История на човешката еволюция (част 2)

Author(s): Kiril Petrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The present work is an attempt to broaden the biography of the autonomous individual. Contrary to the conception of the inborn sociality of a person that deprives him of his uniqueness and refuted by various manifestations of mental disorders, the idea of an individual way of life could explain some contradictions and paradoxes in his behavior. Being alone in nature and without physical contact with similar individuals, he had not only to develop and improve his sensitivity and the way of perceiving reality, but also to change the metabolism of his own organism. Losing instincts by changing connections with reality, he manages to turn objects into a source of information, providing him certain and safe means of survival. That information will became his personal environment unattainable for animals. An environment, which purpose is to function as an untouchable, invisible „territory“, i.e. as a consciousness.

Музеят и „културата на участие“ – проекции в български образователен контекст

Author(s): Vasya Delibaltova,Sonya Penkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

The authors accept the thesis that the conception of ‘museum of participation’ is well-grounded and perspective by the standards of the building of modern museums. The main arguments are sought in the direction of social change and its reflection on the modern museum and pedagogical theory. The ideas of N.Simon are extensively represented and the points of intersection between them and the general perspective they give have been sought. Arguments are advanced regarding the need for: Change in the roles of museum workers and the audience; Change in the conception of museum educational content and the ways of its creation; Change in the methods applied in the different programs; Change in the forms in which the programs are implemented; Change in the conception, creation, contents and implementation of museum educational programs; Change in the concept about the results from the study in a museum environment and its assessment. The described characteristics are taken as landmarks for the design of modern and effective museum educational programs. On this basis a concretization of the work of the National Museum of Military History has been extensively presented in terms of main directions of work as well as concrete programs.

The Challenge of Achieving High Quality Non-formal Teaching in Community Settings

Author(s): Terry Price / Language(s): English Issue: 7/2018

This paper is written by a non-educational professional and draws upon considerable personal experience (and that of others) of designing and managing learning based projects in communities that rely almost exclusively on tutors to deliver non-formal courses to a diverse range of learners with widely different needs and prior experience of learning. In some ways this remains a widely neglected sector within education across many parts of Europe when compared with the formal teaching of adults and children in primary, secondary and tertiary settings despite arguably facing the greatest teaching challenges. The paper will reflect on the reality for learners, learning providers and tutors and focus on the demands these make upon tutors and their consequent support and professional development whilst contrasting the reality of investment by Government and agencies in recognising and resourcing these needs and positing alternative ways in which it may be more likely to occur.

Специфика на възпитанието в спортните клубове: актуалност и предизвикателства

Author(s): Snezhana Popova,Blagoi Kalpachki / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

This study focuses on the need to analyze and rethink the educational resources оf sports training in sports clubs in our country. In the context of the new realities of life in contemporary Bulgarian society, priority is given to the preventive aspects of education. It promotes and stimulates the development of self-awareness, self-regulation and self-control of adolescents. The present work reaffirms the idea that preventive aspects of upbringing are the most important part of the overall system of prevention of destruction.The focus of the present study is on the theorizing of the specifics of the preventive aspects of the educational activities in the sports clubs. Also, on the support and stimulation of the active way of life of children and adolescents and their orientation towards systemic sports activities in leisure time. Sports educate personal qualities such as organization, autonomy, self-control, patience, determination, persistence, initiative, etc. These qualities help children successfully cope with their life tasks and overcome constructively the difficulties and personal problems in everyday life.

Капацитет на читалището за неформално образование: реален и потенциален ресурс

Author(s): Emilia Lisichkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

The article is aimed at analyzing the capacity, potential and resources of the Bulgarian house for education and culture – traditional cultural and educational community centre, for additional education of children and adults, leisure activities and animation. The opportunities for strengthening its potential of a social mediator will be considered, as well as the necessity of building its capacity to meet local learning needs through innovative forms of education. The analysis is based on the capacity of the Bulgarian house for education and culture to: identify local educational needs; motivate for non-formal learning and education; carry out innovative educational forms for children and adults; provide facilities and appropriate training environment; build partnership networks; transform social into educational needs.

