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Inclusive education in Bulgaria is trying to make its way as part of the government politics backed with the relevant normative documents for the last twenty years. Although the topic is not novel, it is still actual, significant and discussable. The transition from integration into inclusion is already a fact at the normative base and is still being slowly established in human consciousness and in the practice of kindergartens and schools. The full understanding and real accomplishment of inclusive practice is a process which should be supported by the professional psychological society. Bulgarian psychologists still unsurely walk forward, participate and impose their competence in the scope of inclusive education. The psychologists’ roles are many-handed and complicated. The report conceptualizes and discusses the main activities, roles and competences which the psychologists should own, participating into the process of inclusive education.
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This article explores Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as an epistemic standpoint defiant of dominant Western knowledge frameworks, which are (supposedly) rational, objective and linear. I engage with feminist, critical psychiatry and Mad critiques of BPD as a medicalization of trauma and ameliorate these critiques by engaging BPD as both a psychiatric diagnosis and as a (non-pathological) response to traumatic experiences. I conceptualize the ‘borderline standpoint’ as a subversive epistemology and examine the capacity of queer-crip temporalities to meaningfully engage with the borderline standpoint, arguing that a framework of queer time is useful insofar as trauma (and borderline knowing) are necessarily nonlinear. Ultimately, I employ concepts of queer-crip time, including the works of Alison Kafer and Elizabeth Freeman, to open new avenues of engagement with the ‘ugly’ affect of borderline and to embark on a maddening epistemological project.
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The combination of the terms „countryside” and „tourism” is usually associated with the use of rural areas or activating them for the purpose of tourism. However, the tourist activity of rural dwellers is rarely analysed. The purpose of this article is to try to answer the following question: How do tourists coming from rural areas to cities differ from visitors who come from urban areas? With the use of information obtained from the study of tourist traffic in Kraków, Poland, statistically significant differences in the behaviour of these two groups visiting the city in 2017 were determined. The empirical analyses are preceded by a review of Polish and foreign literature on tourist activity and its determinants, on urban tourism and on the functioning of the modern countryside. The results show that rural dwellers, more frequently than their urban counterparts, take shorts visits to cities and use the services of tour operators.
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Inclusive education is possible if all children receive quality education in the general educational environment. Building an inclusive school environment, collaboration in the classroom between specialists and general teachers and effective organization of inclusive learning process is an important task facing the Bulgarian school. The practical realization of this process requires the acquisition of new professional skills; mastering new pedagogical technologies by the teacher in the inclusive class; creating an environment of respect and tolerance in the classroom where each child interacts with classmates to feel accepted – part of the school community. In response to the question of how to achieve this, in this article are shown adequate ways: for organizing the learning space; for more special organization of the educational process so as to match the diversity of children in the classroom, their capabilities and interests. The article also reveals the specifics of individual, group, frontal work with students in the inclusive class as well as effective methods for their social development.
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Alongside with the massovisation of the Bulgarian education there is also a process of feminization of the teaching profession. According to Eurostat data from 2017, the demographic profile of the contemporary Bulgarian teacher is as follows: with bachelor or master degree (93% of the teaching staff); female (84% of all teachers in the country); over 50 years old (48% of the Bulgarian teachers). This article investigates different reasons for the feminisation of the teaching profession in Bulgaria and the consequences of turning this profession into a predominantly female one. The analysis is based on the results of 30 in-depth interviews with former and current Bulgarian teachers conducted by the author in March 2018.
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The reform occurring in the Bulgarian school necessitates the introduction of new programs and courses among which is civic education, which aims at educating students to become clear-thinking citizens who participate in decisions concerning democratic society. Bearing in mind the specifics of our school we, as teachers, are entitled to search for new and less common ways of teaching and if proved successful to turn them into viable practice.
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The article considers urban gardens as a typical urban farming practice, with a high potential for organizing social energy and the emergence of intensive and sustainable social relationships in time. There are four models for urban gardens, which were created on different occasions but successfully implemented by non-governmental organizations on the territory of a metropolitan municipality. The article reveals the specificities of the functions that urban gardens perform and proves that the non-governmental sector has a huge role to play in promoting urban farming practices and unleashing the potential of urban gardens. Through in-depth interviews, the enthusiasm and the high social commitment of people who have implemented urban gardening initiatives are demonstrated. The models presented could be implemented as examples of the deployment of urban agriculture in the capital.
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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.
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Bulgarian schools are national in character but nonetheless they are part of European Schools System. This positioning raises the issues of changing the standards for school inspection. This article presents some studies in Germany and England related to the definition of the quality of educational institutions. At the same time, some suggestions for improvement of the Bulgarian standard for inspection of kindergartens and schools are made.
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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.
