PROJECT TEAM FROM SLOVENIA

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PROJECT TEAMFROM SLOVENIA

• UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR
• FACULTY OF EDUCATION
• METKA KORDIGEL ABERŠEK
• FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
• CENTER FOR EDUCATION
• BORIS ABERŠEK

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CONTENTS

• SLOVENIAM SCHOOL SYSTEM
• EDUCATIONAL LAW FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
• CASE STUDY - EXAMPLE

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EDUCATIONAL LAW FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
IN SLOVENIA
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WHO ARE THE CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS?

• children with mental disabilities
• blind and weak sited
• deaf and partially deaf
• children with speech language disabilities
• motive disabled children
• permanently ill children
• children with some learning deficiency
• children with emotional and behavioral
  disturbances

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GOALS AND PRINCIPLES

• equall possibilities with regard to diversity of
  children
• preserving the balance among different views of
  childs physical and mental development
• including parents in the process of pedagogic and
  education
• assuring the conditions to enable the optimal
  development of a child

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GOALS AND PRINCIPLES

• timely orientation to the suitable program
• organization of pedagogic and educational
  programs closer to the place of living
• holistic and complex approach of pedagogy and
  education
• individualistic approach
• continuity of the programs
• interdisciplinary

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PROGRAM TYPES

• for preschool children with adapted performing
  and additional professional support
• adapted program for preschool children
• educational program with adapted performing and
  additional professional support for elementary
  schools
• adapted educational program
• special program
• pedagogic program

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• CASE STUDY

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THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CONTENT OF PEDAGOGICALLY
EDUCATIONAL WORK
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• THE PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH ADJUSTED PROGRAMM
• pedagogical educational work goes by per bases
  of curriculum and didactic syllabuses for primary
  school with adjusted program. At executions we
  consider school calendar.

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• THE NINE YEAR LONG PRIMARY SCHOOL AND ITS
  CARACTERISTICS
• in the entire first pedagogically educational
  period is knowledge of students evaluated
  descriptively
• for all school subjects there are new didactic
  syllabuses, didactic contents are variegated,
  life regulated and adjusted to special needs of
  our students
• children are six years old when they start
  schooling (as it is in majority of European
  countries)
• there is a large stress on pedagogical subjects,
  at which students gain useful knowledge, skills
  and expertnesses

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new subjects are computer science, social
learning, foreign language we always try to find
the most suitable area for each and every
student, which especially develops and improves
in lower vocational education we also assist and
help parents at care for childs complete
personality development
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• TRIANNIUMS
• 1 st TRIANNIUM 1. to 3. class
• same class teacher
• new didactic syllabus
• descriptive evaluation
• novelty social learning

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• 2 nd TRIANNIUM 4. to 6. class
• descriptive and numerical evaluation
• novelty computer science
• new didactic syllabus
• novelty social learning

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• 3 rd TRIANNIUM 7. to 9. class
• new didactic syllabus
• evaluation of knowledge is numerical at all
  subjects
• novelty foreign language English or German
• selective subject

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THE ADJUSTED CURRICULUM FOR LOWER EDUCATIONAL
STANDARD IN NINE YEAR PRIMARY SCHOOL A.1
OBLIGATORY PROGRAM Slovene Foreign
language Art Music Mathematics Technique and
technology Housekeeping Natural
science Environmental science Sociology Physical
education Selective subject Department group
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• A.2 SPECIAL PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY
• Computer science
• Social learning
• B EXTENDED PROGRAM
• supplementary and additional program
• extra curricular activities
• morning custody,
• daily extension, nature school

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• EXTRA - CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
• choir and Orff s group
• journalism
• cooking
• parlour games
• cycling
• hiking

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• OVERBOARD ACTIVITIES
• computer science (lower level))
• computer science (higher level)

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COMPETITIONS Student's compete on a school, a
communal, a regional and national competitions.
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METHODS AND FORMS OF WORK The Pedagogical and
educational work is based upon special
pedagogical methods and forms of work. We are
also including elements of Montessori pedagogic,
Teacch Method
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• THE DAILY EXTENSION
• students from 1. to 9. class are involved in
  daily extension
• contents of daily extension are based on whole
  day qualifying of child with emphasis on
  independent learning, sports and recreational
  activities, nutrition, health care, rest, free
  time and creative activities. It is goes from
  11.30am until 03.30pm after school classes

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• THE BOARDING SCHOOL
• pedagogical activity runs after whole day of
  qualifying, which includes
• health care
• home education with learning
• creative activities
• sports and recreation activities
• social worker and nurse are also involved in
  educational development
• Students attend boarding school because
• far school distance
• help and assistant with learning
• inconvenient home circumstances

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• A SPECIAL MOBILE PEDAGOGICAL SERVICE
• special mobile pedagogical service is performed
  by three teachers on 12 regular primary schools
  and 2 branch schools in communes of Slovenska
  Bistrica in Oplotnica
• special educator performs additional professional
  work with special needs students. Besides the
  direct work with students, the cooperation with
  class teacher and other teachers, the ones that
  teach special needs students is very important
  and also cooperation with parents.

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• OTHER ACTIVITIES
• DAYS OF ACTIVITIES organized by areas
• culture days
• sports days
• nature days
• working activities, production and other socially
  necessary work
• technical days for 7. class in nine year long
  primary school
• technical days for 8. class in nine year long
  primary school
• technical days for 9. class in nine year long
  primary school

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A PROJECT WORK Project work is giving
extraordinary possibilities for research and
creative work and cooperation of students, school
employees, parents and outside collaborators. It
is a part of regular class and runs together with
other activities beside regular class
A SCHOOL active spending of free time OVI active
spending of free time A BORDING SCHOOL medical
herbs and spices
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DIFFERENT COURSES AND NATURE SCHOOLS 4. class
nature school 5. class winter school, swimming
course 5. class cycling course 7. class CPR
course 7. class navigability, swimming
course A BOARDING SCHOOL patient care baby care
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• PRODUCTION WORK
• THE BRIDGE BETWEEN SCHOOL AND JOB
• production work is organized for students in 8.
  and 9. class in nine year long primary school
  within technical days. It is performed in school
  and working organizations.
• The practice is guided by social worker in
  cooperation with class teacher and teachers of
  technical subjects.
• during working practice we try to find out the
  abilities of students to adapt 8 hour
  employment, the ability for understanding
  instructions, the persistence and accuracy at
  work, the ability of inclusion to new
  environment, interests of students for doing
  certain work or field of interest.

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