ELTE Apáczai Csere János Gyakorlógimnázium és

Kollégium

Comenius Project WeekApril 2011

Apáczai Gimnázium

Apáczai Csere János (1625-1659)

Teacher and philosopher

First Hungarian Encyclopaedia

Died in Kolozsvár Apáczai Líceum,

Kolozsvár

Origins and Traditions Elementary School

- 1911 Elementary and

Grammar School – 1955

1972: Boarding School

1993: 6-year and 4-year grammar school

Practice School

Teacher Trainee

Mentor Teacher

School + Boarding School Practice school = connected to teacher

training supporting exceptionally gifted pupils Boarding school for pupils from different

regions

Mottó (2)

„Az Apáczaiban csak jó tanárnak érdemes lenni – mert ha úgy hozza az élet, szinte biztos, hogy apáczais orvos műt majd.”

Walks of life…

Talent Days

Types of classes (650 pupils altogether)

4-year scheme (age 14-18): Biology (Cehmistry) Arts and Social Sc.

(Mother Tongue, Literature, History)

Integrated Natural Sciences

Maths and Physics Boarding school

facility

6-year scheme (age 12-18) 4 years of general

curriculum 2 years of optional

subjects

Achievements of our pupils

National Surveys, pupils’ assessment (top 10%)

National Competition for Sec. Schools Feedback from leading Hungarian

universities: awards for Talent Support

ICHO Gold Medallists

A European context

Comenius partnership Bilateral exchange

projects: Germany, Sweden, Rumania, Denmark

Current partners: France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Rumania

Change and Innovation

2001-2011: need for modernisation

More emphasis on ICT and foreign languages

A system of evaluation and self-assessment developed

Quality Assurance Students’ performance(PISA, competence tests)

Innovation Since 2009 – New

challenges: Cooperative &

competence-based teaching & learning

Project work ICT applications

Networking

Comenius

ELTE Teacher training

Camps

TalentSupport(T. Point)

ApáczaiDays

School events, celebr.

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