Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE

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Poslovno-komercialna šola Celje - The school of business and commerce

The school of business and commerce is constituted of two units: the vocational and technical school and vocational college. The students can study in the following programmes: shop assistant, administrator and economic technician. After obtaining the title economic technician the students can enter the work force or continue their studies at vocational college – having the possibility to choose between two programmes: commercialist and accountant - or at university .

Our students become kind and responsible shop assistants who master commercial transactions, are able to design sales areas and advice customers. Administrators and economic technicians can perform administrative and secretarial tasks, using two foreign languages; they are trained to work in production, undertaking services, institutions and public administration.

To teach effectively is the aim of every teacher and there are several possibilities to link theory with practice. Our school was among the first in Slovenia that adopted study firms as one of the subjects - this is the most contemporary method of teaching. Lessons are carried out in technologically well equipped classrooms where the study firms operate in a virtual business world under the supervision of mentors. Students can also join school clubs – they can choose among a video, dance, alpine, chess, journalist and library friends club to fulfill their interests. We are also proud of our research work, for our students achieve great results on the national level. The school also sucessfully takes part in the international projects, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Comenius and ACES– students often visit foreign countries and some seven did their practical training abroad, so far in Northern Ireland, Finnland and Malta.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Mathias Korvin memorials in Romania



Birthplace of Mathias Korvin in
Cluj (Kolozsvár)--Romania


Mathias Korvin in Cluj(Kolozsvár)
made by sculptor János Fadrusz

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

We were in museum

Danes smo bili v Pokrajinskem muzeju celje in tukaj si lahko ogledate nekaj fotografij.

We were in Regional museum Celje today and you can take a look at few photos here.



















Wednesday, June 6, 2007

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Slovenia-Romania

Celje-Brasov

The students of Poslovno-komercialna šola Celje participate in the project for Eastern Europe ACES. ACES – The Academy of central European schools from Vienna invited in cooperation with the Ministy of education the schools from Slovenia to take part in the project; the invitation was accepted by 12 Slovenian schools. The ACES project includes secondary schools from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Our partner school is the school from Brasov in Romania Colegiul National »Aprily Lajos«. With our partner school we are looking for common points in history and culture of both cities and nations. We are going to search for historical events which are relevant for both cities and nations.

At studying history, we have found out that the Transilvanian noble army, being part of the Christian army, fought against the Turks in the battle at Nikopolje in 1396. The Slovenes and the Romanians had a common enemy. We have also discovered that our Kralj Matjaž - King Mathias comes from Transilvania and that both nations know folk songs about Mathias Korvin.

These are the findings that unite us, but we hope that we will find some more.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Counts of Celje

In Savinja region, which was a part of Carniola from 1100 until 1311, von Sannegg were already mentioned in 1173, between years 1341 and 1436 Counts of Cilli, and in years 1436 and 56 Princes of state (with establishment of principality of Celje, they were exalted by emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg). They were reigning family with important European connections. They were controlling a big part of Slovenian region and had their headquarters in Celje. After the year of 1436 they became the most significant rivals of Counts of Habsburg. Since the 12th century they were spreading their estates and connections, especially by weddings (for example with the daughters of Bosnian Ban and Polish King), but at the same time they were sustaining their own culture and founding towns and cloisters. Interfering in European governmental affairs was fatal for them. In 14th century their sudden ascent began (annexation of Savinja region to Syria in 1311 was very important).

In 1322 they gained some land of Count of Vovberg with headqurters in Celje, they bought land in Carniola and in year 1341 they became Counts. They fought under more rulers, but achieved the highest point with Herman II. Count of Celje (1392 – 1435). He saved emperor Sigismund's life in the battle with Turks. He became Slavonic and Dalmatian Ban and in this way extremely enlarged his estates; he assured his sons a title Prince, which equalized them wit Counts of Habsburg. Both Counts entangled themselves in land and strategic battles that ended with mutual hereditary contract for inner-Austrian estates. When Ulrick II. tried to intervene in European dynastic politics (he proclaimed himself king's regent in Hungary), they coined conspiracy against him. It ended with his homicide in 1456 in Belgrade. That is how estates and authority of Counts Of Celje were passed over to Counts of Habsburg; Hungary was than taken over by Matthias Corvinus, and from present Slovenian land vanished the last important centre of authority.