Развитие на европейските концепции за обучението по комуникация на студентите по медицина

Author(s): Kristina Stoyanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

Communication in medicine and healthcare has become a central topic of discussion, and the impact of doctors‘ communication competences on patients‘ clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction has been widely acknowledged. EU educational policies on the verbal communication of future doctors are discussed as a system of educational objectives and tools, which have an influence on language and communication skills training. Enhancing the verbal communication skills of students in medicine has a significant impact on their future professional competencies and careers. On global and European level a number of consensus statements, frameworks and models of the content of communication training for doctors have been developed. The analysis of these consensus statements reveals their major characteristics and to what extent developing verbal skills is considered essential for students’ communication skills. The conclusion of the importance of a consensus on enhancing the verbal skills of doctors, as well as on the content of their verbal communication skills training is made.

Интеркултурната чувствителност на учителя като предпоставка за мирно и достойно бъдеще на децата

Author(s): Lora Spiridonova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

The intercultural sensitivity of the teacher, as an affective component of intercultural competence, has an important role in the modern multicultural kindergarten. When the teacher understands, appreciates and accepts differences among cultures, then he will be able to support the creation of the child’s identity. From this point of view, in the article are reviewed two concepts of intercultural sensitivity and are presented items for its measure.

Радостта от общуването на чужд език в детството

Author(s): Ekaterina Sofronieva,Christina Beleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 7/2018

This article presents a contemporary study on the use of expressive forms in the language activities undertaken by university students in pedagogy with pre-school children. The results of the project implemented at one of the Sofia University’s partner nursery schools in the city of Sofia, verify that usage of expressive language forms supports and facilitates second language acquisition of children in addition to establishing a positive emotional environment for communication. Further research on a national and international level is needed for the verification of the association between the language achievements of the children and the literary forms used in the language education.

Към въпроса за антонимите в българския език

Author(s): Veselina Vateva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

The antonyms with the adjectives, nouns and verbs for movement in Bulgarian language are reviewed. They are analyzed from the point of view of their structure – same root (with one or two prefixes expressing opposite) and different roots. Special attention is paid also to their semantics – contradictory, complementary or vector, vocabulary or stylistic antonyms.

Translation of Fiction as a Specific Form of Bulgarian-Slovak Intercultural Communication

Author(s): Maria Dobrikova / Language(s): English Issue: 5/2018

The introductory part of the study presents brief characteristics of Slovník slovenských prekladateľov umeleckej literatúry. 20. storočie (Dictionary of Slovak literary translators. 20th century) and basic information on the translators of Bulgarian literature who are included into it. Presented in the second part are the literary works and translations of Maria Topolska, the most productive translator of Bulgarian literature in Slovakia whose personal life and professional career were inseparably connected with Bulgaria.

Акредитация и качество на висшето бизнес образование

Author(s): Vesselin Loulanski / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

Accreditation is a process for ensuring and guaranteeing the quality of higher education services and activities, where institutions and the offered education programs are evaluated by an external organization - national or international – in order to comply with established standards. In Bulgaria this activity is carried out by the National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (NEAA) on the basis of common standards and criteria for all higher schools. This article examines the peculiarities of the economic faculties accreditation at universities and the specialized business higher education institutions, taking into account their specifics, by partially developing and building on NEAA‘s criteria system over key issues, in view of a more effective and practical study of the structure, quality and organization of the activities in these schools.

Етноцентризмът и инерциите от миналото – сериозни проблеми в българската образователна система (етнопедагогически аспекти на основното и средното образование)

Author(s): Vesselin Tepavicharov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

In this article, the author presents some problematic areas of the Bulgarian educational system related to ethnocentrism and unforgettable inertia from the near and farther past. The author’s opinion is supported by materials from field ethnographic researches and some publications dealing with the issue under consideration. Ethnocentrism is represented in its negative side in some history lessons and also in the literature that do not take into account the feelings of Bulgarian citizens of Turkish ethnic origin and Muslim religious background. As a weakness of our educational system, the practical absence of materials referring to the history and culture of the minority communities in Bulgaria is mentioned. The text also shows that this is a weakness of the educational systems of European countries at all, which in turn hampers the integration of minority communities into societies of state-building European nations. As an opposition to ethnocentrism, the educational practice in Latin America has been mentioned, where racial, ethnic and religious harmony has been achieved through the study of community history and culture.

