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Despite being a state small in population, geographical size and GDP (Thorhallsson, 2006), Slovenia tends to do well in medal rankings per GDP and per capita at the Olympic Games. To understand the influences of success of Slovene elite sport, it is important to investigate the elite sports policy system in Slovenia. Thus, this study set out to explore the contemporary structure of the elite sport policy in Slovenia, as well as the extent to which the SPLISS pillars can act as a framework for explanation of the Slovene system and to identify what other factors need to be added to this framework to better account for the characteristics of Slovenia. SPLISS was identified as the primary analytical model in the study as it is the leading model in elite sport policy analysis (Andersen, Houlihan, & Ronglan, 2015b). However, SPLISS is intended to be used as a comparative tool of elite sport policy between states (De Bosscher, Shibli, Westerbeek, & Van Bottenburg, 2015), but was not used as such in the study of a single case. Instead, SPLISS served as framework that has utility within the study as a starting point for data collection and analysis. A bioecological model was introduced to supplement the SPLISS framework as an analytical lens to account for the influences of success not considered within the SPLISS pillars. The study made a contribution because it provided an in-depth case-study of one setting which examined a small state and illustrated that there may be policy and practice variations that are a result of the specific context of the state within which the system operates. The development and structure of elite policy systems in a small state of Slovenia with limited population and GDP reflects the contextual characteristics in order to maximise success. The research adopted a qualitative approach within a case-study research design. A multi-method data collection approach was undertaken. This included documentary analysis of 43 sport policy and sport policy related documents as well as six one-time one-to-one interviews with key stakeholders within elite sport in Slovenia in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the elite sport policy system in Slovenia. A thematic analysis of the data revealed that the elite sports system in the small state of Slovenia is determined by the size and the context of the state. As highlighted by participants and in the documents, GDP and population size, as well as the historical development, culture and natural environment also influence the elite sports policy system in Slovenia. While these context specific factors limit and determine the routes taken to develop international sporting success, they also allow for adaptation and flexibility to create strategic advantages that may not be possible in different contexts. The findings also indicate that in Slovenia the elite sport system is fully integrated within the wider sports system and does not exercise a priority position over recreational sport. In fact, both recreational and elite sport are identified as priorities of the sports system. Thus, elite sport is not separate, but mutually dependent on recreational sport where there is reciprocity between the systems. Furthermore, the findings revealed that the SPLISS model was useful but not sufficient for examining the elite sport policy system in Slovenia. While all nine SPLISS pillars were vital in identifying the positive influences of international sporting success, not all factors that were derived from the data that were specific to Slovenia were accounted for within SPLISS. Moreover, some of the existing SPLISS pillars proved to be too narrowly defined to fully encompass the success factors of the Slovene elite sports system. For these reasons, additional ‘non-SPLISS’ influences of the system were identified separately using the bioecological model, while some influences not accounted for in any of the analytical models were identified as well. Through the study it was proposed that an adapted version of the SPLISS model to better reflect the small state context of Slovenia could be developed based on four particular adaptations. Adaptation 1 proposed consideration that the influence of Pillar 2 on other pillars in the context of Slovene elite sport policy system is perceived higher than the influence of Pillar 1. Secondly, Adaptation 2 proposed the inclusion of the macro-level related influences, including historical characteristics, cultural characteristics, characteristics of the natural environment and scale characteristics. Characteristics of history and culture of Slovenia were identified through the bioecological lens. The climate and geographical characteristics within the domain of the natural environment were included in Pillar 6. Furthermore, Adaptation 3 also suggested broadening the original SPLISS Pillar 5 to consider the importance and impact of the primary environment of the athlete, specifically family support, which is considered within micro-level factors. Lastly, Adaptation 4 recommended including other influences of Slovene sporting success that could not be identified by applying SPLISS or bioecological lenses. These included independence, international sports environment and ongoing challenges within the elite sport policy system in Slovenia.

