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Slovakia

Slovakia. Some facts about it. Slovakia. ' Slovensko ' is the Slovak name of Slovakia, a small country in Central Europe Slovak Republic is a member of the European Union since May 2004 , also a member of NATO, WTO, OECD, OSCE, and other international organizations.

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Slovakia

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  1. Slovakia Somefactsaboutit

  2. Slovakia 'Slovensko' is the Slovak name of Slovakia, a small country in Central Europe • Slovak Republic is a member of the European Union since May 2004,also a member of NATO, WTO, OECD, OSCE, and other international organizations. • Population si over 5 milions • The largest city is its capital - Bratislava

  3. Location of Slovakia in EU

  4. Flag and shield of Slovakia

  5. History • Beforethe 5th centurythe territory of modern-day Slovakia was settled byCelts • TheSlavicpopulation settled in the territory of Slovakia in the 5th century • In the early 10th century, the Magyars gradually occupied the territory of the present-day Slovakia • In 1918, Slovakia joined the regions of Bohemiaand neighbouringMoraviato form Czechoslovakia • The end of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989, during the peaceful Velvet Revolution, was followed once again by the country's dissolution, this time into two successor states. Slovakia and the Czech Republic went their separate ways after January 1, 1993

  6. Demographicsand politic • The majority of the inhabitants of Slovakia are ethnically Slovak (86%). Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority (9.7%) and are concentrated in the southern regions of the country • The official state language is Slovak, a member of the Slavic languages • The majority of Slovak citizens (68.9 %) identify themselves with the Roman Catholicism • Slovakia is a parliamentary democratic republic with a multi-party system • The Slovak head of state is the president, elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term. Most executive power lies with the head of government, the prime minister.

  7. Geography • The Slovak landscape is noted primarily for its mountainous nature, with the Carpathian Mountains extending across most of the northern half of the country. Amongst them are the high peaks of the Tatra mountains,where the High Tatras are home to many scenic lakes and valleys as well as the highest point in Slovakia, the Gerlachovskýštít at 2,655 metres. Major Slovak riveristhe Danube • The Slovak climate is temperate, with relatively warm summers and cold, cloudy and humid winters

  8. Tourism Because it is in Central Europe and has been inhabited for a relatively long time, Slovakia features interesting natural landscapes, mountains, deep caves, medieval castles and towns, folk architecture, spas and ski resorts

  9. Trnava This historical city (established in 9th century) is situated in the western part of Slovakia; 110 km from Vienna. In Trnava live 70 000 inhabitants.

  10. Culture You could see our Gallery, the Theatre, or the Museum!

  11. Sport Youcanplayfootball, baseball, Ice or Inlinehockey, do aikido in Trnava, ifyouwant...

  12. Trnava university – Faculty of education

  13. Was established by the Trnava Senate on 1 September 1992 as one of two faculties of the renewed Trnava UniversityThe Faculty of Education professes the Christian and humanist traditions The Faculty offers a complete education of primary school teachers in accredited courses of study; in the course of their study, students will be able to acquire a well-balanced quantity of specialist knowledge, instruction in pedagogy and psychology, and practical skillsThe Faculty has a lot of modern technical equipment, laboratories, studios, classrooms with audiovisual technology, a qualified academic staff

  14. The integration in Slovakia since the school year 1991/1992: • Theintegratedkindergarten in Nitra – in thiscasetheyeducatechildrenwith hearing handicapamongintactkids; similarkindergartenisalso in Trenčín. • Thereisexperimentalkind of theintegrated kindergarten In Bratislava – education of children withspeechimpediment in commonkindergarten. • The kindergarten in Trnavaisvisited by childrenwithnormalintellectbutalsobykidswho arementallydisturbed. • Primaryschool in Nitra – amongpupils of onecommonclassisoneintegratedchildwithphysical handicap.

  15. There is aninverted integration, where intact children are together with hearing handicaped kids in special school, in kindegarten in Bratislava, Hrdlickova street. • Integrated nursery school in Children centre. • Integrated nursery school in Nitra. In this case there are hearing handicapped students educated in the normal nursery school. • Integrated nursery school for children with speech defects, Dlhe Diely, Bratislava. They have 7 integrated classes for children with different kinds of speech defects together with intact children.

  16. Contribution of itegration for handicapped children: • Theyhavebetterability of watching, imitation and communicationwithintactchildren – betterdeveloping of friendlyrelationshipswiththem. • Itmeansthattheyusetheirownexperiences. • Cognitivecontributionisrealizedfromenhancedwariness to increasedmotivation and learnig. • Ifisthebeginning of integrationalready in preschoolageitiseasier to integratehanicappedpeopletothefutureintegratedexperiences in alltheirlife.

  17. Contribution of itegrationforintactchildren • Theylearn to understandhardship of theirhandicappedcontemporaries. • They are able to betterunderstanding of differenciesamongallpeople. • Theyacquiresensitivenessforneed of others. • Theyfindoutthateverybodyisable to overcomedifficulties and to reachthesuccess – it´smotivatingforthem. • According to the study, wecansaythatintactchildrenhave more possitiveattitude to peoplewho are differentthantheyare.

  18. Contribution for teachers: • Teaching in integrated class helps teachers learn to respect variousness of styles, individual and specific needs of learning of all pupils. • They better identify reasons of problems with learning in their future experiences. • While they have to make up new individual plans for each student they are still in touch with new teaching methods

  19. Intergration in Primary schools in Slovakia The fourth part

  20. Specially integrated classes in ordinary schools in 2006

  21. Individually integrated pupils with special needs in ordinary schools in 2006

  22. From the previous tables it is obvious that the number of pupils who are individually integrated in the ordinary classes is significantly higher than in the ordinary classes. • The number of integrated students has fallen little over the years

  23. Primary school of A. Kubinu in Trnava

  24. The school for blind pupils or pupils with the poor eye-sight

  25. Conclusion The most important tasks that we have found to be fulfilled as soon as possible are: • The end of the long lasted problems in school reformation • To increase the number of specially qualified personnel • To rise up cooperation between schools and other institution (Educational and Psychological Advisory Service) • To omit the gap in legislation • To break up obstacles in public system information

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