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Godina 2010. bila je ključna za LGBT zajednicu širom svijeta jer je tada Odbor ministara/ministrica Vijeća Evrope usvojio Preporuku o mjerama suzbijanja diskriminacije na osnovu seksualne orijentacije i rodnog identiteta. Ovaj važni dokument sadrži mjere koje države trebaju usvojiti da bi suzbijale diskriminaciju po ovim osnovama. One su u skladu s Konvencijom za zaštitu ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda i njenim protokolima, a Bosna i Hercegovina (BiH) je potpisnica Konvencije, što znači da ih treba primjenjivati, iako sama Preporuka ne predstavlja obavezujući dokument. Bosna i Hercegovina je 2012. godine, u okviru ILGA-Europe projekta, predstavila izvještaj pod nazivom “Praćenje provedbe Preporuke Vijeća Evrope o mjerama za borbu protiv diskriminacije zasnovane na seksualnoj orijentaciji ili rodnom identitetu”. To je bio prvi put da se naša država ozbiljno posvetila položaju LGBT zajednice u svim sferama života. Izvještaj je pokazao da se LGBT osobe u BiH štite samo Zakonom o zabrani diskriminacije BiH i propisanim krivičnim djelima počinjenim iz mržnje u Republici Srpskoj (RS) i Brčko distriktu (BD). Međutim, nisu održane nikakve obuke za nadležne institucije kako bi im se prenijelo odgovarajuće znanje o rješavanju problema s kojima se ova populacija suočava. Učešćem u prvom projektu praćenja, stekli smo neophodne informacije o tome koje bi aktivnosti trebalo poduzeti. Sarajevski otvoreni centar je intenzivirao saradnju s nadležnim institucijama i, zahvaljujući njihovom radu i radu drugih nevladinih i organizacija civilnog društva, BiH je usvojila izmjene i dopune postojećeg Zakona o zabrani diskriminacije, tako da on sada uključuje (adekvatno navedene) seksualnu orijentaciju i rodni identitet, kao i spolne karakteristike, kao osnove za zabranu diskriminacije. Zakon o ravnopravnosti spolova također garantira jednako postupanje prema svim osobama, bez obzira na njihov spol ili seksualnu orijentaciju. Iako je zakonodavni okvir unaprijeđen u protekle tri godine, u našem društvu i dalje postoji diskriminacija, govor mržnje i nasilje prema LGBTI zajednici, što onemogućava LGBTI osobama da žive normalan život i uključuju se u sve vrste društvenih aktivnosti.
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The study directs reader’s attention to the philosophical origin of the integration as a phenomenon. Various philosophical aspects of the integration and the inclusive education of children with special educational needs are being examined. The author clarifies the significance and the role of the axiological approach for overcoming socio-cultural stereotypes about people with disabilities, equality and freedom of choice. Philosophical elaborations for the ethics of life, for the tolerance, ideas for existentialism are being analyzed, because they are exclusively important for understanding the essence of the integration and the inclusive education.
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The article focuses on the issue of the emerging tendency of a lack of tolerance that often leads to aggression. The authors conducted a study with students from the National Sports Academy – Sofia (Bulgaria) on attitudes to work in a multicultural environment. The results show that the majority of students have a positive attitude towards working with ethnic minority students. Discussed is the possibility for developing tolerance in children through sport. Sports pedagogic specialists should be able to identify in a timely manner the behavior of pupils during sport and other activities and to reveal the reasons that lead to different behavioral responses.
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The text aims to present the experience of the educational institution in working with parents. The topic of partnership with parents in recent years has become particularly relevant. The Forestry and Woodworking School "Nikolay Haytov" - Varna strives to meet the high demands of society to maintain good relations with parents, to support their functions and to encourage them to take care of their children, to stimulate education as a process and to increase their motivation for learning. A number of activities have been undertaken to support those goals. The text shows innovation started by the team of the high school that achieved high results.
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The main purpose of the following article is to make an outline of the advantages of using an electronic portfolio in the educational sphere and to give practical information on what steps and stages to follow when we introduce it in our work as teachers. What is more, we have to bear in mind that the goals we try to accomplish are the crucial factors when we make decisions what type of electronic portfolio to use, how to organise the information in it and how to utilise the opportunities it offers as an assessment tool.
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The modern methodology and practice in the teaching of biology focuses more and more on environmental education. Primarily the changes concern the educational content, followed by appropriate amendments in the structure and methodology of teaching. The emphasis of the environmental education is no longer upon the teaching and acquiring of theoretical knowledge, but upon developing the ability for alternative thinking, opportunities for creative practical application of scientific knowledge and developing the skills for effective decision-making regarding environmental protection problems.Therefore, along with the use of innovative interactive methodologies, teaching by means of environmental projects is increasingly important.
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This article discusses the advantages of using drama as a method of education in the professional training of future teachers of biology. The article presents and discusses the results of a study to determine the attitudes of future biology teachers on the application of the drama method and its educational potential. The findings suggest that the potential of drama-in-education to enhance competence for pre-service biology teachers is phenomenal. The students indicated that they would definitely implement drama in education in their classes as potential teachers since their exposure to this technique had contributed to the development of their critical and creative skills and their confidence.
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