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Workshops 1-4

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Activity Type: 
Activity: 
Workshops 1-4
Place: 
FME, Skopje, Macedonia
Activity Content: 

Alumni Innovation Engagement Fund (AEIF) Project:

Equal Access through Service Learning for Persons with Disabilities
First set of Workshops 1-4
February 13-17, Skopje, Macedonia

Venue: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – New building, Room K3-9,
Univ. Sv Kiril i Metodij Skopje Macedonia  

Tentative Agenda of the events:

 Day 1: Feb 13, 2012 (Monday)

Beg. End Activity
9:00 10:00 Coordination
9:30 10:00 Transfer of the Croatian partners from hotel to FME
     
10:00 10:50 Official opening ceremony
10:00 10:10 Atanas Kochov, President of the Macedonian American Alumni Association (MAAA)
10:10 10:25 Ana Lazarevska, Project leader, Presenting the AEIF project and the project logo
10:25 10:35 Bogdan Jovanovski, Presenting the project web site
10:35 10:50 Roza Aceska / Andrijana Koevska Survey
10:50 11:15 Coffee break + survey  
       
11:15 13:00 WS1 - Correct attitude among students "with"/"without" special needs
Auditorium: Students
WS1 Speakers
11:15 11:45 Psychological aspects of the inclusive education O. Shurbinovska/ D. Batic
FoPh, ISE
11:45 12:05 Inclusive Higher Education in R. Macedonia and South East Europe  Subtitle: The only disability in life is a bad attitude! D. Stojanovska-Dzhingovska ASYD et al.
12:05 12:25 Survey of the accessibility for people with physical disabilities  J&J Risteski
Mobility Challenge
12:25 12:40 Students with disabilities in Higher Education at University "St. Cyril and Methodius " in Skopje A. Chingoska /
V. Trajkovski FoPh, ISE
12:40 13:00 Stastistical Analisys of the initial survey R. Aceska/A. Kolevska
FME/Volunteer
       
13:00 13:30 Coffee break  
       
13:30 15:00 Round table / exchange of experiences
Auditorium: Students / Professors
WS1 Speakers
       
15:00   Transfer to hotel / Afternoon free  
TBA   Optional walk/tour around Skopje  

Day 2: Feb 14, 2012 (Tuesday)

Beg. End Activity  
9:00 10:00 Coordination  
9:30 10:00 Transfer of the Croatian partners from hotel to FME
       
10:00 14:00 WS2 - Service Learning for students
Auditorium: Students
WS2 Speakers
10:00 10:30 Service Learning as a new trend in English Learning Teaching A. Vinca, SEEU
10:30 11:00 Integrating students into the classroom K. v. Haren, PCV
11:00 11:15 Access to Higher Education and Public Services for Person with Disabilities in Split A.Raguž / D. Vulić / I. Bilic, Univ Split
11:15 11:30 Access to Higher Education of Persons with Disabilities – Current situation in Zagreb, Croatia M. Miskulin / K. Vrabac / J. Markovina, Univ. Zagreb
11:30 11:45 TBA / Macedonian students FME gr. students of Kandikjan/ Sidorenko, FME
       
11:45 12:15 Coffee break  
       
12:15 12:45 Attitudes Towards Human Differences J. Birdsall, SEEU Fulbright
12:45 14:00 Round table / exchange of experiences
Auditorium: Students / Professors
WS2 Speakers
       
15:00   Transfer to hotel / Afternoon free  
 TBA   Optional walk/tour around Skopje  
       
21:00   St. Trifun / St. Valentines get-together in Mr. Jack
(Note: expenses are not covered by the project)
 

Day 3: Feb 15, 2012 (Wednesday)

Beg. End Activity  
9:00 10:00 Coordination  
9:30 10:00 Transfer of the Croatian partners from hotel to FME
       
10:00 14:00 WS3 - Correct attitude among students and professors "with"/"without" special needs
Auditorium: Professors
WS3 Speakers
10:00 10:30 Psychological aspects of the inclusive education O. Shurbinovska/ D. Batic
FoPh, ISE
10:30 10:50 Inclusive Higher Education in R. Macedonia and South East Europe  Subtitle: The only disability in life is a bad attitude! D. Stojanovska-Dzhingovska ASYD et al.
10:50 11:20 Survey of the accessibility for people with physical disabilities  J&J Risteski
Mobility Challenge
11:20 11:40 Students with disabilities in Higher Education at University "St. Cyril and Methodius " in Skopje A. Chingoska /
V. Trajkovski FoPh, ISE
11:40 12:00 Stastistical Analisys of the initial survey R. Aceska/A. Kolevska
FME/Volunteer
       
12:00 12:30 Coffee break  
       
12:30 14:00 Round table / exchange of experiences
Auditorium: Professors
WS3 Speakers
       
15:00   Transfer to hotel / Afternoon free  
TBA   Optional walk/tour around Skopje  

Day 4: Feb 16, 2012 (Thursday)

Beg. End Activity  
9:00 10:00 Coordination  
9:30 10:00 Transfer of the Croatian partners from hotel to FME
       
10:00 14:00 WS4 - Service Learning for professors
Auditorium: Professors
WS4 Speakers
10:00 10:30 Service Learning as a new trend in English Learning Teaching A. Vinca, SEEU
10:30 11:00 Integrating students into the classroom K. v. Haren, PCV
11:00 11:15 Access to Higher Education and Public Services for Person with Disabilities in Split A.Raguž / D. Vulić / I. Bilic, Univ Split
11:15 11:30 Access to Higher Education of Persons with Disabilities – Current situation in Zagreb, Croatia M. Miskulin / K. Vrabac / J. Markovina, Univ. Zagreb
11:30 11:45 TBA / Macedonian students FME gr. students of Kandikjan/ Sidorenko, FME
       
11:45 12:15 Coffee break  
       
12:15 12:45 Attitudes Towards Human Differences J. Birdsall, SEEU Fulbright
12:45 14:00 Round table / exchange of experiences
Auditorium: Professors
WS4 Speakers
       
14:00 15:00 Closing ceremony  
14:00 15:00 Handing out the certificates  (incl. handing the AEIF certificate to the Croatian partners)
Brian Bauer, Culture and Education Attaché, US Embassy
Atanas Kochov, President of the Macedonian American Alumni Association (MAAA)
       
15:00   Transfer to hotel / Afternoon free  
TBA   Optional walk/tour around Skopje  

Day 5: Feb 17, 2012 (Friday)

Beg. End Activity  
9:00 10:00 Coordination  
       
10:00 11:00 Meeting / Conclusions Project team
       
12.00   Check-out hotel – Croatian party  
       

Abbreviations  

ASYD Association of Students with Disabilities
FME Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UKIM
FoPh, ISE FoPh, ISE Faculty of Philosophy. Institute for Special Education, UKIM
MAAA Macedonian American Alumni Association
MC Mobility Challenge
PCV Peace Corps Volunteer
SEEU South East European University
UKIM University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", Skopje
US United States

 

Makedonska Filharmonija, 16.02.2012

Activity Dates: 
Monday, 13 February, 2012 to Friday, 17 February, 2012
Location: