Екологична експедиция „Да пазим природата!“

Author(s): Tatyana Bolgradova,Krasimira Mishkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

For several years, we work as a team on health education, healthy lifestyles and nature conservation topics. The aim is to build positive and stimulating environment for each child to reveal with no concerns his thoughts and ideas. To express his personal “Myself”. The challenge was to make our young pupils willing and interested to participate in the various activities related to the topics. For integrating them into certain problems, we used different traditional and innovative methods and forms. The environmental education is connected to development of a contemporary type of behavior. Children must enter life with the feeling that the world is beautiful and cozy and the interaction with nature improve their sensitivity for aesthetic and moral values.

Интерактивните методи и екологичното образование на учениците в обучението по „Човекът и природата“ в V. и VI. клас

Author(s): Neli Dimitrova,Daniela Dimova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The report explores the learning content of the 5th and 6th Grades Man and Nature curricula in order to highlight key environmental issues. The aspect of the psychological and cognitive characteristics of 11- and 12-year-old students is considered. On the basis of the analysis of these two key aspects of the effectiveness of science education, opportunities are offered to use interactive learning methods and to to help teachers in early science education to form of environmental awareness in the pupils.

Методически варианти за решаване на познавателни задачи в обучението по „Домашен бит и техника“ в ІV клас

Author(s): Elenka Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The article offers methodological options for studying cognitive tasks in the fourth grade curriculum for “Domestic economics and skills.”  It provides an analysis of the curriculum and offered capabilities, a brief survey of normative documents impacting teaching, an analysis of topics in the syllabus which cover work with paper materials and finally it offers a method for structuring a lesson based on the planned classes.

Театрализираната дейност в процеса на социализация на децата със специални образователни потребности

Author(s): Pelagia Terziyska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The article examines the theatrical activity as a mean for enriching the social experience of small students with SEN and the successful realization of the process of their socialization. The analysis points out the tasks, the rules, the criteria for researching the effectiveness of theatrical activity in this process. Results, by own empirical research, are presented.

Интеркултурното образование – от теория към практика

Author(s): Elenka Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2016

The article concerns the human rights of children belonging to ethnic, linguistic and religious minority. The children from “Nezabravka” affiliate in Tri Kladentsi village form multi-ethnic group (Bulgarians and Roma). The beauty of the differences in language, religion and holidays might be felt if only there is a tolerance between the various ethnic groups. Traditions established in “Nezabravka” affiliate help educating the children in a multicultural environment. This is a place where children from various ethnic groups have the opportunity to discover and develop their potential and to live in friendly environment knowing their rights and protecting their own identity. In the article different traditions and customs, which help acquiring and understanding of moral values and virtues are described.

Приоритети в eвропейските образователни политики

Author(s): Vassya Likova-Arssenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

Teacher Education in Europe is determined by coherent policies defining the specifics of teaching competence within the framework of the Copenhagen process have been developed as part of a series of measures and actions to the general objectives of teacher education are set by the EU strategic documents. The priorities of the national education policy in the context of the strategy “Europe 2020” require a detailed analysis of the need for cooperation between the initiatives planned for the long-term development of the European space of skills and qualifications (EASA).Necessary changes in the curricula of universities for teacher training and continuing professional training of pedagogical personnel are part of the new features of educational policies in Europe. The study of the characteristics of policies on teacher training for Bulgarian school and their compliance priorities in the development of educational space of the European Union presupposes proposals to change the priorities of macro-policies regarding teacher training and in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Учителят и учителската професия

Author(s): Eli Peshterska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

The article reflects on current issues in education, shared in the forum “The teacher and the teaching profession” held on 05.25.2015 at Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ The professional profile of the teacher is presented. Ideas for improving the quality of practical training of students – future teachers are given.

Изграждане на творческата личност, като цел на възпитанието, и форми на принуда при нормативното възпитателно-образователно общуване

Author(s): Jordan Banev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

The present text proceeds from the concept of creative personality, which is defined by the creative talent intrinsic to every child. It is not related to a particular (artistic) activity, but to the primal capacity of every person to re-create themselves. From a pedagogical standpoint, such an assumption accepts that the upbringing of a person as a goal of instruction is conditioned by the nurturing of the creative gifts of the child. In school, group work requiers a group-appropriate approach, as well as the appropriation of regulative mechanisms by the system. The article describes some of them as functioning forms of compulsion, which disable the child to unfold its creative potential and contradict basic assumptions about education, which have remained unchanged from Antiquity to this day.

