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The "colloquio", this great Italian oral which inspired Jean-Michel Blanquer

2021-11-23T18:16:27.994Z


DECRYPTION - The new oral test introduced by the Minister of National Education is not without dangers, explains Professor Giuseppe Tognon.


The Italian “colloquio” is a multidisciplinary oral, which is one of the three “esame di maturità” exams - the equivalent of our bac - and “

has always existed in Italy!

»Summarizes Giuseppe Tognon, professor of the history of education at Lumsa University in Rome.

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While in France, it has just appeared among other tests, it could become, in Italy, our one and only test"

, continues this former Secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Research, who highlights guard against glamor at all oral.

"

The oral should not become a hobbyhorse to reduce the weight of the written tests

," he believes.

Written tests which, moreover, cost States much more than an oral ...

Alarming figures

Historically, the “colloquio” has been an integral part of the Italian exam which marks three years of college and five of high school.

It has evolved over the years.

Inquisitorial under fascism, the shortcomings of the students then being tracked down, this "interview"

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Source: lefigaro

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