Annual report 2004 - Compagnia di San Paolo

Institutional activities in 2004
Education
Collegio
Universitario
Einaudi, Turin.
Restoration works
on the Sezione
San Paolo
the natural sciences the Compagnia has continued to support for ISASUT - International School of
Advanced Study of the University of Turin, in the form of scholarship financing for the Doctorates (see
also the specific box).
In other research spheres, as for example urban studies, the Compagnia offers an important
opportunity for training for young Italian researchers, supporting the participation in the International
Fellows Program organised by the Johns Hopkins University.
In the field of business education, the European School of Management Italy, with its headquarters in
Turin, started up with success its own activities of the European network ESCP-EAP (see the
schedule on the project).
Training policies, activities and methodologies
As regards schools, the commitment of the Compagnia is focussed on the integration of training
processes, through the promotion of “knowledge” which is sometimes not adequately dealt with. In
2004, in particular, musical training was the main subject of focus (see the box dedicated to Music in
School) and the circulation of scientific knowledge – a subject developed also in the scope of the
Research sector – with, for example, the projects of the Sub-alpine Mathesis Association, for a
residential work experience placement in mathematics and the exhibition on Einstein produced (in
March 2005) by the Diesse Piedmont Association of Turin.
The Compagnia has supported training courses for teachers on the subject of handicap, extrascholastic
training initiatives (such as the project “Chess in School – Schools towards the Chess
Olympics 2006” promoted by the Turin Chess Society also with the support of the City of Turin) and
experimentation of innovative teaching projects.
The Compagnia confirmed its interest in subjects of at-a-distance training, supporting, through
scholarships, initiatives such as degree courses in Italian language and culture of the ICON
Consortium – Italian Culture on the Net, of Pisa. Also the multimedia course on the History of Industry
in the North West of Italy from 1850 to today uses network technology. See the specific box.
The commitment continued on intercultural themes, which assume increasing relevance in the
scholastic sphere due to social and demographic changes taking place: the support for initiatives
such as that for the circulation of an intercultural approach to education, under the auspices of
Cicsene of Turin, falls within that objective, and for the continuation of the teaching experimentation
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