September 18. 2024 - Meeting in Szabadszentkirály
On 18.09.2024, the MTA-PTE "For Educational Opportunities!" Research Group organised a face-to-face meeting in one of the schools of the programme. During the day in Szabadszentkirály, the students of the school, led by the teachers, prepared a show for their guests.
During the professional workshop, our research team worked on planning the last year of research and development. The mentor teachers took stock of the last three years of development, along which they worked on planning the final year.
2024. Spring
During the semester, the students of the Wlislocki Henrik Student Society, now in their fourth semester, are participating in the MTA-PTE "For Educational Opportunities!" Career Orientation Mentoring Program. During the semester, the students held three classroom sessions aimed at supporting students in making informed career guidance decisions.
2024. April 30. Online meeting
On 30 April 2024, the MTA.PTE "For Educational Opportunities!" Research Group held its regular monthly online meeting on 30.30.30. The focus of the meeting was on the mid-process, scientific measurement due in spring 2024.
2024. March 20. Online meeting
On 20 March 2024, the colleagues of the programme again participated in an online meeting, where, in addition to current institutional matters, they also planned the career guidance sessions of the Wlislocki Henrik Student Society. This external service will strengthen the social responsibility profile of the College and mobilise additional resources for the research and development programme. During the semester, the students will have two career guidance sessions for a total of three lessons.
2024. February 21. Online meeting
The MTA-PTE "For Educational Opportunities!" Mentor teachers from the P-PTE-PTE Research Group participated in an online meeting on 21.02.2024. The main topic of the meeting was peer mentoring, in which high school students from Gandhi High School mentor their seventh grade peers.
2024. January 27. Visiting the Gandhi High School
On 27 January 2024, our research team and students participating in the R&D programme visited the Gandhi High School. During the day together, the mentored children not only got to know the Gandhi High School, but also met their high school peer mentors. During the day, our mentor teachers gave a presentation on the most important issues that concern them and we also planned the semester ahead.
2023. December
From 15-17 December our participatory filmmaking workshop was held in Istvándi, organised by the Solutions for Security Foundation and the ELTE Minor Media Research Centre. The workshop was attended by 19 local young people, most of whom are students from the Darányi member school of the For Educational Opportunities Research Group. The workshop was facilitated by 14 undergraduate students for whom this field experience was a prerequisite for completing their course. During the programme, the young people shot 4 emotion films, 2 vision videos, 3 short videos and a video clip over the weekend.
2023. October-November
Sessions held by the Wlislocki Henrik Student Society
In October and November, the PTE Wlislocki Henrik Student Society visited all 10 public schools where the R&D programme is taking place. Twice (in October and November), the students held two two-hour long sessions on career guidance. The themes of the sessions helped them to make a more decisive decision about their further studies.
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2023. 10. 19. Thursday, 17:00-18:00
Online meeting
During the online meeting in October, the research team and mentor teachers worked on finalising the mentoring plans. They also agreed on the creation of a new student entry form and the completion of a follow-up assessment during the meeting. In addition, current issues were discussed: the schools and the external providers (UP Wlislocki Henrik Student Society and Gandhi High School) finalised the dates of the joint programmes.
2023. 09. 21. Thursday, 16:00-18:00
Online meeting
The online meeting in September continued the launch of the semester in the online space. During the meeting, the mentor teachers reported on their experiences of the opening of the year and any changes in class and school size. Based on the needs of the students, the creation of mentoring work plans began.
Opening of the academic year, Dencsháza
2023. 08. 29.
On 29.08.2023, the "For Educational Opportunities!" career guidance mentoring programme team visited Dencsháza. During the school visit, the management of the institution reported on their good practices, which helped to learn about their school and to enrich the practices of other institutions. In addition to the school visit, the research team also visited the surrounding countryside and its heritage, including the Chapel of Mary in Szentegát.
Closing of the Academic Year, Pécs
- July, 2023.
Summary of the professional event
10:00-12:00 Evaluation of our school year 2022/2023
During the evaluation, the mentor teachers presented the memorable moments and obstacles of the first mentoring school year. In their summaries, the mentor teachers highlighted breakthrough experiences and incidents with the mentored students.
