The Kecskemét college is a multi-faculty institution of European standard, accredited to award higher educational and college degrees. The aim of its establishment is to make it the scientific, cultural and educational centre of the town Kecskemét, the county Bács-Kiskun, and the region of southeast Hungary.

Faculties Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Automation Horticultural Faculty Teacher Training Faculty FMEA TTF HF

The number of the students and teachers (2004) FMEA TTFHF HFFMEA TTF Total Full time students: Correspondence students Distance learning students Total Full time academic staff

Kecskemét the town people Vivid cultural life

Foreign Affairs in Europe TTF FMEA FMEA + TTF HF+FMEA+TTF International Partners

Teacher Training Faculty Our students can gain knowledge and practice in a credit-based training. The faculty - beyond the educational tasks - provides a wide range of cultural and self-training opportunities for the students. Choir, Sport, Drama, Pottery, Enamel.

Teacher Training Faculty The present aim is to educate kindergarten and lower primary school teachers. The College has own Practise Kindergarten and Practise Primary School.

Modul B Language and Culture Everyday Life in the European Democracy Children’s Literature –Language Games –A Fairy Tale in Different Versions Educational System –Educational Systems in Partner Countries – making a poster Being a Teacher of a Foreign Language in the 21st century –New Challenges of Training Cultural Heritage in Intercultural Context –Symbols (flags, totems, motifs, woodcarvings, monuments) –Folk dances –Folk songs and traditional songs, children’s rhymes –Craftwork

Module C European Teacher, Teacher in Europe, Teacher for Europe The social environment of education –Geographical, historical, cultural, economical and political aspects –Local, regional, national and international approach To be or not to be European –How to motivate children to become European? –National tradition in an international context –How to see the others? How the others see us? Moral dilemmas of the teachers in democracy –Deliberative communication in teaching practice –Diversity in intercultural education The role of arts in education of European citizenship –Music as an intercultural communicative area –Visual art training as an area of community

Living condition, week end Student hostel of TTF –City centre, chip (8-10 euro/person), but not comfortable Caissa Pension –City centre, not too expensive (14 euro/person), comfortable Excursion to Budapest

Connection College Rector Dr. SZTACHÓ PEKÁRY István International Deputy Rector Dr. Vajnai Tibor Comenius Project co-ordinator Ágnes Horváth International Officer Gyulai Csaba H-6000 Kecskemét, Ceglédi u. 2. Internet: Tel.: Fax:

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