93 години ПГГСД „Николай Хайтов“ – гимназия с традиции, доказана във времето

Author(s): Maria Georgieva,Maia Rogashka / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 6/2017

This text presents the opportunities given by the “Nikolay Haitov” Vocational School for education and integration to students from different ethnic groups and with different educational needs. The text shares school’s experience in education and training of pupils from minorities and those with special educational needs.

A Comment on the Srivaths – Labarca Periodic Table

Author(s): Eric Scerri / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2017

A franciaországi bevándorlógyerekek oktatása

Author(s): Iván Bajomi / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 3/2017

In this text concerning the schooling of the children of immigrants in France, we describe three institutional solutions. We will first talk about optional courses devoted to learning the languages and cultures of the countries of origin. Secondly we discuss the problems related to educational priority aeras. Thirdly, there will be school groups created to help the children of immigrants learn French. It will also discuss the services developed to support the activity of professionals, such as a specialized journal, the website of the Observatory of Priority Aeras, and activities of the school administration units involved in the education of children of the immigrants who also function as a resource center. We also highlight the difficulties described in the analyzes concerning the institutional solutions presented.

A gyakorlat elmélete – inklúzió, interkulturalitás és megosztott iskolavezetés a kanadai frankofón iskolákban

Author(s): Krisztina Németh / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2012

Review of: Jules Rocque (dir.): “La direction d’école et le leadership pédagogique en milieu francophone minoritaire. Considérations théoriques pour une pratique éclairée.”; Press Universitaires de Saint-Boniface, 2011, Winnipeg. 363 p. By: Németh Krisztina

A Novel Approach for Kinetic Study of Alkaline Hydrolysis of Ethyl Acetate

Author(s): Mala Das Sharma,U.S.V.R. Hymavathi / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2017

We present an innovative electromotive force (EMF) measurement technique to study the kinetic behavior during alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl acetate. The explicit feature of this research is the application of green chemistry ideas that are inherent in the experiment. Using the new approach, we find that the kinetic behavior of the reaction under study follows second order with an estimated rate constant value at 25°C to be 2.45 × 10-3 cm–3 min–1. This value is in excellent agreement with the conventional end-point neutralization titration method discussed previously in the literature. The novel EMF measurement technique is simple, fast, accurate and eco-friendly. Keeping in view of long-term sustainability of the ecosystem, we feel that there is an urgent need to switch over from conventional laboratory practices to green chemistry approaches. Further, the method discussed here may prove to be extremely useful for teachers, researchers and students who wish to carry out kinetic study of other systems.

A Possibility to Teach and Learn Mathematics by Theatre Technology

Author(s): Sava Grozdev,Veselin Nenkov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

In the recent years new approaches were created to teach and learn Mathematics. One of them is by using theatre plays with mathematical content. The present paper proposes a scenario of such a play based on linear Diophantine equations.

A romák társadalmi befogadását segítő cselekvési tervek

Author(s): Tibor Bors Borbély-Pecze / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 4/2008

ERRC: Social Inclusion Through Social Services – The Case of Roma and Travellers Assessing the Impact of National Action Plans for Social Inclusion in Czech Republic, France and Portugal. Budapest, 2007, ERRC/Númena. 90 p

A Smart Mobile Learning Conceptual Framework for Professional Development of UAE In-Service Teachers

Author(s): Athra Sultan Alawani Alawani,Abtar Darshan Singh / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

Increasingly, mobile learning has been considered as a part of professional development due to its unique attributes: ubiquitous, flexible, highly personalized and easily accessible. It represents a paradigm shift for continuous professional development especially amongst teachers who have a tight working schedule. This paper will provide a conceptual framework for the design of a mobile learning course for UAE teachers’ professional development. It aims to assist teachers to continuously engage in professional development activities and mitigating challenges such as time constraints, suitability of training content, impactful strategies and personalization of learning. A smart conceptual framework based on the three important principles of learning design was developed and pilot tested. The main elements of the conceptual framework and the results of the pilot test are presented in this paper.

A Study of Begliktash Megalithic Complex

Author(s): Diana Kjurkchieva,Evgeni Stoykov,Sabin Ivanov,Borislav Borisov,Hristo Hristov,Pencho Kyurkchiev,Dimitar Vladev,Irina Ivanova / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

The article presents the results of interdisciplinary study of megalithic complex Begliktash conducted by a group of researchers from the University of Shumen. The main conclusion is that Begliktash is a natural phenomenon with interesting stone complex morphology that may have been artificially consolidated and used both to perform rituals and for calendar purposes.

A Survey of Mathematics Discovered by Computers. Part 2.

