This article presents a brief analysis of teacher education in five European countries: Italy, Germany, England, Sweden and Finland. In the post-industrial world, the sense of teaching has profoundly changed, influenced by a rapidly evolving socio-economic context. The responses given by each country are different, but two tendencies emerge: on…

An international team of experts from Belgium, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and the USA employed a questionnaire to identify the deontology of teachers from infant to secondary school in eight countries. The survey was implemented between 2004 and 2007. The socio-cultural concept of "Verstehen" (understanding) as described in the work…

Focuses on educational problems in Italy, with particular regard to the effect of various pieces of educational legislation on these problems. Various solutions are proferred and suggestions are presented for integrating research, experimentation, and supplementary teacher training. (DB)

Teachers of foreign languages should continually reflect on the appropriateness of language courses (especially English as a second language courses) and the level of satisfaction among its learners. Teachers should examine the "routine" ways of developing curricula for such learning, exploring whether or not objectives developed from…

This document describes the training needs of in-company trainers of young people in Italy. Chapter 1 describes job training in Italy, the evolution of training processes, job training support methods, and the practical situation within the company. Chapter 2 describes the research methodology used, including interviews with more than 20 expert…