Abstract:

Italy, where the foundations of contemporary republican regimes have been laid with its history, civilizations, political developments, tourism, industry, fashion, cuisine, architecture, art, literature and universities have become one of the most important countries in Europe. Italy is worth to investigate with high level prosperity index in the field of education as well as its deep-rooted history and cultural heritage. The aim of this study which is in the descriptive scanning model with literature review is to introduce the Italian education system, to analyze it in comparison with the Turkish education system and make inferences. Accordingly, the geographical, social and political structure of Italy has been explained at first Italian education system has been analyzed by considering the administrative and school structure and the process aspect. Consequently, although the aims of education in both countries share a great similarity, it is seen that more authority is transferred to the regions in Italy when the administrative structure is examined. Italy’s vocational high school attendance and high school graduation rate are obviously different from those of Turkey. In addition, the socialization processes of teachers and school administrators are based largely on planned activities in Italy, unlike in Turkey.

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