Author(s): Sava Grozdev,Hiroshi Okumura,Deko Dekov / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2017

This is the second part of the survey on mathematics discovered by computers. The first part is published in 2015 in the International Journal of Computer Discovered Mathematics. The second part of the survey contains articles published in 2015 – 2017.

A továbbképzések hatása a pedagógusok szemléletére

Author(s): Ilona Liskó / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 4/2008

Ilona Liskó analyzed the data from a research project conducted between 2006–2007 which examined the effects of teacher trainings in the Integration Scheme. The Integration Scheme is intended to promote the integrated education of socially disadvantaged and Roma children and the improvement of the institutions that educate them. Throughout the research work the background of the trainees, the evaluation and the outcome of the trainings were examined. The study focuses on the impact of the trainings on the attitudes of the teachers trained. The data showed that the effectiveness of the trainings was strongly influenced by the attitudes of the trainees. The trainings had a positive effect on the attitudes of the teachers trained but the effect was rather small. The majority of the teachers did not believe that students’ skills could be improved neither before nor after the training, and they had serious doubts about whether a successful integration between schools would be possible at all.

Ability, Examination and Inclusive Education: Stretching the Hard Lines of the Educational System

Author(s): Halis Sakiz / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The aim of this paper is to delve into the debate about the epistemological nature of ability and examination, which we have been continuously exposed to, but rarely scrutinized. In the paper, I refer to Turkey as a case and argue that the dominance of ability-based paradigm and its associated assessment and placement systems have created a new educational order which categorizes schools and students based on how they perform at a single point in time. What is more, I critically evaluate the construction of “abilities” and “disabilities” through the means employed in the education system, followed by a discussion of the examination culture as a product of an ability-based system. Finally, I propose inclusive education as a powerful means of transforming the education system to an equitable and educationally effective one in which all students are welcomed and provided with education of good quality that both enriches childhood and maximizes chances of leading a fulfilled adult life.

Adults and old people learning opportunities: case of Lithuania

Author(s): Kestutis Trakšelys / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

The article discusses the adult and old people learning opportunities for Lithuania. Adult education is one of the most important factors that determine both the development of the society and the human achievements in modern society. Education is a social practice which includes education and cultural communication in the broadest sense, as well as actions of human reproduction at large. Access to adult education should ensure the justice in the society, although scientists argue that education system is usually powerless to correct other social systems created by inequality and in justice Accessible and quality adult education system ensures better life, social mobility, and provides status. Accessibility of education (particularly adult’s) is unconsciously problem, unequally understandable phenomenon, rarely becoming the object of special investigation. This can be logical: usage of this concept gained a wider scope only in last years, when essential European political educational documents appeared, first of all, Memorandum of life-long learning. In long-life learning ensuring strategy, the analysis of present state is provided. A potential of informal adults education suppliers when integrating groups of social exclusion, consolidating local communities by raising political and civil literacy of society, what is directly related to common welfare of society, are not fully used. Seeking to increase the integration of socially vulnerable society groups, juridical base is constantly improved in recent years. The law of disabled people social integration and the law of social companies are enacted, interinstitutional programs, reflecting the needs of different social separation groups, making assumptions to develop the initiatives directed to education of social separation groups are implemented.

Aistės Valaikienės daktaro disertacijos „Mokinių, turinčių nežymų intelekto sutrikimą, ikiprofesinio ugdymo modeliavimas“ recenzija

Author(s): Vytautas Gudonis,Irena Kaffemaniene / Language(s): Lithuanian / Issue: 2/2016

Review of: Aistės Valaikienė doctoral dissertation "Pupils with slight intellectual impairment, pre-vocational training simulation"

Aktualne problemy edukacji uczniów z niepełnosprawnością w percepcji nauczycieli w różnych formach kształcenia specjalnego

Author(s): Jolanta Lipinska-Loks / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 1/2015

Education of students with disabilities is a challenge for teachers engaged in various forms of special education. Due to recognizing the limitations and problems connected with education of such a diverse group of students, new solutions are sought.This article compares the higher education systems between China and Ukraine.

Alexander Herd’s Teaching Legacy in the Context of the Development of Modern Natural Sciences Education

Author(s): Angelina Anatoliivna Korobchenko,M. M. Holovkova,Y.I. Popeleshko / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

A review of the pedagogical achievements of Aleksander Yakovlevich Herd (1841 – 1888) is presented. Aleksander Herd is the most talented pedagogue of the second half of the 19th century and one of the brightest figures in the history of school natural sciences. He worked out the system of teaching natural sciences at school, paying attention to its educational importance, and he connected the methods of teaching with the content of subjects. He was the first who criticized the dogmatic method of A. Luben, a German educator, and he was also the first of Russian educators who tried to introduce the idea of historical development of nature into the curricula and textbooks of Russia in the 19th century. Aleksander Herd advocated the use of the evolutionally biological direction in teaching natural sciences. He worked out the methods of teaching the course of inanimate nature for junior pupils.