Representatives of the Gandhi Secondary School, as external service providers, summarized the cooperation between the Secondary School and the 10 schools during the past school year. The summary included the progress of the peer mentoring element of the programme and the expected programmes for the next academic year.
The experience of the visit to the Wlislocki Henrik Students Society was summarised by the members of the research team. The report confirmed that the visits of the Roma students will continue in the next academic year.
Prof. Dr. Anikó Fehérvári summarised the scientific results of the research and development programme based on the input and output data of the academic year.
13:00-15:00 Case discussion: focus on school-family relations
During the workshop, mentor teachers in three groups summarised their experiences of family visits and family contact. In three workshops, the colleagues shared good practices and obstacles they encountered in communicating with families.
15:00-15:30 Closing, discussing the details of the next meeting.
Events and career-guidance activities in the „For Educational Opportunities” Mentorprogramme
2022/2023, spring semester
During the last semester, students of the Wlislocki Henrik Student Society of the University of Pécs held self-development sessions for the students participating in the mentoring programme. Within this framework, 10 students visited the 10 institutions. The four sessions lasted a total of eight teaching hours and gradually brought the classes closer together with the students. The pupils always looked forward to the next visit of the students and actively participated in the activities. The students also reported that the sessions were successful, and they are looking forward to helping us in the autumn term. As a testament to the good relationship with the children, the students plan to continue mentoring in the primary schools they visited in the spring term.
On 18.06.2023, the students of the Wlislocki Henrik Student Society continued the planning of the programme, and the students summarised their experiences and lessons learned. Based on their feedback, they will organise the Student Society visits in a more targeted way. In the 2023/2024 academic year, the Student Society will continue to regularly visit students in the framework of the Student Society 's social responsibility activities.
Online meeting
09. May, 2023. 16:30-18:30
During the online meeting, the research team and the schools recorded the dates of the output measurement and their technical details. Our external service provider, Gandhi High School, presented details of the peer mentoring programme that the High School students are implementing as part of the School Community Service programme.
Online meeting
- April, 2023. 16:30-18:30
During the workshop, the senior researchers of the research team presented the results of the input measurement of the academic year and the details of the output measurement at the end of the academic year. The meeting was attended by external service providers and the schedule of services was agreed. Mentor teachers presented their completed and ongoing mentoring activities.
Online meeting
20. February, 2023. február 20.
The meeting focused on the activities planned by the schools and mentor teachers for the semester. Mentor teachers presented their planned activities for the semester and shared their experiences.
Online meeting
23. January, 2023. 16:00-18:00
During the meeting, the mentor teachers presented the mentoring tasks they had carried out during the semester. During the meeting, the research team presented the opportunities offered by external service providers. The external service providers, Gandhi Secondary School, the Evangelical Roma Student Society of Pécs and the Henrik Wlislocki Student Society of Pécs, presented their service profiles, which will be made available to the schools during the next semester.
Events and career-guidance activities in the „For Educational Opportunities” Mentorprogramme
2022/2023, autumn semester
Evangelical Roma Student Society of Pécs
The Evangelical Roma Student Society of Pécs (PERSZ-E) runs one of the service groups of the Career Guidance Mentoring Programme for Educational Opportunities. Under the leadership of Krisztián Kőszegi (PERSZ-E, mentor) and with the participation of Roma students, they visit the programme's institutions every six months. During the sessions, they pay special attention to the life path presentation and their practice is continuously updated according to the age and career guidance function as the programme progresses.
Wlislocki Henrik Student Society
The Wlislocki Henrik Student Society of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Pécs has received a grant for the academic year 2022/2023. In December 2022, 10 students received a grant to organise and run sessions in 10 institutions of the Career Guidance Mentoring Programme for Educational Opportunities.
The sessions were delivered with a common professional content. The students who came to the schools presented their life stories, drama education and a session adapted from elements of the Happiness Hour.
Our Students said…:
"The teachers and the headmistress were proud to see how well we could deliver such a programme. We had a great time with our old classmates and reminisced about the memories we had together. There was also a teacher who used to teach my mother."
