{"id":14406,"date":"2024-01-25T16:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/?page_id=14406"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:17:49","slug":"students-and-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/information-and-services-for-users\/students-and-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"For students and teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Istat is actively engaged\u00a0 to foster the use of statistics in scholastic disciplines and, more generally, in the development of a quantitative approach to everyday life. In carrying out these activities, Istat and the Ministry of Education and Merit have signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intesa-MIM-ISTAT.pdf\">Memorandum of Understanding<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>development of statistical literacy<\/strong>\u00a0is implemented through actions aimed at increasing the critical sense of the users through the correct understanding of statistical data and information. Constituent elements of this process are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the promotion of the paradigm of statistical research (fundamental in the process of acquiring knowledge through the empirical observation of reality);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the orientation to the use and application of data and information produced by official statistics to a plurality of cognitive, decision-making and evaluation contexts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the development of a method for decision-making, especially in conditions of uncertainty, through the use of official statistics;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the knowledge of the set of criteria that guide the activity of the statistician and of the researcher;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the promotion of metadata culture;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the attention to quality and its \u201ccertification\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On these bases, Istat\u2019s proposal on the development of statistical culture is based on four pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to disseminate the pervasive and reasoned use of statistics within the curriculum disciplines, oriented to humanistic subjects and social sciences, as well as to the Stem disciplines (sciences, technologies, engineering, mathematics);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to equip the learners with a \u201cstatistical toolbox\u201d and to develop the critical sense, the recognition of regularities (patterns), the capacity for synthesis (statistics) and the habit of interpreting reality through models;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to reach boys and girls outside the scholastic channel, through familiar and fun activities and methods (gamification);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to develop the quantitative and statistical interest and literacy of adults.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the activities in Rome write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cultura-statistica@istat.it\">cultura-statistica@istat.it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For local activities write to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:culturastat.territorio@istat.it\">culturastat.territorio@istat.it<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t<section class=\"gblock spacer white-bg  py-0\"  aria-labelledby=\"section-1\"><div class=\"container p-lg-0 block_count_1\" data-blockcount=\"1\"><div class=\"row pb-2\">\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t<div><\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Istat is actively engaged\u00a0 to foster the use of statistics in scholastic disciplines and, more generally, in the development of a quantitative approach to everyday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3328,"menu_order":35,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14406"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135480,"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14406\/revisions\/135480"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}