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This paper provides an example of an innovative science activity applied in a science methods course for future elementary teachers at a small university in northeastern Turkey. The aim of the activity is to help prospective elementary teachers understand science concepts in a simple way and see an innovative teaching example.
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In the article an algorithm has been introduced for the making, conducting, assessment and improvement of a dynamic e-test in the form of the matriculation examination in geography as a part of the activities during the enrolment campaign of South-West University “Neofit Rilski” – Blagoevgrad in the years 2016/2017. The test has been applied throughout high-schools located in various parts of the country – Blagoevgrad, Petrich, Kyustendil, Slivnitsa, Vratsa, Vidin, Velingrad and Dimitrovgrad – with the participation of 86 students from the 11 and 12 grades. An automated statistics’ item analysis of the electronic educational platform “Blackboard Learn” has been performed. As a result of this, the amount of question ns in the database has been reduced and some questions have been edited.
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The main problem discussed in this article is related to the reasons as to how and why fear dominates students’ learning process in education institutions. A right approach toward the topic requires first an investigation of the cognitive aspects of fear, especially when we talk about nature and science knowledge and studies. The research reveals and analyses the main concept characteristics of fear, connected to different ways of thinking and understanding the learning process. Some fear barriers of the learning process have been outlined. The empirical defense of the ideas is based on the research ideas of Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist, and his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making in conditions of inexplicitness. The empirical data used for the research includes inquiries into students and teachers’ opinion of fear of learning. It is based on the concept of cognitive niches in thinking, which become barriers to learning. In the field of natural science education this problem deserves special attention.
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The article unveils the transcendental nature of consciousness in classical Buddhism. The specifics and structure of psyche in Abhidharmistic philosophy is clarified. The unsubstantialistic character of dharms is formulated. The paper also presents the structures of Buddhistic subjectivity, as well as the significance and functions of Buddhistic “contemplation” (dhyana) are revealed.
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The goal of this article is to ground the ontologization of the logical subjectivity of philosophical thinking. The arguments for the thesis that “existence” is equivalent to the logical subjectivity of thinking in phenomenological form, defined by transcendental logical language, are shown. Ontology is a system of transcendental languages. The principle of every transcendental language is an introduction of the a priori logical relativity in the construction of possible phenomenological models of “existence”. The logical relativity does not allow the thinking of logical subjectivity, which has ontic genesis. The transcendental language constructs in ontological form the logical subjectivity, as well as eliminates a priori the logical contradiction, from which follows the destruction of language. Ontology understood as transcendental language is relative topology which determines a priori the logical topos of the possible logical subjectivity of consciousness.
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The aim of the paper is adumbrating of approaches towards the explication of such type of theories and theoretical models within scientific knowledge that could be assessed to be non-classical. Criteria for such assessments ought to have in mind the specific character of the research domain and the mode of theorizing in the different scientific fields.
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We know Ovid as “tenerorum lusor amorum” – as how he defines himself. In Amores Ovid chants his beloved Corina. He is glad when his beloved answers to his feelings, suffers from her treason, longs to see her when they are separated. What happens to “the singer of gentle love” in time then? What is the reason for his sadness? The sadness is so strong that he calls his elegiac collection – Tristia. The exile to Tomis overwhelms his whole life. In 8 AD. Principe Octavian August punishes Ovid, sending him to exile in Tomis on the Black Sea coast. The reason for the punishment according to Ovid is “poetry and a mistake”.
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This article is concerned with a short review of the development and the perspectives of the analytic philosophy of education. The first part of the text describes the historical development of the movement and some of the basic topics involved in the major works of the supporters of the analytical approach. The second part examines the reasons for using conceptual analysis in the field of education, and the latter – the need to apply conceptual analysis in conducting research on education in Bulgaria.
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An International Astronomical Program for the discovery and tracking of asteroids has been developed. The results from the work of students in observational campaigns are discussed. The collaboration between scientists, university students and high school students is outlined.
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The article presents the experience in the extra-curricular activity of using information technologies and interdisciplinary links between the subjects of physics and astronomy, geography and economics and biology and health education in the lower secondary level as means of interactivity.
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The report examines the extra-curricular activities of the Club “Multi-Visually” – creating projects, exhibitions, brochures, etc. Work on them is an appropriate means of forming new knowledge, skills and competencies to provoke creative thinking and natural learning through the use of interactive methods and tools.
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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.
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“Student Space Agency” was established and many students were educated in its different forms and programs. This initiative can be considered as successful for the students, as well for the teachers. The activity of this Agency during the years was listed and commented.
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This report illustrates a possibility for using modern computer technologies for the purpose of involving students in real research projects, modernizing the educational content and increasing the number of astronomy classes. Students acquire methodological skills, they profit from their knowledge in physics and computer sciences and see their application in real life.
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Visual aids are the basis of teaching. They have an active leadership in thinking and perception; they are included in the teacher‘s exposition and are often based on them; allow concordance of hearing and visual perception; allow the teacher to accomplish a variety of didactic goals and tasks; allows them to be applied in the process of self-employment. They can also be used in a complex way to place learning problems, to instruct the students before their practical work with naturally supervised means of activating the learning process. The various visual aids should be combined wisely to give pupils more specific and, in turn, versatile ideas about physics and physical phenomena studied.
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In technical universities the discipline of Physics is studied by the majority of the students. Many of the first-year students at the Military Academy „N. J. Vaptsarov“do not have the necessary groundwork for this. The weaker results of the students in recent years show that they are not ready to acquire the necessary knowledge and practical skills for the short time of fundamental preparation. Even the most elementary university course teaches many new key concepts that remain undigested from the beginning. This leads to a misunderstanding or mechanical reproduction of their applications, which is the complete opposite of the ultimate goal of training future engineers. The presented project studies the dependency between the different levels of preparation of the students in mathematics and physics at the beginning of the semester and their results at the end of the training. For the purpose of the study, 215 first-year students were interviewed and a statistical analysis of the collected data was carried out. The obtained results will help to develop, discuss and propose initiatives to improve the training in the Department of Mathematics and Physics.
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A didactical model of training of students in physics and engineering was developed by using of different internet-based learning sources. An attempt of evaluation the didactic value has been made.
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These students’ competitions were realized in the Vasil Levski National Military University – Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria). They appear to be successful tools for enhancing the interest of students to physics in collaboration with people from other universities and secondary schools.
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This report shows one of the contemporary methods of malignant neoplasms’ treatment – brachytherapy. Solid or liquid radioactive sources are used. Brachytherapy is a type of intercellular radiotherapy in which the source of radioactive energy is placed near the organ or directly in it. The ionizing energy destroys the structure of DNA and thus hinders cell division. During the treatment, specially targeted radiation is delivered to the tumor without any damages to the surrounding tissues and organs. The advantage of brachytherapy, compared to EBRT is that the damaged cells are fewer. In brachytherapy, radioactive materials are implanted in the form of seeds or liquids via feeder. The radioactive seeds consist of a titanium capsule containing a redioactive element 125I or 192Ir and a metal radiographic marker for tracking the capsule. Brachytherapy is used for treatment of cancer of the prostate, vagina, cervix, breast, skin, esophagus, face and neck, gallbladder, etc. In Bulgaria, brachytherapy is practiced in Sofia, Stara Zagora, Shumen and Veliko Tarnovo. In the oncology center in Shumen between 150 and 170 patients are treated with brachytherapy every year which is 1/6 of all patients, being treated in the center.
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