Liceo delle scienze umane (literally ''Human Sciences lyceum'') is a type of secondary school in Italy. It is designed to give students the skills to progress to any

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or higher educational institution, but specifically devoted to

human sciences Human science (or human sciences in the plural), also known as humanistic social science and moral science (or moral sciences), studies the philosophical, biological, social, and cultural aspects of human life. Human science aims to expand our ...

related topics.Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 89/2010 - ''Regolamento di revisione dei licei''. Availabl
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Retrieved 14 December 2011. Students can attend the ''liceo delle scienze umane'' after graduating from

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(''scuola media''). The curriculum is devised by the

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, and emphasises the link between

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, and

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. It covers a complete and widespread range of disciplines.Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 89/2010, Appendix F - ''Regolamento di revisione dei licei, Allegato F''. Availabl
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Retrieved 14 December 2011. Students typically study for five years, and attend the school from the age of 14 to 19. At the end of the fifth year all students sit for the '' esame di Stato'', a final examination which gave access to every university course. A student attending a ''liceo'' is called ''liceale'', although the more generic terms ''studente'' (male) and ''studentessa'' (female) are also in common use. Teachers are known as ''professore'' (male) or ''professoressa'' (female).

History

The school was instituted by the 1923 Gentile Reform undern the name of ''Istituto Magistrale'' whose purpose was to form teachers for the Italian primary school. With a four-years curriculum, the ''Istituto Magistrale'' and the ''

Liceo artistico Liceo artistico (literally ''artistic lyceum'') is a type of secondary school in Italy. It is designed to give students the skills to progress to any university or higher educational institution, but specifically devoted to art related topics.Decr ...

'' were the unique Italian secondary schools to have a duration less than fived years. Under the Gentile Reform, the Italian ''

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'' was the unique Italian school from which a student could register to the first year of the

, after having passed a final exam called ''

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''. In 1940 the

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got approved the ''Carta della Scuola'', a reform which extended the duration of the ''Istituto Magistrale'' from four to five years. The latter year was mainly based on a mandatory teaching apprenticeship to be held in primary school classrooms under the tutorship of a senior and enrolled teacher. The ''Istituto Magistrale'' students were enabled to enroll to the Faculty of Economy and Commerce (in Italian: ''Facoltà di economia e commercio'') and to the ''Magistero'', a faculty that was reserved to the ''Istituto Magistrale'' students. The ''Istituto Magistrale'' was organized as a

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. In 1951 female students were enabled by law to access the Magistero Faculty. In 1969 the Fiorentino Sullo Refom opened the access to the Italian university, giving to the students of all the Italian secondary schools the right to enroll to any faculty. To get enrolled to the university, the ''Istituto Magistrale'' and the ''

'' students were obliged to frequent an integrative year because the ordinary duration of their scholastic curriculums was of four years.

References

{{Reflist Education in Italy School types Secondary education in Italy

History

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