Alienacja ojca w rodzinie z dzieckiem/dziećmi z niepełnosprawnościami

Author(s): Justyna Charasna-Blachucik / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2017

The aim of the article is to show the reasons and gather information about the alienation of men in families with a disabled child. Based on research conducted in schools (special and integration education) in the province Opole shows that the causes are different. They are trivial but are often serious and require social, educational and emotional support. The research group consisted of 130 men, but after preliminary verification and analysis, 105 men correctly completed the survey and were happy to give an interview. These are men aged 30–65 who live and do not live with a child with a disability. The research tool was a questionnaire containing 10 open questions and a certificate (father's age, age of the child, place of residence, social origin, material situation, etc.). The survey was supplemented by an interview. The results obtained divide men into several groups. An interesting group is men who do not live with a child and help and support the child's mother. Analysis of research results presents several reasons why a man is alienated from the family life. The most frequent reason is the poor mentality of men who can not bear the burden of their child's disability, can not notice any positive aspects in the disability of their son or daughter, do not have knowledge in this area, can not imagine a “normal” life. They are afraid of what they do not know. An important issue is the over-protection of mothers who relegate fathers from upbringing, as well as the lack of universal education towards disability, etc.

Allelopatic and In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Stevia and Chia

Author(s): Asya Dragoeva,Vanya Koleva,Zheni Stoyanova,Eli Zayova / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2017

Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Bertoni (Asteraceae) and Salvia hispanica L. (Lamiaceae) (chia) are functional foods used worldwide today. Additionally, aerial parts of both plants contain valuable secondary metabolites. Chemical composition of stevia and chia exhibits wide variations depending on geographic region, climatic conditions, time of plant collection etc. Nowadays there is a renewed interest on plants bioactive compounds concerning two important health problems: contamination of the environment with agrochemicals and inability to treat cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate allelopathic and in vitro anticancer activity of water extracts made from the aerial parts of micropropagated stevia and chia grown in Bulgaria in laboratory conditions. The allelopathic potential was evaluated using germination and root/shoot elongation assays and Allium cepa-test. Water extracts of plants tested had no significant influence on seed germination, but affected seedling growth. Chia was more effective in suppressing growth, as compared to stevia. Effective Concentration causing 50% growth inhibition (EC50) value was determined: 11.12 g/l (stevia) and 6.17 g/l (chia). After exposure to extracts (EC50, for 24 h) mitotic indices in root meristem cells were extremely low. In such a case it is not recommended to score chromosomal aberrations. The results of the study revealed that water extract of chia possess much stronger allelopathic activity than stevia. Cytotoxic effect in vitro was evaluated using cell proliferation/viability of human hepatoma cell line SK-HEP-1. In the present study, stevia and chia water extracts had no influence on cancer cell line tested.

An Analysis of the Barriers to Inclusion of Children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (besd) in the Contexts of Greece and England

Author(s): Katerina Lykourgioti / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Children with Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties (BESD) are at high risk of experiencing exclusion in both England and Greece. However, this particular category of Special Educational Needs (SEN) has so far received relatively little academic or political attention in comparison to other SEN. This paper attempts to point out the barriers that may prevent the inclusion of children with BESD both in terms of the theoretical conceptualisation of the category itself and in terms of the policies and practices that England and Greece may implement. In order to achieve a further yet coherent picture of the current situation, this paper has identified three different types of factors that may negatively influence inclusion. Therefore, by discussing the possible ideological, structural, and practical challenges, the paper aims to highlight the crucial need for further theoretical insight that would be able to inform and promote the establishment of a more cohesive and efficient legislative framework for pupils with BESD in both countries.

Analysis of the Bulgarian National Curriculum on the Subject “Man and Nature” in 4th Grade and the Textbooks in the Context of the TIMSS 2015 Framework: A Comparative Analysis of the Content Area

Author(s): Ivanka Kirilova / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

Bulgaria is on the verge of its first 4th graders’ participation in the TIMSS 2015 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) assessment. That is why the analysis of the Curriculum and the representative textbooks is of extreme significance. It is of utmost importance to identify the areas of coincidence, as well as those, where there is a discrepancy in order to align it with the TIMSS 2015 framework. In an attempt to provide such information, in the current article, a brief content analysis is made, and some problem areas are outlined. This could lead to reconsidering the Bulgarian National Curriculum and the respective textbooks in order to improve children’s performance and to develop their knowledge and practical skills.