BALKAN MOUNTANEERING UNION General Assembly – Vršac, 28.5.2016

BMU SEMINAR IN BAVŠICA, from 22nd to 25th of October 2015

SOME INFORMATION ABOUT SEMINAR

• The seminar was held between the 22nd and 25th October 2015, at MTC Bavšica, headed by Franc Kadiš and Matjaž Šerkezi.

• Other contributors were the lecturers Tanja Kajtna; PhD, Klemen Belhar; PhD, and mountaineering education instructors Matej Ogorevc and Jure Brečko.

• Most of the participants' questions were related to obtaining the UIAA mountain guiding standards; the representatives of countries which do not follow these standards yet (Macedonians and Bosnians) were particularly interested.

• Questions were also connected to the instructor training system. All questions were answered by Matjaž Šerkezi and Franc Kadiš.

PARTICIPANTS Of the 15 registered participants, 11 of them attended the seminar.

Name Surname Country Aleksander Stojanovski Macedonia

Goran Nikoloski Macedonia

Nikolcho Petrov Macedonia

Alan Čaplar Hrvaška

Darko Mršnik Hrvaška

Vlatko Grozdanovski Macedonia

Lejla Terzić Bosnia and Herzegovina

Semir Šatorović Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kenan Muftić Bosnia and Herzegovina

Husein Šabić Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ljubisa Taseski Macedonia

SCHEDULE INTRODUCTION OF THE BMU SEMINAR

• Presentation of the aims and objectives of the BMU seminar

• Scope of activities and presentation of general training course for instructors

(purpose and programme)

Franc Kadiš

PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY IN INSTRUCTOR'S WORK Part I

• Social force and instructor's influence on trainees • Guidelines for instructors • Leadership styles

Dr. Tanja Kajtna

PRESENTATION OF THE UIAA STANDARDS Matjaž Šerkezi

DIDACTICS OF EDUCATION FOR MOUNTAINEERING

• Mountain tour – practical examples of methods and techniques of teaching, management and leadership experience evaluation, equipment inspection, test of physical fitness

Matjaž Šerkezi

Jure Brečko

Matej Ogorevc

PRESENTATION OF THE WORK DONE BY THE CAA Franc Kadiš

DIDACTICS OF EDUCATION FOR MOUNTAINEERING

• Movement on secured climbing trails and helping mountaineers who fell off such trail

Matjaž Šerkezi

Franc Kadiš

Jure Brečko

DIDACTICS OF EDUCATION FOR MOUNTAINEERING

• Written plan for lecture and practical work • Evaluating lecture and practical work implementation (self-assessment, analysis

of participant surveys, etc.) • How to create modern teaching aids (PP presentations, e-learning) • The importance of publishing expert articles and reviews, and professional

exchange • Assessment of trainees' knowledge (oral examination, written tests, practical

evaluation) • Preparation of pictorial material (content planning, preparation of didactic

drawings, images and video) • Presentation of the AAS textbooks • Organized system of materials available on the AAS website

Dr. Klemen Belhar

CONCLUSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE BMU SEMINAR • Interest in the continuation of such forms of socializing.

• The representatives of Croatia (HPS) offered to take over the organization of the next seminar.