Diplomsko delo obravnava tematiko stališč učiteljev do učencev s statusom športnika. Posredno se nanaša tudi na sodelovanje učiteljev s šolsko svetovalno službo. Teoretični del opredeljuje dosedanje raziskovalno delo o učencih s statusom športnika, šport (njegovo vlogo in vrste športa ter rekreativni in vrhunski šport), nadarjene učence, učence s statusom športnika in Pravilnik o prilagajanju šolskih obveznosti (skupaj s pravicami in dolžnostmi učencev s statusom športnika). Navedenih je tudi nekaj konkretnih primerov statusa športnika v osnovnih šolah. V empiričnem delu je predstavljena raziskava, ki smo jo izvedli med osnovnošolskimi učitelji v Mariboru in njegovi okolici ter Ljubljani. Anketirali smo učitelje matematike, slovenščine in angleščine v sedmem, osmem in devetem razredu. Namen empiričnega dela je bil raziskati stališča učiteljev do učencev s statusom športnika in sploh do športa, opaznost vpliva športnega (ne)uspeha na učni (ne)uspeh pri učencih s statusom športnika, podobnosti in razlike med učenci s statusom športnika in tistimi brez statusa, seznanjenost učiteljev s Pravilnikom o prilagajanju obveznosti in najpogostejši način uporabe, potrebo učencev s statusom športnika po dodatni pomoči (vključno z razlogi za dodatno pomoč in obliko pomoči) in sodelovanje učiteljev s šolskim svetovalnim delavcem, in sicer pogostost ter način sodelovanja. Zanimalo nas je tudi koliko odstotkov učencev ima status športnika. Končne ugotovitve smo podali v obliki sklepnih misli. This graduation thesis discusses the teachers’ attitudes towards pupils with an elite athlete’s status. Indirectly, it also discusses the teachers’ collaboration with school counsellors. Theoretical part introduces previous researches on pupils with an elite athlete’s status, sport (its role, types of sport and recreational and elite sport), talented pupils, pupils with an elite athlete’s status and “Pravilnik o prilagajanju obveznosti” (regulations of an elite athlete’s status). There are some examples of actual use of an elite athlete’s status in primary schools listed as well. The empirical part presents the research that was conducted among primary school teachers in Maribor and Ljubljana. We surveyed teachers of mathematics, Slovene and English in the seventh, eighth and ninth grade. The aim of the empirical work was to research the attitudes of teachers towards pupils with an elite athlete’s status and towards sport as well, whether and how visible is the influence of success or non-success in sports on school success or non-success of pupils with an elite athlete’s status, similarities and differences between pupils with and without the elite athlete’s status, familiarity of teacher with the “Pravilnik o prilagajanju obveznosti” and the most common method of its use, the necessity of pupils with an elite athlete’s status for additional assistance (along with the reasons for assistance and the form of assistance), collaboration of teachers with school counsellors, namely frequency and form of collaboration. We were also interested in finding the percentage of pupils with an elite athlete’s status. The final findings are presented in the form of concluding thoughts.

Communication and interaction with people of different cultures is nowadays available to anyone. Some cultures are more alike than others, and trying to communicate with people of different cultures can be difficult, since each language has its own characteristics. This diploma paper discusses to what extent, if any, certain linguistic characteristics of Black English from the film Do the Right Thing can be translated into the Slovene language. The theoretical part presents the meaning of culture, cultural differences, a brief presentation of Slovene and African-American culture, along with a detailed presentation of speech of African-Americans, including its characteristics, which is followed by skopos theory and subtitling standards. The empirical part consists of analysis and comparison of examples with Black English characteristics found in the film, with their equivalents in Slovene translations. The skopos theory and subtitling standards are considered in the analysis as well. Dandanes sta komunikacija in povezanost z ljudmi iz različnih kultur dostopna vsakomur. Nekatere kulture se med seboj razlikujejo bolj, nekatere manj, zato lahko razumevanje med ljudmi različnih kultur kaj hitro postane težavno, saj ima vsak jezik svoje značilnosti. Diplomsko delo obravnava do katere meje, če sploh, se lahko jezikovne značilnosti črnske angleščine iz filma Do the Right Thing prevedejo v slovenski jezik. Teoretični del zajema pomen kulture, kulturnih razlik, kratko predstavitev kulture Slovencev in Afroameričanov, skupaj s podrobno opredelitvijo jezika Afroameričanov. Temu sledita še teorija skopos in standardi pri prevajanju podnapisov. Empirični del pa predstavlja analizo in primerjavo v filmu najdenih primerov črnske angleščine, z ustreznimi prevodi v slovenskih podnapisih. Pri tem pa sta upoštevana tudi teorija skoposa in standardi pri prevajanju podnapisov.