1. eTwinning contact seminar 2nd – 4th June, 2011 Curriculum for geography in elementary and secondary school in Slovenia Igor Vrhunec igor.vrhunec@guest.arnes.si

2. Elementary school FIRST CYCLE (1 – 3 grades) SECOND CYCLE (4 -6 grades) THIRD CYCLE (7 – 9 grades) GEOGRAPHY 6 grade (11years) 1 lesson per week 7 grade (12 years) 2 lessons per week 8 grade(13 years) 1,5 lesson per week 9 grade (14 years) 2 lessons per week

3. Secondary school GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION Gimnazije TEHNICAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION VOCATONAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATON GEOGRAPHY/ general 1. year 2 lesson per week 2. year 2 lessons per week 3. year 2 lesson per week 4. year3 or 4 lessons per week/ matura

4. Curiculum Teachers have framework by the national curriculum. Tachers are free to adjust the content to specific learning enviroments. The education proces is defined as an interactive comunication betwen the pupil and the teacher.

5. 6. grade 35 lessons per year EARTH ORIENTATION AND IMAGINING THE EARTH‘ S SURFACE EARTH MOVMENT HEAT ZONES

6. 7. grade 70 lessons per year EUROPE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS (East, South, Western…) ASIA CONTINENT AS A WHOLE GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS (East, South, Southeast)

7. 8. grade 52 lessons per year AFRICA AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA ARTIC AND ANTARTIC

8. 9. grade 64 lessons per year SLOVENIA GEOGRAPHICAL UNITS POPULATION ECONOMY visit at least one natural and geographical unit of Slovenia (an interdisciplinary field trip) each year

9. 3. cycle subjects as option 8.grade LIFE A MAN ON EARTH 9. grade EXPLORING THE HOME TOWN AND PROTECT ENVIROMENT 7 – 9. grade TURISM EDUCATION

10. External national examinations 9. grade  SLOVENIAN (Italian or Hungarian for the members of national minority communities)  MATH  THIRD SUBJECT (is selected from the range of subjects by the Minister of eduction for each school) 2011 biology, geography, foreign language

11. GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION 1. year 70 lessons per year EARTH surface weather and climate flora and fauna population and settlments agriculture energy and industry

12. 2. and 3. year 70 lessons per year WORD CASES Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe general and geographical units

13. The general matura examination COMPULSORY SLOVENIAN MATH FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHOSEN BY LIST OF MATURA SUBJECTS …GEOGRAPHY is popular

14. 4.year 70 - 140 lessons per year Geographical division of Slovenia Field work Additional content from the continents Preparing on matura examination

15. Resorses Republic of Slovenia Ministry of education and sport www. mss.gov.si, 25.5.2011

16. Igor Vrhunec OŠ Ketteja in Murna Ljubljana igor.vrhunec@guest.arnes.si Thank you.