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The overall aim of this two-year longitudinal study is to empowerchemistry students in secondary schools through the integration of ethnochemistryas a Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) approach. The CRT approach in thisstudy refers to the position promoted by Gay (2000) and the following five basicprinciples of CRT by Hernandez, Morales, and Shroyer (2013): content integration,facilitating knowledge construction, prejudice reduction, social justice, and academicdevelopment. The integration of ethnochemistry is applied to the basic principle ofcontent integration to engage students with their Indonesia indigenous knowledge.Indonesia has around 300 ethnic groups with differences in values, beliefs, andpractices which are explored in a limited way in the context of chemistry education.This research was conducted in four secondary schools using qualitative methodologywith multiple methods of observation, interviews, and reflective journals. The resultsshowed that the model of ethnochemistry integration in CRT approach was developedin this study and involved five main steps of self-identification, cultural understanding,collaboration, critical reflective thinking, and transformative construction can beimplemented in Indonesia chemistry classrooms. The students were empowered toexplore their cultural identity and develop their cultural awareness of appreciatingdifferences. The learning model provides opportunities for students to develop theirabilities in collaboration skills, empathy communication, and higher order thinkingskills alongside their engagement in chemistry learning. Students found that thelearning experiences have empowered them to engage in critical self-awarenessof their cultural identity, and character development within meaningful learningexperiences which are relevant to current Indonesia curriculum reform.
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The article presents an innovative extracurricular education inastronomy. The topic of the training “The Bulgarian names in the Solar system”is being studied for the first time in the Bulgarian astronomy education. Thecombination of research methods for learning and the strong emotional impact onstudents resulting from the choice of topic results in high motivation in studentsand high effectiveness in the learning process. The students’ personal attitudeand commitment towards the investigated topic contributes to a high extend tothe acquisition of lasting and profound astronomical knowledge. The result of theeducation is the creation of a richly illustrated informative database of regionswith Bulgarian names on objects from the Solar system.
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Main tendencies in the development of the conception for inclusive education in global and European context are presented in the paper. Accents in publications of UNESCO, from World educational forums and European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education are commented.
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The article presents an analysis of data from International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS) 2016. ICCS 2016 includes 24 countries / regions, including 16 in Europe, 5 in Latin America, and 3 in Asia. The Bulgarian study is organized and carried out by the Center for Assessment in Preschool and School Education.
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The present technology produces an exemplified effective model of a Bulgarian language lesson for enhancing the receptive and productive skills of the students in the high school stage of their Bulgarian language education. It is related to the tasks for reading with understanding and producing a thesis and a summary of information from source texts. The lesson structure is built on the principles of systemic, cyclical and repeatability, including various techniques and forms of work, so as to avoid monotony, boredom and the template. Essential components include the work with student portfolio on the subject and the self-assessment card of achievements and omissions. Since the lesson has a pronounced communicative orientation, its application stimulates knowledge and intelligence, develops the general culture of the student.
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The author, as one of the founders of the Educational Theater, analyzes and defines the presented educational model as a form of non-formal education, which is constantly changing following both his original pedagogically conceived concept and world educational practices built on a visual and theatrical basis. Shown is the transformation from a leadership-oriented training model to an interactive theatrical-educational model, presented by the Funny Science Theater, which involves the children in the performance as partners and analysts of their own achievements. Outlined is the prospect of the changing paradigm - from the Watch, Play and Write model to Watch, Interact and Analyze, which is endorsed by the author as desirable and meaningful for learners.
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For the last few years many researchers have been alarming about the gruesome plummeting of language, mathematics and scientific literacy of the Bulgarian students. To address this problem, the collective effort of all the factors – teachers, pedagogic experts and representatives of the education sphere, are required. The main goal of this paper is to experimentally prove the efficacy of the non-formal educational practices which are used at University for Kids for improvement of the scientific literacy of students aged 12-15. The results from the pedagogical interactions with the students and the empirical data show that the teaching of chemistry, physics and biology, organized within the summer courses (academies) at University for Kids, stimulate the development of scientific literacy at this age group.
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This article presents the results of a scientific research. An attempt has been made to find a correlation between the cultural origin, the social status of the family and the readiness of children to start school. In theoretical terms, ideas for the correlation between these factors and school readiness are presented. In order to realize the objective of the study, the following methods were used: a survey for parents, developed by the author of this study and “A test for the readiness of the children for school". The study included 150 respondents. 50 of them were children from two groups of the preparatory school and 100 - parents of the children who took part in the study. The results indicate that there is a correlation between the studied factors - cultural background, social status and readiness of children for school.
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The article presents the good practices in Secondary school “St. Paisii Hilendarski”, village of Ablanitsa in relation to partnerships and cooperation: parents-volunteers, parental participating in school initiatives and events, parents-“colleagues” and parents-teachers who are constantly available for the school life and activities of the school community.
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The article presents good practices and original solutions for overcoming difficulties in the communication between the parents and the school were presented in 44th Secondary School “Neofit Bozveli“ - Sofia, Bulgaria.
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The High Level Group on Modernization of Higher Education pays special attention and explores the issues of quality of education and new models of teaching and learning, taking into account the lagging behind of European higher education institutions and the reduced competitiveness of European higher education. This paper presents current EU policies aimed at achieving better quality of learning in higher education, recommendations to national authorities and higher education institutions as well as the more important guidelines on modern teaching and learning methods reflected in the publications of the High Level Group on the Modernization of Higher Education. Recommendations and guidelines are illustrated with examples of good practices selected by the High Level Group.
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The healthcare system in Poland has undergone a series of changes for many decades. For many years the entire system has been in a state of drift. The government has searched for a solution to this situation and a way out of the “path dependence”. Regardless of political aspects, centralisation has numerous disadvantages from the institutional point of view. In spite of the neo-classical approach in healthcare economics prevails in the literature, some scholars and practitioners propose alternative approaches, including institutional economics and its successor, New Institutional Economics. The approach emphasises the institutional environment of healthcare and take consideration of many different stakeholders, including informal institutions, thereby provides a broader view of the national healthcare system. The article attempts to examine the main challenges to the healthcare system in Poland from an institutional point of view. Suggestions are offered for how policy makers and industry players may initiate institutional change in healthcare.
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The paper aims to define Gamers as a subculture. Based on observations of Bulgarian players and the game World of Warcraft as a main example the specifics of the group and how it differs from the mass culture are defined.
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The general aim of this article is to promote the idea and organization of foster care as a protection measure and social service as reflected by the media. The media plays an important role in introducing, popularizing and evaluating the foster care – showing examples of both „bad“ and „good“ practices. The positive direction it creates is to inform the public about the service by showing these practices. The negative direction, the sceptical thinking and even the denial of this new form of care for children in need and risk, which is still seeking its place in Bulgaria and worldwide, come from the media suggestions that the foster parents are living and often profiting on the back of the children.
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