Strategies and Policies to Support the Development of AI Technologies in Europe

Author(s): Miglena Molhova-Vladova,Petya Biolcheva / Language(s): English Issue: 3s/2023

The starting point for this particular research is to uncover the relationship between the establishment of the regulatory framework, the implementation of various European digitisation development programmes and other types of enabling environment (financial instruments and programmes) with the demonstrated performance of business and science in the form of registered patents in the field of AI. The scope of the study is limited to the specific legal documents in the field of artificial intelligence, the financial mechanisms that Europe applies to stimulate research in this field, as well as to the applications filed and patents granted for technologies in the field of artificial intelligence, namely: machine understanding technologies. The study’s main results show that technology companies follow their own technology policies to meet market demands and trends, and support mechanisms (in the form of policies, programmes, and financial incentives) are more the result of technological developments than the other way around.

Bulgaria's Technological Development Through the Prism of Higher Education Policies

Author(s): Ivaylo IVANOV,Miglena Molhova-Vladova / Language(s): English Issue: 3s/2023

The current paper aims at studying the technological development and the economic growth related with it from the perspective of the development of human brains and cognitive abilities of people, thus linking it to the educational framework, strategies, and policies, which a country sets as a basis for such development. The paper focuses on the technological development of Bulgaria and relating it to the country’s educational development. The research question set in the current paper is if and how technological development of a country is influenced by its educational policies in the field of higher education. Main results of the study show that Bulgaria has implemented a number of educational changes during the past 30 years, arguing that doing so will assist the nation achieve higher levels of socioeconomic development. There are still significant educational inequalities based on location and socioeconomic background, and overall productivity increases have not yet fully translated into sustainable and equitable growth in Bulgaria.

Pre-Incubation Toolkits for Academic Entrepreneurship Fostering: Bulgarian Case

Author(s): Nikolay Sterev / Language(s): English Issue: 3s/2023

The economic growth and development becomes more and more dependent of the innovation and technology transfer nowadays. Thus, the focus of the common economical and educational policy is moved on development talents and the policy instruments are built to search for innovation signs from the students’ bench. So, not just the Universities, but business as well, are given the priority to develop entrepreneurial training and to foster academic entrepreneurship. Accordingly, a lot of digital tools are developing not just to find academic entrepreneurs at their early stage but to create appropriate knowledge helping them to avoid the entrepreneurial “valley of death”. The paper aims to give a discussion on the main characteristics of the academic entrepreneurs and academic entrepreneurship that are used as a focal point to foster the academic innovations development at the early stage of the pre-incubation. The main thesis is that the (Bulgarian) Universities could be a successful entrepreneurial pool as they develop and use appropriate digital pre-incubation tools.

В НОВИТЕ БРОЕВЕ НА СПИСАНИЯТА НА ,,АЗ-БУКИ“ ЧЕТЕТЕ

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2023

Protection of Children's Cognitive Integrity - a Legal and Educational Context. TikTok case

Author(s): Dana Volosevici,Dragoş Grigorescu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

In the paper we propose to analyze both from the point of view of the legal provisions in force, but also from the educational point of view, the cognitive situation of children in the face of exposure to applications such as those with a wide audience dedicated to socialization. Among the social interaction tools widely used by young people and children, we have chosen the TikTok application, as an illustration of the ways of legal and educational regulation with the aim of protecting the cognitive integrity of children. In the absence of effective legal actions and educational interventions by the decision-makers regarding children's development, in our opinion, the cognitive autonomy of children is seriously affected. At the same time, we present sufficient legal and educational ways to preserve the academic well-being of children.

Анализ применения принципов теорий мотивации в геймификации обучения

Author(s): Oksana Fedorovna Abramova / Language(s): Russian Issue: 2/2023

Recently, in the field of education, there has been a serious problem associated with the motivation for learning among schoolchildren and students. This is evidenced by the statistics of surveys of teachers and parents, which are similar in that there is a tendency to reduce the motivation to acquire new knowledge among children and adolescents, which, as a result, leads to a decrease in the overall level of education and training of specialists in various fields. The text analyzes theories of motivation, the concept of gamification and the principles of its use in the learning process are explored, as well as the relationship between motivation for learning and the gamification of the process. The author attemps to identify the main motivation theories and suggests options for using them in the development of software products for schools and higher educational institutions.

Способността за учене – основна предпоставка за компетентност и реализация

Author(s): Hristo Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

The dynamic development of the processes, which are realized in the modern societies – the diversity in the adolescent generations, the entering mass digitalization, the increased demands of the employers for knowledgeable, capable and experienced personnel, create serious challenges for the educational system and in particular for the higher education. In this environment, it is also necessary to rethink teaching methods in order to improve them.

