The concept of functional multilingualism has influenced education systems throughout Europe and revolutionized existing curricula. The author analyzes the curricula of Croatia, Poland and Slovenia to show the significance of multilingualism and early foreign language learning in these countries. Curricula for early foreign language learning play an important role in advancing educational goals and student success. The author assesses and compares specific aspects of the curricula of these three countries. Despite many similarities, there are also important differences, which reveal a need to link language acquisition theories, the aims of linguistic education and equal possibilities of language learning, as well as equal treatment of languages, in more significant ways than has so far been practiced in Europe, due to different education systems and traditions.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 18115336Pedagoška obzorja – Didactica Slovenica is a specialized indexed scholarly magazine focusing on scientific, theoretical and practical aspects of education, with a special emphasis on scientific, didactical and pedagogical-andragogical perception and innovation as well as methodological applications of educational technology, which directly influence the quality of educational processes. The proportion of scientific and professional articles reveals the professional and scientific level of the magazine.
C.05 Editorial board of a national magazine
COBISS.SI-ID: 1142020Social geographer, retired professor dr. Vladimir Klemenčič, and historian prof. dr. Matjaž Klemencic, a professor at the University of Maribor, are the top experts on the problems of Slovene minorities in neighboring countries and Slovene diaspora. Their long-standing research in this area culminated in a recent book on the situation of Carinthian Slovenes in the Second Austrian Republic. The situation of Carinthian Slovenes is determined on the one hand by assimilation pressures and on the other hand by the efforts of minorities to establish their internationally guaranteed rights. As an interdisciplinary project, this monograph combines social-geographic and historical research methods applied to new materials to evaluate the complex relations between the Carinthian Slovenes and Carinthian and Austrian federal policy, which failed or refused to fulfill the commitments written in Article 7 of Austrian State Treaty. More than 650 pages in length, the monograph analyzes developments over sixty years after World War II in the Austrian province of Carinthia. It was published in German in 2010 by Klagenfurt/Celovec Hermagoras publishing company and presents an overview of the history and contemporary situation of Carinthian Slovenes. Together with the previously published shorter English edition of the book this study is addressed mainly to foreign experts. Its findings will also be used by European policy makers concerned about minority policy and social relations in the Austrian province of Carinthia.
E.01 National awards