Образованието – мощен фактор за интеграция на мигрантите в Европа

Author(s): Elena Blagoeva-Hazerbasanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

The history of the European continent is strongly influenced by migratory processes. Nevertheless, the present attitudes towards recent migration processes are quite negative – 56% of European citizens of all Member States do not want third countries migrants in Europe. Bulgarians are even more categorical – 77% of their opinions are negative, favorable opinions are only 15%.Whether we will judge refugees and other people with migrant background as dangerous and unnecessary or will mobilize efforts to integrate them is a matter of both the present and the future of Europe.Obstacles and challenges for the successful integration of people with migrant background in Europe could be found in different areas and dimentions. This article analyzes the situation and presents the opportunities offered by EU in the area of migrants’ education and preparation for the adequate participation in the labour market.

Защо приобщаващо образование?

Author(s): Iva Boneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

Роля на психолога в приобщаващото образование

Author(s): Аneta Atanasova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

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.

Функционално оценяване на потребностите и практически техники за успешното приобщаване на децата с увреден слух в общообразователната среда

Author(s): Neda Balkanska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

The ways of integration of children with hearing impairment in mainstream schools are the object of discussion in this article. The main thesis advocated in the content is the importance of adequate needs assessment of hearing-impaired children, the application of an individual approach in education that is oriented not only to children with hearing impairment but also to all children with SEN, as well and to all students in the class. The theory of multiple intelligence offers a solid argument in this direction regarding registering the learning style for each child and his/her inclusion in structured group activities that also stimulate social integration.

Консултирането в логопедичната практика: в помощ на процеса на приобщаване

Author(s): Elena Boyadzhieva-Deleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

Counseling parents and teachers of children with communication disorders is one of the main responsibilities of speech therapists. It is a process included as a priority activity in the prevention and early intervention. Three basic areas of logopedic counseling can be given to support the process of inclusive education: working with parents, working with teachers and working with the community and society. The article describes three cases, exemplifying good speech therapy consultancy practices in each of the areas that helped inclusion of children with special educational needs and communicative disorders.

Професионалният опит и подготовката на учителите за успешна реализация на приобщаващо образование в детските градини

Author(s): Maria Atanasova-Trifonova,Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova,Luboslava Peneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

The article presents the interrelations between different factors found in empirical study and the self-esteem of teachers about the success of their work with children with special needs and their confidence in the realization of the goals of inclusive education. In the regression analysis, significant correlations with the confidence and success of teachers are identified with the factors such as place of habitation, number of children in the kindergarden, participation of teachers inclusive education courses, as well as their professional experience with children with specific needs. All variables except one - the place of habitation are in positive correlation. In this framework, some issues concerning the educational environment, the professional qualification and the specialized experience for working with children with specific needs of the children’s kindergarten teachers in Bulgaria are analyzed.

Културният контрастен опит като отправна точка за междукултурните и културните процеси на учене

Author(s): Mina Hubenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 8/2018

This paper attempts to put forward some problems of teaching in relation to cross-cultural communication. The introduction of cross-cultural issues in teaching is a logical consequence of the integrative tendencies which are getting more and more popular. The new circumstances require a different attitude towards the learners. They should be viewed as subjects of their own culture on the one hand, and as representatives of the foreign culture through the culture studied, on the other hand, the problem is discussed in terms of its cognitive, emotional and pragmatic dimensions.

Алтернативи в обучението по българска литература зад граница. Ролята на интегрираното обучение в изграждането на национално самосъзнание

Author(s): Violeta Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016