Practical education in Slovenia dr. Nejc Zakrajek 1 Slovenia - PDF document

17/05/2014 Practical education in Slovenia dr. Nejc Zakrajšek 1 Slovenia (population 2 millions) 2 1

17/05/2014 Ljubljana (capital city) 3 See side (40 km) 4 2

17/05/2014 Over a third of the territory of Slovenia is protected. 5 The Karst plateau in Slovenia has given its name to karst phenomena all over the world. 6 3

17/05/2014 A hundred castles still stand in Slovenia, while only ruins remain of some five hundred more. 7 Slovenia is home to one of the biggest populations of brown bears in Europe. 8 4

17/05/2014 One percent of Slovenia’s territory is covered by vineyards. 9 Slovenian cuisine • The Slovenian cuisine is not uniform (Google) 10 5

17/05/2014 Slovenian is one of those rare languages that uses the dual. 11 Welcome http://www.slovenia.info/ 12 6

17/05/2014 School system in Slovenia 2nd Bologna degree (2 years) http://www.skupnost-vss.si/ Vocational college (2 years) 1st Bologna degree (3 years) Secondary education Primary education 13 Institute and academy of multimedia • Private vocational college (14 years old school) • Program (Multi)media production • 200 students (from 19 years) • http://iam.si/about 14 7

17/05/2014 Practical education Student should be 400 hours each year on practical education in appropriate company 15 Practical education (theory) Verification process Appropriate Appropriate Application Application 1. field of 1. field of Verification Verification (Chamber (Chamber Company work, 2. work, 2. (valid 5 (valid 5 School Student of of equipment, equipment, years) years) commerce) commerce) 3. mentor 3. mentor 16 8

17/05/2014 Practical education (practice) XX Verification process Appropriate Appropriate Application Application Verification Verification 1. field of 1. field of (Chamber (Chamber Company work, 2. work, 2. (valid 5 (valid 5 School Student of of equipment, equipment, years) years) commerce) commerce) 3. mentor 3. mentor 17 Companies Small companies • – Do not have time for verification (extra paper work) – Do not have time to teach students – Do not have extra space, equipment (computers…) – Afraid that students will take over customers Big companies • – Study case: national broadcasting company (1500 employees – they will take only 9 students on practical education) – But it will take extra people if they “can work”. Financial support for companies in last 3 years (600-800 EUR/per student • for 800 hours of practical education) – only 20 % companies decided to cooperate (no matter that school has to do all paper work for them)) Companies needs people with skills, working habits etc. (… and to not • cost too much). 18 9

17/05/2014 Students expectation 19 School • Our mission is to prepare students to be good enough to start working as soon as possible (when they come to companies). • School should be organized us working environment. • Where to start: – Help to prepare CV – Help to get references – Help find them a companies (networking) 20 10

17/05/2014 1. Equipment 21 2. Practically oriented study 22 11

17/05/2014 3. Working on real projects 23 4. Students competitions 24 12

17/05/2014 5. Visit companies (networking) 25 6. Teachers from companies 26 13

17/05/2014 Additional information • E-mail: nejc.zakrajsek@iam.si • Website: www.iam.si/about • FB: https://www.facebook.com/IAMLjubljana • YT: http://www.youtube.com/user/IAMLjubljana 27 14