Three
schools should have attended our information meeting. But one had cancelled the agreement
and another just didn’t show up.
The principal and the teachers at Settembrini became very excited about the project and
– in the Italian way – discussed the project with great enthusiasm and many
gests. The school arranged for us to visit another school the same afternoon. This school
was the Maxwell school.
At Settembrini, they offer vocational training
over 3 + 2 years. All teaching is done at the school. The schools in Italy have large
hallways, classrooms for theoretical lessons and workshops.
The students seemed fond of their schooldays
and were crazy about being taken photos of.
The workshops were
well-supplied with various equipment fx diesel pump tester, heating systems, pull and push
machines etc. The teachers seemed to have solid theoretical knowledge but had to cover a
large scale of different subjects.
The teachers team at Settembrini were used to
co-operate and we sensed that they had a very good relationship to each other. Andrea at
the pictures above and to the right teaches both in auto mechanics, manifacturing
mechanics, and AutoCad drawing and is at the same time IT-responsible.
The school used AutoCad version 14 and was
just about to establish a multimedia classroom. Therefore, most of the schools’
teachers will attend an IT course in February.
We got a very positive impression of the
school and its enthusiastic and welcoming teachers. Therefore, the school was bound to be
a partner in the Global Village project.
