Italy Listing
In Italy, the term used for Digital Literacy is Alfabetizzazione digitale, Informatics is refered to as Informatica.
| Data Mode | Data Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Data Availability | Data available | |
| Informatics: First Contact | Higher Secondary |
14 years (from the first year of higher secondary schools – in those schools where it is present) |
| Informatics: Availability of Courses | Yes, but not for all | |
| Informatics: Curriculum Consistency | Country |
A national informatics curriculum exists only for some kind of higher secondary schools. For those kinds of secondary schools that have informatics as a mandatory subject in their national syllabi, the informatics syllabus is established at national level. However, for those kinds of secondary schools that do not have informatics as a mandatory subject in their national syllabi, individual schools may define the informatics syllabus students have to follow. |
| Informatics: Enrolment | 10-24% |
On the average we can estimate between 10% and 20%. There are no official source for this data. |
| Digital Literacy: First Contact | Primary | |
| Digital Literacy: A Separate Subject? | Integrated | |
| Digital Literacy: Curriculum Consistency | School |
There is not a national digital literacy curriculum |
| Digital Literacy: Enrolment | N/A | |
| Teacher Training: Special Qualifications | Special qualifications |
In the general degrees in Computer Science there is very little emphasis on the specifics of informatics teaching. There are nowadays specific postgraduate courses for entering into the class A042 (the so-called Tirocinio Formativo Attivo, TFA). |
| Teacher Training: Number of Subjects | 1 |
In Italy secondary school teacher are NOT trained specifically for education. They are trained in their disciplinary subject, and then there are different channels to become teachers, all involving, to some extent, a national selection procedure. |
| Teacher Training: Entry Requirement | M.Sc. | |
| Teacher Training: In-Service Length | 1-6 months |
This is an average on the basis of the different ways a master graduate can become teacher. |
| Teacher Training: Stand-alone Digital Literacy Curriculum | No | |
| Teacher Training: Stand-alone Informatics Curriculum | Yes | |
| Teacher Training: Typical Path Availability | Yes | |
| Teacher Training: Professionals as Teachers | No |
In Italy to become teacher of informatics (or of any other subject) is NOT necessary an “educational degree” in that subject. Any degree in the subject is good to access the national selection which allows to become a teacher. Therefore, as long as the professional has the correct degree for a subject and is among the winners of the selection she can teach the subject. |
| Teacher Training: Professional Experience | No | |
| Teacher Training: Mathematics Teachers | Substantial Training | |
| Teacher Training: Physics Teachers | Substantial Training | |
| Teacher Training: Business Teachers | Substantial Training | |
| Teacher Training: Engineering Teachers | Substantial Training | |
| Teacher Training: Teachers from other Disciplines | No | |
| Teacher Training: Security of Employment | Tenure | |
| Educational Policies | Country | |
| Learning Objectives | Country |