About two weeks ago, I attended the conference euphemistically called "The factory of beauty ... the beauty of the building".
the conference - in addition to representatives of various institutions - were some of the most important local companies (Staff International, Swinger, Incotex, Owl, etc.)..
The aim of the conference - that said - was the creation of "bridges" between the ideal fashion schools and local businesses. Great start, I thought naively. Finally, the school decides to confront the world of work.
shame, really, that what was to be a rapprochement between the two parts of the whole has been transformed into a process of blaming each other, on the one hand companies (rightly) complained about the poor quality of skills (linguistic, technical, etc) of the graduates, these other schools (all public, I later discovered) were square with some of the deleterious pillars of the Italian school: that the school should not be functional in the labor market, but the "formation" of the person, his inner life, of his being a citizen ... completely divorced from concrete projects that these citizens developed to give meaning to their lives.
It is not clear, in fact, how one can still argue that the work is "different" from the life of a citizen ... as if it had a value of educating the new generations. Certainly the school can not (and should) be reduced to a robot factory ready for the labor market, but must certainly addressing the question of what will become of these boys after "the scope" diploma. To do this, the school is (or should) listen to the demands of companies and make a quantum leap both on the content and on that methodology.
's usually when it comes to development of training systems, the Italian school system is hiding behind the well-abused "missing funds" ... as if taking a different perspective to the school depended on the amount of economic resources made available to make such a leap and cultural perspective.
I am very critical about it and they are mainly because the possibilities of change are in the hands of people: decide what teach and how to do is a choice and freedom of every teacher, not to mention that this is not to change the educational objectives of the know how to interpret and decide to join them along different paths.
entering in the school that hosted the conference, there were on display a number of houses built / designed by students. This ... this I figured I would have thought anyone who had stopped to watch them closely. "Not good for the carnival," I reiterated to the audience in front of my (critical) action.
apologizing publicly to students, perhaps, have thought that my criticism about them. The fault is never the students, such is not the fault of the children ... or ever player on a team. My observation was concerned, in fact, the professional perspective that was given to them, a simplistic view, trivial, what is fashion today.
I am convinced - the experience and relationships with the companies have confirmed this - there is a misunderstanding on what the act of "creating" fashion. Many, too many confuse it with being able to draw a figure "sympathetic" with the pretty face, lipstick and disheveled hair. The fashion culture that prevails in schools of every grade level and continues, in fact, churning out "good" sketches that designers will not see never the shelf of a boutique. And besides, as long as you do not start talking about "design" and "creativity" (and not being able to draw most of) the problem of schools, and their relationship with companies, will remain unsolved ... just like the remains unsolved problem related to what skills to educate their students.
And since not only good at criticizing, but also to propose design solutions (this bridge is built entirely) I'll take charge of launching a round table discussion on best practices on the formation of the fashion industry. Moreover, if the professional schools continue to lose students can not only be a matter of money spent in advertising. It is the product that needs to be changed, not the marketing. Fashion Ground Academy is ready to face. And you?
the conference - in addition to representatives of various institutions - were some of the most important local companies (Staff International, Swinger, Incotex, Owl, etc.)..
The aim of the conference - that said - was the creation of "bridges" between the ideal fashion schools and local businesses. Great start, I thought naively. Finally, the school decides to confront the world of work.
shame, really, that what was to be a rapprochement between the two parts of the whole has been transformed into a process of blaming each other, on the one hand companies (rightly) complained about the poor quality of skills (linguistic, technical, etc) of the graduates, these other schools (all public, I later discovered) were square with some of the deleterious pillars of the Italian school: that the school should not be functional in the labor market, but the "formation" of the person, his inner life, of his being a citizen ... completely divorced from concrete projects that these citizens developed to give meaning to their lives.
It is not clear, in fact, how one can still argue that the work is "different" from the life of a citizen ... as if it had a value of educating the new generations. Certainly the school can not (and should) be reduced to a robot factory ready for the labor market, but must certainly addressing the question of what will become of these boys after "the scope" diploma. To do this, the school is (or should) listen to the demands of companies and make a quantum leap both on the content and on that methodology.
's usually when it comes to development of training systems, the Italian school system is hiding behind the well-abused "missing funds" ... as if taking a different perspective to the school depended on the amount of economic resources made available to make such a leap and cultural perspective.
I am very critical about it and they are mainly because the possibilities of change are in the hands of people: decide what teach and how to do is a choice and freedom of every teacher, not to mention that this is not to change the educational objectives of the know how to interpret and decide to join them along different paths.
entering in the school that hosted the conference, there were on display a number of houses built / designed by students. This ... this I figured I would have thought anyone who had stopped to watch them closely. "Not good for the carnival," I reiterated to the audience in front of my (critical) action.
apologizing publicly to students, perhaps, have thought that my criticism about them. The fault is never the students, such is not the fault of the children ... or ever player on a team. My observation was concerned, in fact, the professional perspective that was given to them, a simplistic view, trivial, what is fashion today.
I am convinced - the experience and relationships with the companies have confirmed this - there is a misunderstanding on what the act of "creating" fashion. Many, too many confuse it with being able to draw a figure "sympathetic" with the pretty face, lipstick and disheveled hair. The fashion culture that prevails in schools of every grade level and continues, in fact, churning out "good" sketches that designers will not see never the shelf of a boutique. And besides, as long as you do not start talking about "design" and "creativity" (and not being able to draw most of) the problem of schools, and their relationship with companies, will remain unsolved ... just like the remains unsolved problem related to what skills to educate their students.
And since not only good at criticizing, but also to propose design solutions (this bridge is built entirely) I'll take charge of launching a round table discussion on best practices on the formation of the fashion industry. Moreover, if the professional schools continue to lose students can not only be a matter of money spent in advertising. It is the product that needs to be changed, not the marketing. Fashion Ground Academy is ready to face. And you?
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