WIC is a national project where foreign students, who come to Slovenia through different programmes (Erasmus+, CEEPUS, Erasmus Mundus, bilateral agreements etc.), are connected with interested educational institutions throughout Slovenia wishing to create an international experience in the classroom.
Why?
Participating in the WIC project is an excellent opportunity for foreign students in Slovenia to present themselves, their country, culture and language to Slovenian children, pupils, students and teachers, to get an insight into our education system and to enrich their experience of international mobility. Furthermore, by visiting a school or a kindergarten, an international student also creates a more attractive, creative and different daily routine at the institution, shares first-hand information about the possibilities and benefits of student mobility/practice in a foreign country and establishes contacts for possible future cooperation. The projectis an excellent opportunity for Slovenian children, pupils and students to get genuine information on European and other countries; through this, it also fosters language learning and intercultural dialogue as well as promotes cultural diversity.
»When I applied for the World in Classroom project, I didn’t know what to expect. However, all my doubts were gone with the first warm greeting from teachers and students at the Ljubljana School for the Deaf. Everybody was really kind and ready to show me how the school for children with special needs works together with kindergarten and dormitories. They offered me a lot of information and gave me the opportunity to present my homeland as well. I hope I will have the chance to visit them again when I travel to Slovenia one day.«
Veronika Fabianová,
Erasmus+ student from Slovakia
»Learning about each other’s home countries and cultures first-hand is for everybody – our pupils and the international students – an enjoyable and valuable experience that needs to be repeated again and again!«
Lilijana Puhner,
primary school OŠ Slivnica pri Celju
How?
A student and a school/kindergarten submit an on-line application, where both parties express their wishes and approximate time of visit. CMEPIUS collects the applications, performs the selection on the basis of stated wishes and links the institution with the selected student. The institution and the student then make specific arrangements regarding the visit (content- and time-wise). After the visit, the institution issues a confirmation of participation to the student, who also receives a symbolic reward from CMEPIUS.
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Projekt Svet v učilnici je nacionalni projekt, namenjen vsem tujim študentom, ki prihajajo
v Slovenijo prek različnih programov (Erasmus+, CEEPUS, Erasmus Mundus, bilateralni sporazumi) in želijo obiskati slovenske izobraževalne institucije ter jim na ta način prinesti mednarodno izkušnjo.
»Obiskala nas je študentka 4. letnika prava Lucie, ki prihaja s Češke in je v Mariboru na študentski izmenjavi. S predstavitvijo in dvema videoma- nam je predstavila svojo deželo. Spekla nam je tudi buhtlje z marmelado. Preizkusili smo se v češčini s pomočjo zabavne naloge. Češčina se nam je zdela zabavna. Pripravili smo ji lepa darilca, da se nas bo spominjala. Ker smo se pogovarjali v angleščini, smo hkrati preverili svoje znanje. Obisk nam je bil zelo všeč. Upamo, da bo prišla še kdaj.«
Lina in Maja,
5.A, OŠ Luisa Adamiča Grosuplje
»Nad projektom smo navdušeni in upamo, da bomo še imeli možnost tovrstnega druženja.«
Učenci 9. razreda,
OŠ Žirovnica