funded to buy informatic devices to organize courses for teachers to refresh their skills The total number of schools participating is 13 Primary school = 1 Istitutions including primary school and lower secondary school = 2 Lower secondary school = 1 Upper secondary school = 9 This is a developing project which hasn’t been fully realized yet

Primary schools = Lower secondary schools = 8093 Upper secondary schools = 8439 Comparison of the total number of schools in Italy vs. the number of schools which participate in the 2 projects SCHOOL 2.0 = 13 Total number of schools in Italy = = 416 In total, less than 1% of Italian schools have the technological resources needed to compete in a global environment

Major challenges without immediate solutions in the Italian school system Limited funds Very restricted number of schools (13) are alloted money to invest in modern technology Teachers’ resistance The average age of Italian teachers is 51 Improving skills and knowledge is not recognized under the Italian school system No financial benefits or promotion opportunities Recently the Italian government has increased the retirement age from 62 to 66 extendible up to 70 which prevents younger teachers from entering the classrooms

The average age of Italian teachers (data collection 2011) Primary school Average age = 49,3 Lower secondary school Average age = 52,1 Upper secondary school Average age = 51,8 Usually teachers are women but head teachers are men and significantly older than teachers

Distribution of teachers by age group in general (lower and upper) secondary education. Public and private sectors combined Comparison between 12 States Collection data Source: Eurostat, UOE EUROPEAN STATES< e >50 IT - Italy0,510,231,457,9 SE - Sweden7,726,125,141,1 DE - Germany3,620,824,950,7 ES - Spain6,829,634,928,6 FR - France8,730,527,833,0 FI - Finland8,524,529,737,3 PL - Poland15,435,328,121,3 UK - United Kingdom18,326,225,230,4 CZ - Czeck Republic10,221,531,337,0 BG - Bulgaria5,524,332,038,2 NL - Netherlands11,818,324,245,7 BE - Belgium16,324,72633,0

Focus on the percentage of teachers under 30 years old and 50 years and older EUROPEAN STATES < e >50 IT - Italy0,557,9 SE - Sweden7,741,1 DE - Germany3,650,7 ES - Spain6,828,6 FR - France8,733,0 FI - Finland8,537,3 PL - Poland15,421,3 UK - United Kingdom18,330,4 CZ - Czeck Republic10,237,0 BG - Bulgaria5,538,2 NL - Netherlands11,845,7 BE - Belgium16,333,0

Some information about MY school. It doesn’t participate in either project

The head teacher, some colleagues and students