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Protest is first full-day strike since Prime Minister Viktor Orban took power in 2010.
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The article deals with the education of Bulgarian specialists in higher and vocational Romanian schools in the period 1878–1912. The author specifies their total number, the schools they were trained at and the courses and subjects they studied. The research is based on abundant and diverse sources (unused so far archival documents of Bulgarian repositories, originals of diplomas, certificates, official correspondence; ministerial orders providing grants and one-off cash benefits for Bulgarian students in Romania; Bulgarian and Romania studies on the topic, reference books, etc.). These sources make it possible to compile a list with the names and the most important personal data of 143 Bulgarians who studied at the University of Bucharest and other higher education and vocational education institutions in Romania during the survey period
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The National female professional school in Tuzla started with work during 1916/1917. The school was located at the second floor of Gymnasium, where it had two large and two small rooms. In period 1916.-1929. classes have been tought by 23 teachers. School manager from 1916. to 1922. was Marija Dragutin, and from 1922. to 1929. Ljubica Jovanovic. At the end of their schooling students had to pass final exams from sewing and tailoring, as well as oral exam from manual work, drawing stitches, accounting, knowing materials and costumes, household managing. Interest of girls for signing in the school was huge not only in Tuzla but also from surrounding area. First school year started with 50 students, while during 1927/1928. there were 128 regular students of all confessions. School enjoyed good reputation among Tuzla's inhabitants that additionaly motivated school-management to improve the quality of classes as much as possible.
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This paper aims to provide a reflective look on fostering a ‘safety culture’ environment by providing oil and gas industry professionals with an opportunity to gain a recognised qualification relevant to their daily work. On a practical scale, safety culture can be stimulated by Control of Work programmes, combining various elements of safety and risk management, human factor management, effective communication and safety leadership. The Mintra Academy takes safety-related training to a new level by making training more contextual and compliant with industry standards utilising the Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework.
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This paper aims to analyse the implications of oil price fluctuations for a competitive landscape in the oil and gas industry. As one of the global oilfield providers of engineered services and products primarily to offshore, Oceaneering evaluates the potential of building in-house expertise through accredited training. This approach would enable the company to develop necessary capabilities, ensuring that the current and future skills requirements are in sync with the company’s plans.
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the perceptions and awareness that school leavers and university students, aged between 14 and 25 in Dundee, have of the Scottish oil and gas industry in relation to skills shortage issues faced by the industry. A survey was carried out in one secondary school and one university in Dundee with a total of 145 respondents taking part in the survey. Findings indicate that school leavers and students have certain misperceptions of the Scottish oil and gas industry and hence more effort is required to communicate the attractiveness of the industry.
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The rapid pace of technological innovation, globalisation and the subsequent intensified market competition have promoted the growth in the demand for, and supply of, competent workforce. Knowledge and innovation are perhaps more important than the tangible assets of a company. Every organisation has intangible assets which they do not report on their balance sheet. The rise of knowledge economy signals the growing importance of intangible assets, namely intellectual capital. For some businesses, intellectual capital is probably the key driver of value creation. Thus, knowledge constitutes the dominating resource in knowledge-oriented companies. This paper focuses on the theme of continuous education and its repercussion on the intellectual capital of companies as well as on its market value. Thus it aims to analyse the existing correlations between these variables.
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The purpose of this article is to outline the similarities in the areas designated by the concepts of social pedagogy and social work, by examining the nature of the relationship between them, and to argue possible directions for their differentiation. The hypothesis of the study is that there is similarity in the meanings signified by social pedagogy and social work, and even that within certain parameters this similarity represents uniformity. The methods of the study are theoretical review and education documents in English, French, Russian and Bulgarian from the recent years. The main findings show that these signifiers denote processes that help interventions; they reflect the process of connection between helping and receiving help; they develop similar forms of intervention based on an individualized clinical approach centered on the needs of people, individually and in a group or community. The main specificities/differences can be summarized as the mainstays of different theoretical scientific backgrounds, i.e. Education, Medicine, Psychology (psychotherapy), etc., and/or as accessories to the theoretical psycho-pedagogical schools, i.e. cognitive, behavioral, psychoanalytical, eclectic, etc .; as specific fields of work.
