Liceo Guglielmo Marconi State Upper Secondary School Pescara

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi State Upper Secondary School Pescara

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi • • has a long tradition in education; was born in 1935 as an Upper Technical Institute for teachers of primary education; was adjusted according students’ and families’ needs; has been enhancing its Educational Offer Plan (POF) since the 1 st September 2010 thanks to three new branches specialising in the following areas: • • • languages; human sciences; social and economics studies;

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi Modern Languages Lyceum • • • puts emphasis on modern foreign languages learning; classes are arranged according the combination of three languages amongst the following : • English, • French, • Spanish • German • Russian A large use of multimedia and technological language laboratories characterizes this branch.

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi Human Science Lyceum • • • The emphasis is more on relational, behavioral and educational aspects. It replaces the previous Upper Technical Institute for teachers specialinsing in primary education. The main taught subjects are: • pedagogy; • anthropology; • psychology; • social research; • foreign languages.

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi Economics & Social Studies • • Skills of the Economics and Social Sciences specialization are: communicating in a foreign language; using ITC tools critically to carry out study and in-depth analysis activities; applying methods and interpretation categories of economic, legal, social and anthropological sciences to various study and work situations; measuring economic and social phenomena using adequate mathematical, statistical and IT tools; using philosophical, historical-geographical and scientific views to analyse international, local and personal phenomena; being familiar with the dynamics of contemporary social reality, with particular reference to work, services to people and third sector.

Liceo Guglielmo Marconi Let’s celebrate differences Some extra activities characterizing our school : • • • The school counselling programme within the Counselling and Psychological Services department is dedicated to preparing students and parents to use school as an aid for people facing daily life issues or peculiar situations from their personal life; The highly qualified team of teachers for students with special needs helps parents and students to promote the process of social inclusion of any handicap, disability and impairment; Study programmes, language training aboard, cultural exchanges, sports activities, workshops, Erasmus programmes, Philosophy Olympiad or even Esa. Bac (a school programme allowing students to obtain a school degree recognized both in Italy and in France) are all devoted to create European citizens.