Addressing the Problem of Surplus School Places in a Municipality; Based on a Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Author(s): Phil Budgell / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2023

Initially, this paper illustrates the 20% fall between 2001 and 2021 in the population of The Province, The Municipality and within The City. It then goes on to illustrate that, despite an 18% fall in the number of school enrolments between 2011 and 2021, no schools were closed by The Municipality. The paper then indicates the two major problems arising from this lack of intervention: a large number of surplus places and a complex organisation and structure of schools; too many small school, large twoshift comprehensive community schools and problems recruiting specialist teachers. The paper then acknowledges that The Municipality has had no option other than to develop an expensive Funding Formula: the only real solution being to address the cause; i.e., the structure and organisation of the school system.

КАФЕДРА ХОРЕОГРАФІЇ КИЇВСЬКОГО ДЕРЖАВНОГО ІНСТИТУТУ КУЛЬТУРИ У СВІТЛІ ВІТЧИЗНЯНОГО НАУКОВОГО ДИСКУРСУ

Author(s): Nataliia Myroniuk / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 1/2023

The purpose of research is to reveal the peculiarities of the national scientific discourse on the issue of the formation and development of the Department of Choreography at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture. Research methodology. The methods of analysis, comparison, systematisation, and generalisation were used for the research. Scientific novelty. For the first time, the degree of development of the problem of forming and developing of the artpedagogical school of the choreography department at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture in modern national scientific discourse was revealed. Conclusions. In recent years, the researchers have paid much attention to socio-cultural, artistic, scientific-methodical, organisational aspects of the problem of formation and the first steps of the art and pedagogical school of the department of choreography at the Kyiv State Institute of Culture. Most of the publications introduce new materials into scientific circulation, which is important for the reproduction of a reliable panorama of the development of both the department and choreographic culture as a whole. Currently, it is possible to state the existence of a lively scientific discourse, which shows tendencies towards expansion and deepening. Quite conventionally, scientific works that deal with various aspects of the artistic, pedagogical, and scientific activities of the Department of Choreography of KDIK can be divided into three groups. The first group includes the studies that comprehensively consider the activity of the department as a holistic phenomenon against the background of socio-cultural development (I. Hutnyk, N. MyronIuk, A. Pidlypska). The second group is represented by the publications specially devoted to the pedagogical and artistic activities of individual lecturers of the department (I. Hutnyk, O. Zhirov, L. Tsvetkova, T. Churpita). The third group consists of the works that describe the functioning of the department fragmentarily in the context of multi-faceted research (T. Blahova and others). Modern scientific view of considering the activity of the department as an art-pedagogical school is used in a limited way, but it is promising for the comprehensive disclosure of the role of the department in the development of choreographic culture of Ukraine.

L´histoire des études françaises universitaires en Slovaquie

Author(s): Jana Truhlářová / Language(s): French Issue: 3/2023

French language teaching at university is celebrating its centenary in Slovakia. The Romance Seminary (now the Department of Romance Studies) in the Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava was set up in March 1923 as one of the first language departments in Slovakia, and French has been taught there without interruption to the present day. The creation of the Seminary also had an important cultural impact: Slovakia, which was part of inter-war Czechoslovakia, joined the French-speaking countries of Central and Eastern Europe (such as Romania, Bulgaria and others) in the 1920s, where linguistic, but above all cultural and diplomatic relations with France played an essential role. The article examines the place of the Romance seminary in these cultural relations and traces the history of French studies: alongside professors at Czech universities, it was above all the French lector Léon Chollet, Anton Vantuch and Jozef Felix who made a substantial contribution to its development. Based mainly on archive documents and unpublished correspondence, the article focuses on these founding figures and reconstructs the main stages in the history of the Seminary between 1923 and 1974.

BRITISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY – THE INFLUENCE OF STORYTELLING ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Simona Olaru-Poșiar / Language(s): English Issue: 26/2021

Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. Throughout the history of literature, British children’s literature of the 18th century has had a very didactic purpose and appealed more to the cognitive intelligence of the child than to his emotional side, to empathy, to the universe of perception, associations that all lead to imagination and free will. Having a sole purpose, that is educational, intellectual and formative, the literature of the time did not give any right to free expression, but only to means of expression for feelings and manners that society approved of. Therefore social tightness, the corset of etiquette was refraining children from expressing their own personalities.

Българистика в Ирландия? Да, моля, но малко: колкото да сi кажем наздраве

Author(s): Dimitar Kamburov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 46/2023

CULTURAL HERITAGE TEACHING IN UNIVERSITIES

Author(s): Suzana Carmen Cismas / Language(s): English Issue: 30/2022

Cultural heritage is fundamental for the specific sense of own identity in individuals and communities, constituting a non-renewable common thesaurus all members of society need to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance via mobilizing people and institutions in the process, including the political, legal and administrative entities. Multiple contemporary changes in the socioeconomic and cultural contexts alter the perception, experience and transmission of cultural heritage, with new technologies and innovative attitudes calling for the public to become active participants, either in person or online. Valuing cultural heritage generates cohesion by putting people and democratic values at the centre of a cross- disciplinary, multi-sectoral and enlarged approach. Thus history, languages, and art become clear benefits of studying cultural heritage, enhancing all individuals’ capacity of reflection, critical thinking and lifelong learning.

SUSTAINABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE VALORISATION

Author(s): Suzana Carmen Cismas / Language(s): English Issue: 30/2022

Europe’s cultural heritage is a rich and diverse mosaic of cultural and creative expressions, an inheritance from previous generations and a legacy for those to come. It includes natural and archaeological sites, museums, monuments, artworks, historic cities, literary, musical, and audiovisual works, and the knowledge, practices, and traditions of all citizens. The policy in this regard pertains to the member states, via regional and local authorities, but the EU is also engaged in safeguarding and enhancing this treasure through numerous programs. Teaching Cultural Heritage is a useful tool in searching for the historical and cultural roots, thus assisting in developing European Citizenship competencies in students, and educating them to understand diversity and the importance of an intercultural approach to life. Cultural Heritage topics pervade the curricula and point to the common roots of human civilization.

THE PROBLEM OF SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Author(s): Victoria Maximciuc / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 31/2022

The article considers the issue of research on the socialization of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The socialization of people with ASD is a very difficult issue, this is confirmed by studies in the West that only 15% of this category can be independent, but still the presence of support is needed. There is insufficient research on this issue in the specialized literature. The results of the own research are presented and the main directions of psychopedagogical interventions are included, containing the activity with children, parents and teachers.

COMUNICAREA INFORMATIZATĂ ÎN MEDIUL ACADEMIC INTERCULTURAL

Author(s): Mihaela Pricope / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 31/2022

We live in a world of technological innovation, in a digital age, and this has had an impact on all sectors of activity, including education and academic communication. This research defines technology-enhanced communication and analyses a few methods and instruments of digital means of communication in the university area, by mentioning its benefits and limitations. Furthermore, the article presents a case study, which reflects key considerations regarding technology-enhanced academic communication at a technical university from Bucharest, which aims to present aspects of digital communication in an intercultural academic context. In our society, any type of communication tends to become more and more digitalised and, that is why, universities as promoters of values, come to meet society’s needs, by the implementation of new communication methods, which make information more accessible in a very short period of time, for anyone, and which facilitates an increased interaction between students and teachers.

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN HEREDITY, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND EDUCATION IN VIEW OF THE CHILD'S PSYCHOPHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Marta Mutașcu (Gana) / Language(s): English Issue: 31/2022

It is necessary to take into account the natural development approach in which the interconnection between the stages of the child's development and the transition to different stages of preschool is emphasized. According to this approach, a child can be successful in the learning process only when he reaches a certain stage of development necessary for this process. Social, emotional and academic adaptation is significant for the child and exerts a direct influence on the formation of a positive attitude towards school, but the child can acquire socio-emotional maturity only when he is mature in development. Socio-emotional adjustment is important as a predictor of school adjustment, especially in the early school years. Also, the physical and mental development of the child must reach a certain degree of maturity so that he can benefit from school learning. Otherwise, learning becomes ineffective or, in cases of overloading the immature child, becomes even harmful. This does not mean that the mental development of children, the pace of this development cannot be accelerated or slowed down. To prevent failures, medical and psychological examination of children is necessary. This exam to identify the degree of school maturity is necessary due to the frequent discrepancies between the chronological age – the classic criterion of schooling - and the psychological (mental, motor, emotional, etc.) of the children.

Висшето образование в подкрепа на устойчивото развитие на туризма

Author(s): Petya Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2023

The article examines the ways in which sustainable tourism is implemented in education. The need for this incorporation is identified and essential components through which it can be realized in tourism education are outlined. The object of the study is higher education in tourism, and its subject is the implementation of knowledge, skills and competences in students for the sustainable development of the sector. The main thesis of the author is that implementing the goals of sustainable development in tourism education and building a new way of thinking has an impact on the future abilities of professionals in the sector to achieve its long-term viability. On the basis of exploration of existing literature, as well as on the basis of own scientific and teaching experience, a conceptual model for education towards sustainable tourism development has been built and proposed. As an additional result of the research, good international practices and opportunities for education in the direction of sustainable tourism are presented.

Предизвикателства и добри практики при практическата подготовка на студентите по „Социална педагогика“ в условия на ковид ограничения (Изследване сред специалисти и преподаватели)

Author(s): Aleksandar Ranev,Plamen Minchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2023

The article reflects the results of research among practical education specialists who teach the students of the “Social Pedagogy” specialty of the University of Sofia and the teachers who are responsible for the organization of the practical training. The research was carried out through a focus group and a survey and aims to establish the good practices and challenges in organizing and conducting the practical training of the students during the COVID restrictions. The analysis of the results allows us to outline guidelines for improving the quality of the training in the conditions of unforeseen changes and crisis situations to satisfy the need for qualified and motivated specialists in the field of social pedagogy.

В новите броеве на списанията на ,,Аз-буки“ четете

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2023