Participants: Ece Erdeniz,
Ergül Kaygısız, Murat Kurt,Pınar Yüksel, Burak Keskin, Bilge Aksoy.
We observed the
education system and implementations of Italy during the program. Least
mandatory education level is 16 years old in Italy. Classrooms capacity is
maximum 27 students. Students with special education need (SEN) are educated as
much as possible with their peers.
There are some steps
for SEN students which are;
1-
It has been
transformed into inclusive education method after 1977 by law,
2-
Related
stakeholders include every each person who are in communication with child,
3-
Documentation.
Process for SEN students
has designed by the Ministry of Health. There are two types of level for
determining the child situation, one is for the students at low level and the
other one is for heavy level. This process is implementing with the
participation of all stakeholders. Also, this process is being reviewed by the
experts and stakeholders.
We observed that
“Emotions” are the milestones of the education system in Italy. At the early
age groups, games and the older groups structured conversation is the key
factor. Besides, one of the most important things in education system is
“Art”.
1st Day of The Program
27.05.2019 was the
first day of the program and it was implemented in Monteflavio. We have briefed
regarding Italy Education System and Inclusive Education. It was important to
see their perception regarding SEN students. It has always been that SEN
students are part of the society and inclusive education plan is designed by
this philosophy. One of the curious things is that students who are not speaking
Italian fluently are also considered as SEN students.
2nd Day of the Program
Second day of the
program was implemented at Monterio Romano. We have been welcomed by students
and their teachers. They performed us with music and also they gave us a tour
in the school. Besides, we had a seminar which is called “Emotions”.
3rd Day of the Program
We gave a visit to
Catering and Tourism School in Rietti on third day of the program. Age level of
the students is between 14 – 19 years old and the capacity is 1000. Average
number of students in each classroom is 20. Important thing is that at least 4
students in every classroom who are diagnosed with learning disability.
Physical areas of the school are designed for the student with physically
handicapped.
4rd Day of the Program
The day started with a
presentation regarding education of hearing impaired people in Rome. Then, we
visited “Istituto Statale per Sordi di Roma” school. This school is
implementing a method which is consists of reverse inclusion. Most of the
families are choosing this school because number of the student in classrooms
are less than others and also number of teachers are quite high. Besides, parents
are willing to send their children that school because they want their children
to learn sign language even though they are not hearing impaired.
5th Day of the Program
On the 5th
day of the program, we went to Acquaviva di Nerola and listened student’s
performance and their presentation. Afterwards, baby dolls were transferred
from one country to another.
To sum up, we observed
that students are in the schools that we visited are quite different than the
ones in our school. We are told that students who have disability at a high
level are included in the education system but we saw only two students who
have multiple disability. We had chance to observe reverse inclusion system,
Italy’s special education system and their approaches and the best practices.
It was nice to see that their education system is trying to raise awareness of
other students and their parents as well.