Ключови компетенции в контекста на здравното образование в предучилищна възраст

Author(s): Sofia Karakehayova,Bilyana Kaloferova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

Health education is aimed at developing skills to create or maintain a healthy lifestyle, voluntary adaptation to health-friendly behavior. It is seen as a process of lifelong learning for people how to live, to maintain and improve their own and other people’s health. It is widely believed that in order to achieve the objectives of health education, approaches, forms and methods of pedagogical interaction should be appropriate and effective. According to a number of authors, effective health education repeats the natural processes through which children observe certain norms of behavior. Emphasis is placed on the discovery strategy for orientation of the child in a healthy and social environment, realized through a variety of variational solutions, based on the specifics of the research march. In a series of workshops that have the status of complementary forms of pedagogical interaction, which define goals, bring out basic content units - a combination of knowledge, skills and relationships that reflect key competences as a result of guiding the 6-7-year-old child into a healthy and social environment.

Development of Entrepreneurial Competences in Primary School System in the Republic of Croatia, with a Focus on Competences for Social Entrepreneurship

Author(s): Kristina Lauš,Siniša Opić / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2018

In order for education system objectives to have a positive impact on the economic prosperity of the country, but also with the aim of developing a “culture of self-reliance”, entrepreneurial competence is one of eight key competences whose development is recommended by the European Union. This paper analyzes to what extent the learning outcomes defined by the Croatian national curriculum encourage the development of entrepreneurial competence in elementary education in Croatia and to what extent is this contributed by the Primary School Curriculum. The focus is also on promoting development of competences for social entrepreneurship, a business model that is not only aimed at gaining profit, but also an active contribution to well-being and sustainability of the local community.First part of the paper defines the area of competence and social entrepreneurship. The central part of the paper consists of an analysis of the National Curriculum Framework and a review of the Primary School Curriculum and the competence of teachers and professors. The paper also analyses curricular documents with the current Comprehensive Curricular Reform. In the final part, recommendations are given to improve the existing model for development of entrepreneurial competences.The analysis showed that necessity for developing entrepreneurial competence is recognized at the national level, but the incentive is primarily expressed at a declarative level and requires a systematic upgrade of the existing curriculum, and in particular the education of teachers and professors. There is an opportunity to upgrade it within the current proposal of Comprehensive Curricular Reform.

Радостта от общуването на чужд език в детството

Author(s): Ekaterina Sofronieva,Christina Beleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

This article presents a contemporary study on the use of expressive forms in the language activities undertaken by university students in pedagogy with pre-school children. The results of the project implemented at one of the Sofia University’s partner nursery schools in the city of Sofia, verify that usage of expressive language forms supports and facilitates second language acquisition of children in addition to establishing a positive emotional environment for communication. Further research on a national and international level is needed for the verification of the association between the language achievements of the children and the literary forms used in the language education.

Ново теоретико-практическо изследване на детското творчество

Author(s): Asya Veleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

Професионалният опит и подготовката на учителите за успешна реализация на приобщаващо образование в детските градини

Author(s): Maria Atanasova-Trifonova,Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova,Luboslava Peneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

The article presents the interrelations between different factors found in empirical study and the self-esteem of teachers about the success of their work with children with special needs and their confidence in the realization of the goals of inclusive education. In the regression analysis, significant correlations with the confidence and success of teachers are identified with the factors such as place of habitation, number of children in the kindergarden, participation of teachers inclusive education courses, as well as their professional experience with children with specific needs. All variables except one - the place of habitation are in positive correlation. In this framework, some issues concerning the educational environment, the professional qualification and the specialized experience for working with children with specific needs of the children’s kindergarten teachers in Bulgaria are analyzed.

От приказката към новелата и обратно, или раждане на италианската литературна приказка с „Приказка на приказките“ на Джамбатиста Базиле

Author(s): Petia Petkova-Staleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

The article discusses the first collection of literary fairy tales on the European scene as a continuationof the novelistic tradition to generate a narrative situation in which to tell the stories. The first fairy tales appeared in a collection of novellas, but the real affirmation of the fairy tale as a literary genre occurs when a framed story is a fairy tale. The transition from novella to fairy tale is dictated by the changed literary taste and some common genre features.