Anna Orbán, WHSZ, University of Pécs, Faculty of Law
"It was really good to see that the students in each class were active. You could see they were enjoying the activities, some of them specifically commented on how much they enjoyed the session and were glad we came to see them. It was good to hear this from children we were meeting for the first time."
Noémi Hajdu, WHSZ, University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
"Baja: Once we got to the school through the maze of the city, we found ourselves in a small primary school. Everyone in the class knew everyone else, as they spend most of their lives together. We gave and received a lot from them during the session. Reflections show that they welcome us back here with open arms."
Dániel Csonka, WHSZ, University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2022. 12. 08. Tamási
2022. 12. 09. Gyulaj
2022. 12. 12. Baja
2022. 12. 12. Drávafok
2022. 12. 12. Sükösd
2022. 12. 13. Bogádmindszent
2022. 12. 14. Dencsháza
Online meeting, November
28. November 2022. 16:00-18:00
During the online meeting, the mentor teachers of the programme presented their mentoring activities based on their uploaded documents. During the workshop, the research team presented the extended external services. The Evangelical Roma College of Pécs presented its detailed service profile, the Gandhi Secondary School presented its community-based mentoring of high school peers, and finally the Henrik Wlislocki College presented the organisation and content of the career guidance events supported by the university.
Online Meeting, October
24. October 2022. 16:00-18:00
During the meeting, Prof. Dr. Anikó Fehérvári reported on the implementation and experiences of the input measurement to be carried out in September 2022. During the professional programme, the mentor teachers presented their mentoring plan and the experiences of the work they have started. Dr. Aranka Híves-Varga, Head of Research, presented the process of mentoring and the characteristics of the administration.
Professional event in an institution of the Mentorprogramme:
The Research Group visiting Gyulaj
2022. 08. 26.
During the workshop, a senior researcher from the Research Group presented the finalised details of the scientific measurement for September to teachers. During the end-of-year meeting, colleagues from the programme agreed on the course of the next academic year and details of progres
Professional event of the Resaerch and Development Programme
2022. 06. 27.
During the workshop, the Research Team presented the details of the input measurement for the 10 mentor teachers of the participating institutions, which will take place in September 2022/2023. During the meeting, the mentor teachers, learning from each other's work, finalised their mentoring plans, which will be used to help students in the participating schools succeed in the next academic year.
Online meeting
02.May, 2022.
During the online meeting, colleagues from the participating institutions were introduced to the Teams folder system, which serves as a horizontal learning interface for the R&D programme in the work of the group. The use of the familiarised interface and the sharing of good practices contribute to enabling teacher colleagues to get to know each other's work and to inspire their colleagues in developing mentoring plans.
Professional Weekend
25-27. February, 2022.
The colleagues of the Career Guidance Mentoring Programme for Educational Opportunities continued their work together in the form of a three-day weekend. During the weekend, teachers from the schools presented their good practices for successful career guidance of their students and the obstacles that their local primary schools face in their daily work. The professional programme of the weekend, The stakes of career guidance, by Dr. Ábel Bereményi. Decisions and drifts. Roma youth's transition from school to work and Dr. Anikó Fehérvári's presentation on Early school leaving - Causes, consequences, prevention. As a result of the weekend, a roadmap for the next phase of the R&D programme was prepared.
First Meeting
08.December, 2021.
On 8 December 2021, the "For Educational Opportunities!" career guidance mentoring programme started its work. At the meeting on the Teams platform, Dr. Aranka Híves-Varga, head of the research team, welcomed the teacher colleagues of the 10 institutions participating in the programme. During the meeting, Dr Anikó Fehérvári, Deputy Research Manager, presented the social science context of early school leaving. During the meeting, Natália Jakab, deputy principal of Gandhi High School, the programme's contact person for secondary schools, and Krisztián Kőszegi, a colleague from the Evangelical Roma College of Pécs, introduced themselves. Finally, the teachers from the 10 institutions involved in the programme presented their schools, their pedagogical programmes and the difficulties of their region.
