Slovenian authors in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ

Slovenian authors in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. The two reportages from the ‘Jugend schreibt’ project have finally been published. After interviews and research with Jerneja Jezernik about Alma Karlin by Ela Falež (Maribor), Julija Adamič and Viktoria Navodnik (Celje), and after meetings and conversations with Lila Prap by Julija Kunej, Dina Skamagkouli, Mija Šterk (Celje).
Under the auspices of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Dr. Gerald Hühner and Dr. Monica Hühner

4th Slovenian CLIL Robotics Championship

IV Slovenian Robotics Championship for primary and secondary schools is already underway. The robotics project for ‘Content and Language Integrated Learning/CLIL’ in German will be carried out in 2024/25 with a new concept.

Planning workshops at Vipava Grammar School and Celje I Primary School (24 – 27 September 2024) provide an introduction to the structure and implementation. Teachers from Rhineland-Palatinate are also involved in order to discuss prospects for implementing the project in their federal state. Supporters include the German Embassy in Ljubljana, the Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, the German-Slovene Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Slovenia), the SDUNJ, the University of Maribor, the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Mladinska knjiga and Hueber Verlag.

The top three primary and secondary schools qualify with the national winners

The whisper of a butterfly

“A film project of the same name from the city’s secondary school for mechanical engineering, mechatronics and media shows the impact that the ‘whisper of a butterfly’ can have in Celje, Slovenia. ‘Šepet Metulja’, as the original Slovenian title goes, was released in cinemas in 2023.”
A reportage by Tjaša Pavc and Zoja Iršič; as part of ‘Jugend schreibt’ with the FAZ under the motto “
Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, supported by Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje. Coordination/photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Gerald Hühner and Monica Hühner, PhD.
Online edition: https://lnkd.in/dSqaxmZC

Youth writes for FAZ

On 26 August 2024, two reports were published under the motto ‘Discover Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ”: – about Jan Fonda – 18 years old, musician, sportsman, and after suffering from cancer, motivator and role model; – and on on the road with Lenart Skof – with a steady breath and in a philosophical landscape. Reports by Vanesa Stanko/Celje as well as Doroteja Drevenšek, Nuša Drevenšek, Mateja Petek and Jure Fekonja/Maribor. Project “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) in Slovenia, under the auspices of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, with the support of II. gimnazija Maribor. Coordination/Management/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Gerald und Monica Hühner, PhD

 

 

 

A Global voice from Slovenia

A Global Voice from a Small Country: Nika Kovač/Slowenien
How does activism begin? How does someone become an activist? What opportunities, challenges and effort are involved?
And what do the ‘8 March Institute’, Barack Obama and Luisa Neubauer have to do with it?
What does it mean to be honoured as a ‘Global Voice’?
A conversation with Nika Kovač, Ljubljana, July 24 2024, – as part of ‘Jugend schreibt’ with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. With the student journalists Ela Falež and Doroteja Drevenšek (Maribor) as well as Ema Holešek (Celje). A project under the auspices of the Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Management/Photos (c): INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Gerald and Monica Hühner, PhD.

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much to the Municipality of Videm with Mayor Brane Koldenik, for the award “for an outstanding contribution to the promotion of the Municipality of Videm on an international level”.
As guests in the municipality, we feel very honored by this public recognition. At the same time, we see it as a mandate to continue working with young people, colleagues, partners and friends to make the municipality of Videm, the Haloze region and topics from all over Slovenia even better known internationally.
We therefore look forward to continuing our cooperation and would like to thank you for your support.

Award ceremony of the VI CLILiG Robotics Championship in Croatia

Croatian robotics project in German-
Award ceremony of the VI CLILiG Robotics Championship at the Bernardin Frankopan Grammar School/Gymnasium in Ogulin, 21 May 2024. 32 primary and secondary schools in 14 teams from NAŠICE, POŽEGA and OGULIN took part in the annual project. The 1st winner was the team from TRNSKO Primary School and the Old Town Grammar School from ZAGREB. The prizes were handed over by Marko Javorina, counsellor of the Agency for Education / Azoo, and Katja Kuceja, Head of the Cultural Department of the German Embassy in Zagreb. Among the guests of honour was Dr Vesna Hajsan Dolinar, Deputy Director of Karlovačke županije. The official ceremony was followed by a relaxed round of talks between pupils, teachers and guests over an excellent buffet hosted by headmaster Hrvoje Magdić. Many thanks to all sponsors and supporters, especially Team Ogulin with Sunčica Sabljak. In future, the Croatian project is to be combined with the Slovenian national project to form an international CLILiG robotics championship. We cordially invite interested participants and supporters to join us. Coordination/Info: INSTITUTE DISCIMUS LAB, Dr. Gerald & Dr. Monica R. Hühner.

Everything is under one (FAZ) hat in Celje

“Everything is under one hat in Celje” –
Continuation of the research on hat design in Špela Strašek workroom in Celje, 7. Mai 2024. Demonstration of working processes: Taking measurements, processing the brute/blank, moulding, fitting. The designer’s craft, whose fashions are also worn in Ascot, has since been recognised as part of Slovenia’s national cultural heritage.
A project within the framework of “Jugend schreibt” with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ in Slovenia. Wit student journalists Larisa Špur and Loti Lajevec. Under the auspices of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Coordination/Photos (c): INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Dr. Gerald und Dr. Monica R. Hühner

 

Potica with the German ambassadors

Natalie Kauther and Adrian Pollmann, the German ambassador couple in Slovenia, visiting Občina Videm on 24 April 2024. The reception by Mayor Brane Kolednik in the meeting room of the municipality and a tour of the exhibition of Slovenian publications from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ project “Jugend schreibt”, is followed by an open public discussion, moderated and translated by Matija Brodnjak and Saša Ljubec; – with questions about the ambassadors’ life and work with their families in Ljubljana, German-Slovenian relations, the role of the German language in the country and also why it is so difficult to get tickets for Bundesliga football matches. The discussion, which was also attended by Sebastian Toplak, Mayor of Podlehnik, and a good 50 guests, was followed by a tasting in the neighbouring wine cellar, where both ambassadors also stored a bottle of wine in the cellar’s vault as a memento of their visit. The event was organised by the German Embassy in Ljubljana in cooperation with Občina Videm and INSTITUTE DISCIMUS LAB, Gerald Hühner and Monica R. Hühner.

Crossborder Cooperation in Robotics-Education

A team of teacher trainers from the Rhineland-Palatinate State Pedagogical Institute, with coordinator Christian Hennicke, in Celje; with working visits to the Gimnazija Celje Centre, I. Osnovna Šola, ŠOLSKI CENTER and Tehno park Celje. In Focus: Suggestions for problem-solving orientated teaching concepts with the use of robotics and languages. Outlook: Establishment of a long-term co-operation, also with integration of CLIL robotics. Special thanks to the committed schools involved, enthusiastic pupils and tireless teachers, especially to Marjana Turnšek, Žan Močivnik, Matic Holobar and Maša Jazbec.
Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Dr. Gerald Hühner, Dr. Monica R. Hühner and Etjan Kiralj.

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