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Comenius. Presentation by Juliette Hohnhorst and Alexander Schwinn. Index. Significance of Comenius/Socrates Different Cultures Culture Shock Activities Participating Schools Balásházy János Mez ő gazdasági és Közgazdasági Szakközépiskola és Kollégium Parva esikova Gymnasia/Varna
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Comenius Presentation by Juliette Hohnhorst and Alexander Schwinn
Index • Significance of Comenius/Socrates • Different Cultures • Culture Shock • Activities • Participating Schools • Balásházy János Mezőgazdasági és Közgazdasági Szakközépiskola és Kollégium • Parva esikova Gymnasia/Varna • Escola Secundária dom Manuel Martins • Mustafa Kayisoglu Ilkogretim Okulu • Georg-Simon-Ohm Schule • Targets of Comenius • Topics of the European Project Meetings
Different Cultures • meeting different cultures • getting to know different culturalcharacteristics • being tolerant towards different religions • Working together on a project
Culture Shock • The five stages of culture shock: • The feeling of excitement and eagerness. This stage occurs before leaving to go to the new culture. • The feeling that everything in the new culture is great. This stage occurs upon arrival to the new culture.
Culture Shock • The feeling of everything in the new culture is terrible. • The feeling of adjustment. The stage where the visitor begins to feel comfortable and takes steps to become more familiar with the culture. • The feeling that everything is fine. The stage where the visitor has adapted to the culture and in some ways is embracing it as their own.
Activities • To learn something about the country and the culture of the host country • Lessons and project work in the international class • Singing, dancing and having fun • To make friends
DE Balásházy János Mezőgazdasági és Közgazdasági Szakközépiskola és Kollégium
Balásházy János Mezőgazdasági és Közgazdasági Szakközépiskola és Kollégium • Location: Debrecen (Hungary) • 540 students • Focus on: agriculture, tourism, forestry and hunting economy and at last fishing economy • The school has agricultural equipment and a boarding school
PravaEsikovaGymnasia/Varna • Location: Varna (Bulgaria) • Built: 1879/1880 • First Multilanguage grammar school • Languages: English, German, France and Russian • Many graduates belong to the political, economic and intellectual elite • 98% of the students are directly accepted by university
EscolaSecundária Dom Manuel Martins • Location: Setúbal (Portugal) • Built in 1983 • General secondaryschool • focus on science, humanities, professionaltraining • and economics • The school has four different areas: • One playground • Cafeteria and a lounge • Block A • BlockB
Mustafa KavisogluIlkögretimOkulu • Location: near Mersin • BuiltbyMustafa Kayısoglu • Elementary school from class 1 to 8 • Province school of Kargıpınarı • Mainly young teachers • Headmaster: MehmetOkur • School uniform compulsory
Georg-Simon-Ohm Schule • Location: Cologne (Germany) • 80 teachers • Principle aim: Media and IT • 122 Classes divided in full- and part-time courses • 2238 students • The school building was completed in 1998 and in 1999 put into operation
Targets of Comenius • Lifelong friendships • Learning of social skills • Improving language skills • Creating podcasts and video podcasts
Project meeting in Hungary • 08.11.2009 to 13.11.2009 • Topics of the project meeting in Debrecen: • Podcasts/Vodcasts on the student council`s work of the individual countries • Cultural Events • Excursions(Hortobágy, Hollókó) • Working together in the international class
Project meeting in Turkey • 20.03.2010 to 26.03.2010 • Topics of the project meeting in Mersin: • Working together in the international class • Migrant workers • Reception at the town hall • An organised cultural evening • European colonialhistory (especially Portugal)
Project meeting in Bulgaria • Late summer or autumn • Topics of the project meeting in Varna: • Dealing with youth culture • Aims: • a cultural evening • literature competition • Working on a theatre play
Project meeting in Portugal • Spring 2011 • Topics of the project meeting in Setúbal: • Creating and performing interviews • Making of Pod- and Vodcasts • Preparation of a theatre play • Organisation of a meeting at the town hall