Grofje Celjski

V Savinjski krajini, ki je bila leta 1100 – 1311 del Krajnske, so že leta 1173 omenjeni Žovneški, od leta 1341 – 1436 Celjski grofje in v letih 1436 – 56 državni knezi (z ustanovitvijo Celjske kneževine jih je povzdignil cesar Sigismund Luksemburški). Celjani so bili vladarska družina s pomembnimi evropskimi zvezami. Obvladovali so znaten del slovenskega ozemlja in imeli svoj sedež v Celju, po letu 1436 so bili tudi najresnejši tekmec Habsburžanov. Od 12. stol. so zlasti s porokami (napr. s hčerama bosanskega bana in poljskega kralja) in vojaškimi službami širili svojo posest in zveze, hkrati pa so podpirali tudi kulturo ter ustanavljali mesta in samostane. Vpletanje v evropske vladarske zadeve je bilo za njih tudi usodno. Njihov skokovit vzpon se je začel v 14. stol. (pri tem je pomembna priključitev Savinjske krajine k Štajerski 1311). Leta 1322 so si pridobili posesti Vovberžanov s sedežem v Celju, kupovali so posesti na Kranjskem in leta 1341 postali grofje. Vojaško so služili več vladarjem, vrhunec so dosegli pod Hermanom II. Celjskim (1392 - 1435). Ta je v bitki s Turki pri Nikopolju leta 1396 cesarju Sigismundu Luksemburškemu rešil življenje. Postal slavonski in dalmatinski ban in silno je povečal posesti, sinovoma je zagotovil knežji naslov, s čimer so se Celjski izenačili s Habsburžani. Z njimi so se zapletli v posestne in strateške boje, ki so se končali z medsebojno dedno pogodbo za notranjeavstrijske posesti. Ko je Urlik II. poskušal še dejavneje poseči v evropsko dinastično politiko (oklical se je za kraljevega namestnika na Ogrskem), so proti njemu skovali zaroto, ki se je končala z njegovim ubojem leta 1456 v Beogradu. Tako so posesti in oblast Celjskih prišle v roke Habsburžanov, Ogrsko pa prevzame Matija Korvin, Z današnjega slovenskega ozemlja je izginilo zadnje pomembno središče oblasti.


Thursday, May 24, 2007

Dobrodošli

Dijaki Poslovno-komercialne šole v Celju sodelujemo v Avstrijskem projektu za vzhodno Evropo ACES.

Ministrstvo za šolstvo je v sodelovanju z Akademijo srednjeevropskih šol povabil k sodelovanju srednje šole iz vse Slovenije. Povabilo je sprejelo dvanajst srednjih šol iz Slovenije. V ACES so se vključile srednje šole iz Češke Republike, Srbije, Hrvaške, Avstrije, Madžarske, Romunije, Slovaške in Slovenije.

Projekt organizira Akademija srednjeevropskih šol ACES. Sami smo si lahko izbrali partnerje izmed vseh sodelujočih šol. Naša partnerska šola je iz Brasova iz Romunije. Z partnersko šolo iz Brasova v Transilvaniji iščemo stične točke iz zgodovine in kulture obeh mest in narodov. Poiskali bomo zgodovinske dogodke, ki so pomembni za obe mesti in naroda.

Pri proučevanju zgodovine celjskih grofov smo ugotovili, da se je pri Nikopolju leta 1396 zoper Turke borila tudi transilvanska plemiška vojska na strani krščanske vojske. Imeli smo skupnega sovražnika.

Ugotovili smo, da je naš Kralj Matjaž – Matija Korvin doma iz Transilvanije in oboji poznamo ljudske pesmi o Kralju Matjažu. To je nekaj spoznanj, ki nas združuje, a upamo, da jih bo še več.