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The paper outlines the first phase of a three-year research activity on active learning in the core curriculum subject, intended as a possible solution to student disengagement in secondary schools. The paper presents the problem the research intend to attack - school failure, school unsuccess, student disengagement and early school leaving - and describes the context of the research, its originality, and the remedial measures put in place by the research team and policy makers. Among those, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers and structural measures to involve several stakeholders, including students. Then, the research design is given and the research tools presented, showing what dimensions are investigated. Finally, it provides some preliminary results as for one of the four qualitative case studies being carried out and future research perspectives.
This article has been developed jointly by authors. Silvia Panzavolta wrote the Sects. 1, 2, 4.1 and 4.3. Chiara Laici wrote the Sects. 3, 4.2, 4.3 and 5
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Notes
- 1.
NEET = Not in Education, Employment or Training.
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In order for a Pole to be formally created, there must be at least: two Technical or Vocational schools, at least two companies and one institute delivering post-secondary non-tertiary courses (ISCED 4). These institutions must sign a formal agreement where medium-term objectives (for 3 years), a governance organization and committees are identified.
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From now onwards, in the text we will refer to the 2 moments as pre-CDP and post-CPD.
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Definitions of SEN students vary widely across countries as they are specific to each country’s legislation. In Italy SEN students are made up of three main group: disabled student, student with learning disorder (i.e. dyslexia), students with socio-cultural disadvantages (Ministry of Education Note NO.8 issued on March 6th 2013).
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Panzavolta, S., Laici, C. (2017). Active Learning and ICT in Upper Secondary School: A Possible Answer to Early School Leaving. In: Vincenti, G., Bucciero, A., Helfert, M., Glowatz, M. (eds) E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 180. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49625-2_3
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