Съвременни аспекти на гражданското образование в българското училище

Author(s): Rumyana Neminska,Ilona Sulichka / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 9/2018

The current article is an experience that is more of a concern and responsibility. An attempt has been made to outline additional rows in the interdisciplinary standard “Citizenship Education”. The problems that are being addressed arise from the contemporary geopolitical situation in European countries, from the fact that the young generation can become a hostage to a non-buddy future if it is not timely. Focused not on the threat and the fear but on the risk and the responsibility to his life. The present study examines contemporary issues that can be addressed by the tools of civic education. Such issues related to the prevention of the student's personality about threats such as terrorism, crime, aggression, drugs and others. The purpose of the exhibition is to extend the educational background of pedagogical specialists so that pedagogical teams organize such training. To outline the pedagogical projections of a future preventive education in the Bulgarian school. Theoretical learning modules are presented to expand the foundation of pedagogical competence. State Education Standard is seen as an interdisciplinary complex; Technologically it is also approached interdisciplinary – through an interdisciplinary pedagogical team; Interdisciplinary themes, methods and technologies.

За преразказа като част от изпита за кандидатстване след VII клас

Author(s): Valentin Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The article discusses if the retelling can be used for assessing tool on the exam for the 7th grade application. The choice of this genre over other student texts is not justified. By analyzing the examinations, it is concluded that the retelling does not give an objective picture of the knowledge as for its creation influence factors such as memory, concentration and attention which are outside the curriculum. The accuracy of some of the criteria on which it is assessed is questionable. The retelling requires a way of working with information that is totally different from the methods of the digital age.

Special Education Teachers’ Practices and Perceptions Regarding the Creation of a Developmental Environment that Supports the Correction of the Cognitive Activity of Children with Intellectual Disability

Author(s): Athanasios Kateris / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

Teaching children with intellectual disability is a particularly challenging task because of their limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior. Their learning characteristics demand specific curriculum content and instructional strategies. Furthermore, although a carefully designed and positive learning environment is beneficial for all students, it is more important for their education. Therefore, their teachers should create the appropriate physical, psychosocial and pedagogical environment which can promote their cognitive activity and the full development of their strengths. In order to investigate how everyday school life teachers, perceive and try to establish the optimal environment for their intellectually disabled students, a survey on special education teachers’ perceptions and practices has been conducted. The results have shown that the participants are well aware of the importance of all aspects of the appropriate learning environment for their students with intellectual disability and that they try to establish this environment in their everyday school life in order to enhance their cognitive activity.

Педагогика на физическата култура – гранична педагогическа наука

Author(s): Chavdar Sotirov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

The article presents a brief historical analysis of the formation and development of the pedagogy of physical culture, presenting facts and arguments in its defense against the background of the philosophical-pedagogical culture science. The idea of ​​writing this article arises from the tangible penetration of the concept of physical culture in pedagogical literature and rhetoric. The aim of the study is to justify the right of existence and the vitality of the phrase “pedagogy of physical culture” 1), which is apparent from the cohesive blend of the two basic concepts: “pedagogy” and “physical culture”. The introductory remarks logically lead to the methodological need to clarify the subject matter of the research as much as possible. In this respect, taking into account the theoretical base of general pedagogy, the subject of research is assumed to be the overall process of formation and purposeful development of the physical culture of the individual in the conditions of education, training and overall development, the aim of the research being pedagogical functions of the pedagogy of physical culture, which we consider to be within the interdisciplinary scientific fields and border pedagogical sciences.The narrowing of reflections leads us to a sociological approach to studying culture and considering education as its specific institution at the level of pre-school education. In the course of theoretical assumptions, analyzes and conclusions, it is clear that both concepts of “physical education” and “sport” have their general and specific characteristics, but their content shapes and influences the evolution of pedagogy of physical culture. It is inextricably linked with the other substructures of the social system - education, health care, science, culture, ecology etc.

Взаимодействие между децата с различни възможности и животни¬те

Author(s): Svetoslava Saeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2019

This paper presents both pedagogical and ethical issues of the interaction between children with different abilities and animals. There is an official suggestion for terminology change – from “children with special educational needs” to “children with different abilities”. Some of the alternative aspects of the possibilities for pedagogical interaction with animals are presented and discussed in order to develop positive personality qualities in children with different abilities.

Глазодвигательная активность при чтении у детей младших классов с разной степенью сформированности навыка чтения

Author(s): Mariam Moiseevna Bezrukikh,Vladimir Ivanov / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1/2019

The study identified differences between good and poorly-reading first-grade students. This reflected in the shorter duration of fixations, the greater amplitude of saccades and the speed of reading, as well as the partial influence of the “complexity” of the text on the amplitude and number of regressive saccades. The differences were related to the degree of maturity of cognitive processes included in the psychophysiological structure of reading as a special type of cognitive activity.