Under the title \u201cProtestant profile and new forms of learning \u2013 Christian schools in the balance of tradition and innovation\u201d, the General Assembly of the International Association for Christian Education took place from 29th November to 1st December 2024 in Bratislava\/Slovakia. Invited by the Association of Evangelical Schools in Slovakia (AESS), whose president Mari\u00e1n Damanko\u0161 is also a member of the IV board, almost 40 leading school practitioners from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Ireland\/Northern Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia came together. After an introduction to the Slovakian school system and the meaning of the Lutheran schools in this country, the participants could view the impressive exhibition \u201cAn Empty Chair\u201d, which was worked out by students and teachers of the Evangelical school in Pre\u0161ov following the tracks of Jewish students in Pre\u0161ov during the 2nd World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the second day, the lectures by Martin Kr\u00ed\u017e und Jozef Sopoliga on the nationwide curriculum reform in Slovakia were initiated through a biblical reflection by General Bishop Ivan El\u2019ko, who also recurred to the pedagogical-theological legacy of Johann Amos Comenius. In the afternoon, the participants could gain a vivid impression of Protestant school practice in the Evangelical Primary School of Bratislava before the assembly, according to the statutes, took place in the evening. On the third day, a historically orientated city tour rounded off the programme in this beautiful city with its changing German-Hungarian-Slovakian history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Under the title \u201cProtestant profile and new forms of learning \u2013 Christian schools in the balance of tradition and innovation\u201d, the General Assembly of the International Association for Christian Education took place from 29th November to 1st December 2024 in Bratislava\/Slovakia. Invited by the Association of Evangelical Schools in Slovakia (AESS), whose president Mari\u00e1n Damanko\u0161 is also a member of the IV board,<\/p>\n