www.istituto-scalcerle.it Veneto region Views of Padova Sourroundings – Medieval walled town Stronghold of trees- Montagnana Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 "ISTITUTO SCALCERLE" via delle cave, 174 - 35136 Padova - Italia tel. ++39.049.720744 – fax ++39.049.8685112 email:[email protected] Name of school: IIS "Pietro Scalcerle" Type of school: secondary school (Liceo linguistico and istituto Tecnico) Number of teachers in the school: 150 Number of students in the school: 1438 Number of laboratories in the school: 7 Number of computer laboratories: 3 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 The school has got three courses: • a language course • a scientific course • a nutrition course Linguistic course: a five-year course during which the students study three foreign languages chosen from English, French, German, Spanish and Russian. After the final diploma they can either attend university or find a job in the tourist field. SUBJECT I II III IV V Physical Education 2 2 2 2 2 Italian 4 4 4 4 4 History 2 2 2 2 2 Foreign Language 1 (English) 4 4 3 3 3 Foreign Language 2 (Fr, Sp, Ge) 3 3 4 4 4 Foreign Language 3 (Fr, Sp, Ge, Ru) 3 3 4 5(1) 5(1) Law and Economics 3 3 Art History 2 2 2 2 2 Philosophy 3 3 3 Geography 4 Biology 4(2) 2 Earth Science 2 Mathematics and Computer Science 4 4 Mathematics 3 3 3 Physics 3(2) 3 Chemistry (4)2 Chemical-biological course: a five-year course focused on the study of scientific subjects which enables the students either to become laboratory technicians (Chemistry, Biochemistry and Microbiology) or to attend university. SUBJECT I II III IV V Physical Education 2 2 2 2 2 Italian 5 5 3 3 4 History 2 2 2 2 2 Philosophy 2 2 Foreign Language (English) 3 3 3 3 3 Art 3 3 Law and Economics 3 3 Mathematics and Computer Science 5 5 Mathematics 4 4 4 Physics/Chemistry Lab 5(5) 5(5) Physics 4(2) 3(1) Geography 3 Earth Science 3 Biology 3 3 Biological Technologies 3(3) Ecology 3(2) Microbiology 3(2) 5(3) Anatomy and Physiology 4 3 Biochemistry 2 5(3) Analytic Chemistry 4(4) 5(5) 5(5) General and Instrumental Chemistry 3 3 3 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Nutrition course: a five-year course during which the students specialize in food technology; after the final diploma, they can either work in the catering field or attend university. Now the course is running out after the recent school reform SUBJECT I II III IV V Physical Education 2 2 2 2 2 Italian 6 6 3 3 3 History 2 2 2 2 2 Psychology 3 Foreign Language (English) 3 3 3 3 3 Art 4 4 Law and Economics 2 2 Mathematics 4 4 Accountancy 3 2 2 Text Processing 2 2 2 Physics 2 2 Natural Science 3 3 Communities’ Economics 2 2 2 2 3 Consumer Education 4 4 Home Ec. Practice 4 4 Communities’ Ec. Practice 2 3 3 General Chemistry 6 Nutrition Chemistry 4 3 Nutrition Science 5 5 Study of Commodities 2 2 Anatomy and Hygiene 7 3 3 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - April 2008 Modern teaching techniques are constantly employed with the help of all the facilities offered by the school: •Library •Computer rooms •Video rooms •Multimedia self-access centre •Gyms Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Our school partecipates in a lot of projects: •Leonardo mobility for Teacher and Students •Comenius •Grundtvig •Senegal-India project •Student exchanges with European partners and other Countries (Australia, Russia…) Work experience in Aberdere (Wales) Work experience in Berlin (Germany) Work experience in Jacobstad (Finland) Work experience at Beamish museum (England) Our students in Senegal Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Our students in India Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 Collaboration with foreign countries is a tradition of our school and the presence of a lot of students coming from all over the world helps build a climate of mutual understanding and tolerance. Our headmaster (Mr G. Pavanini) and two students during a trekking on the Euganean hills Elisabetta Grasso - Fritzlar - April 2008 .