1. 1. súkromné gymnázium, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAhttp://www.1sg.sk PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNICATION SKILLS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKING WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGIES CREATIVE AND CRITICAL APROACH IN SOLVING PROBLEMS KEY COMPETENCIES

2. PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL PROJECT EVALUATION PROCESS project preparation phase content of the composition formal part of the composition balance of the content in the presentation didactic quality of the presentation 1. súkromné gymnázium, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAhttp://www.1sg.sk

3. PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL 1. súkromné gymnázium, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAhttp://www.1sg.sk MAIN THEME IDEAS vs IDEOLOGIES HISTORY, BIOLOGY, GERMAN LANGUAGE Man vs Church Communism HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY Darwinism vs Creationism CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS Computers COMPUTER SCIENCES, PHYSICS, MATH, CHEMISTRY Columbus HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICS

4. PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL 1. súkromné gymnázium, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAhttp://www.1sg.sk PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL has been an important method of students’ work for ten years. We were inspired by a group of American teachers around Mrs. Susan Kovalik who visited our school in 1992. We adopted the idea of the project work but we adapted it to the needs of our students, to our academic requirements and we took into account also our cultural background. Our experience with this form of teaching is very positive as it develops wide range of students’ abilities and skills.

5. PROJECT WORK AT OUR SCHOOL 1. súkromné gymnázium, Bratislava, SLOVAKIAhttp://www.1sg.sk teamwork individual work pace variety of information sources development of creativity in problem solving tasks motivation to study (choice of the theme) bridging between the real life and education performance improving self-confidence (student is an „expert“ in his theme) Support of self-reflection (response of the audience)