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The traditional National mathematical Olympiad for University students took place in Pamporovo resort from 18 to 21 May 2017. The event was hosted by the Plovdiv University “P. Hilendarski”. More than 100 students participated in the Olympiad representing 14 Universities from Bulgaria and 2 Universities from abroad. The competition was organized in 3 groups depending on the mathematical curriculum in different Universities. The paper discusses the problems of the third group, in which students from Economics Universities study Mathematics with small number of classes. Methodological solutions are proposed.
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In the present year it is the 80-anniversary of Genadii Lavrovich Lukankin (1937 – 2006), a famous scientist-mathematician (complex analysis of several variables, boundary value problems), outstanding specialist in the domain of secondary (general) and high-professional education, corresponding member of RAO. Genadii Lavrovich has provided a basis for Russian-Bulgarian fruitful collaboration in mathematical education.
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The article presents the results from a survey conducted in the period July 2016 – March 2017 and encompassing 33 State Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Bulgaria, according to data from the National Trade Union “Higher Education and Science” at the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria.
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The article presents the economic prosperity in the hotel institutions within the borders of the tourism industry.The focus is on the economics of tourism which as a scientific discipline, researches economic relationships and in this aspect the study introduces one innovative strategy of the socio – economic organism. The strategy is consistent with the occurring scientific integration, which proves an essential tendency in the development of hospitality management within the tourism industry. The work offers two methods, conceptual and technological, both of which have methodological functions.
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The article examines the possible forms of prevention and intervention in the field of secondary education. The manifestations of violence and problematic behavior are presented through the prisms of education, psychology and law.
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Science learning was affected by various kinds of sources which students perceived and participated in classroom. The purpose of this study aims to investigate the science learning environment of preservice science teachers from Thailand and Czech Republic. Data were collected from 72 Czech and 37 Thai preservice science teachers by the six-element of CLES questionnaire. Findings revealed that preservice science teachers from Czech and Thai contexts had different level of constructivist science learning environment which is concerned classroom learning environments, and knowledge base for applying constructivist teaching into classroom. This may have implications for enhancing constructivist teaching in school context.
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The present study is a part of didactic experiments which purposes are to check the possibilities of implementation and effectiveness of some interactive methods of education in “Biology and Health education” in 7th grade. Proper interactive methods, adequate to the purposes of education of chosen methodological units from section “Role of the organisms in the Nature and their significance for the Human”, were designed. These methods were applied in real lessons. The effectiveness of those interactive methods was demonstrated.
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The study aimed to enhance Thai students’ thinking skills on learning about energy related to influence of local value. The participants consisted of 132 Grade 9 students from three different schoolsin Khon Kaen, in North East Thailand. The three participating teachers in these schools had adopted the STS energy unit that developed by researcher. The STS energy unit consists two sub-units:(1) Use energy in Thailand (issue of the increased petrol price); (2) Generation power (issue of the Mae-moh situation). Teachers had attended workshops before and during their adopting the unit. Methodology regarded interpretive paradigm. The students’ thinking skills was investigated through participant observation and informal interview for ten weeks. Their thinking skills were interpreted from the orientation of their posted questions. Based on Zohar &Dori (2003) study, three question orientation attributes including phenomenon or problem description, hazards related to the problem, and treatment or solution were applied for categorized students’ thinking skills. The proposing question in orientation of solution would be viewed as a higher level of understanding the problem than describing it, and finding treatment or solution was more positive and productive than just identifying hazards. Comparing between sub-unit one and two revealed that students across three schools gained more seeking practical solution to a given problem rather than being fixated on requiring about risks. Increasing the hazard and solution oriented questions indicated that the STS energy unit continually supported the development of their thinking skill classification from the sub-unit one to the sub-unit two.
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Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov (1828 – 1886) is a great Russian chemist. He is the creator of the theory of structure of the organic compounds. This article contains unknown details of Butlerov’s life and scientific activity. Putting emphasis on what is little known today about a scientist - unknown because it is forgotten or is deliberately hidden - has a great pedagogical value. Thus, the image of the scientist in question loses its schematic contour gets depth and lean human traits, which will enable the learner to better perceive his personality and understand his/her work.
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The text discusses the development of education as a main task and priority not only as a government policy but also its perception by the entire society, each school team, and ultimately - by every teacher. Below are some serious challenges to the professional activity of the teacher that outline the guidelines for changing the qualification system to match changing conditions in society and in particular - in the education system.
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The author shares her teaching experience in working with children with special educational needs. The text shows the attitude of children to each other. Referred are the benefits of such type of inclusive education.
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