Психолого-педагогически предпоставки за формиране на отношение към природата, като към ценност на културата (предучилищна разновъзрастова група)

Author(s): Nadzife Changalova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 9/2016

The present article conveys the psychological and pedagogical prerequisites for familiarization of children at pre-school age with the natural environment to the effect of forming an appreciative attitude to nature as a cultural value. The basic structural components of the concept of attitude are outlined. Pedagogical arguments have been advanced which prove the necessity for developing a theoretical and methodical model for the formation of an appreciative attitude to nature as a cultural value.

Неравенство в системата на училищното образование

Author(s): Elena Lavrentsova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

The article discusses the issue of inequality in accessibility and quality of education, which is rightly considered to be one of the most significant and current in contemporary socio-political and pedagogical research. It reveals the deep connection between inequality, ontologically rooted in the foundations of society and the institutional nature of education. Various constraints and barriers on the way to obtaining a quality school education are outlined. The situation in Bulgaria is characterized, where educational inequality has become one of the persistent institutes in the post-communist period in the development of the country.

Schools and Universities as Social Institutions

Author(s): Emilj Sulejmani,Shikjerije Sulejmani / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Society is a general category, which implies the area in which people occupy space and time in a part of the universe on this planet, the Earth, i.e. all of the people who live on Earth create relationships which they establish among themselves in the process of labor and outside of it; the relationships between the people who live in a given territory, country, area; the socio-political order, the economical basis and infrastructure, all developed in a specific period of history. The main subjects and objects of a society are the people. They are also the creators of labor, of the good and beautiful. The society of people does not only create conditions but it also creates means for life. By using the physical and intellectual abilities it creates a system of productive force and a system of knowledge, different from any other being. Education is a sociological and philosophical immanence, which serves as the basis for all pedagogical principles, notions, opinions, and ideas typified and transcended in the educational area and the educational being of people. Education is a sociological, philosophical, pedagogical, and anthropological process that gives people knowledge, skills, and abilities. Education, through the systematic acquisition of scientific knowledge about nature, society and the human reasoning and it leads to acquisition of skills which develop and establish specific human traits, such as: knowledge, abilities, interests and opinions for different social and philosophical views of the world. Education as a term has many meanings. It implies an institution, a process, content and it is a result of organized or non-organized learning, for development of different cognitive abilities, and the acquisition of different knowledge, skills and habits, such as reading, writing, calculus and general knowledge about physics, the social and economic environment. Education is a part of the society or a sub-system of the global social system. Since society is part of the social system, it has all the characteristics of the global society as a whole.

За етичните кодекси в сферата на образованието

Author(s): Georgi Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Pedagogical ethics is perhaps one of the oldest professional ethics, which we have discovered in the teachings of the ancient philosophers. The formation of the specific professional group of pedagogues in society is also the beginning of certain moral requirements towards them, which have changed over the years according to the socio-historical development. The lack of a unified Teacher‘s Code of Ethics has led to the downplaying of this subordinate normative document and its adoption as something insignificant in regulating moral relationships in the school.

Управленското консултиране – възможност за поддържане на равновесие в позицията на директора като ментор за успешното управление в съвременното училище

Author(s): Georgi Georgiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

This article represents the capabilities of the school head teacher as a manager in ensuring the equilibrium of the management system in the modern Bulgarian school. Here are the main approaches and levels of interaction in the hierarchy.This consultation is a type of intellectual professional activity and during it; the qualified counselor provides objective and independent advices that promote the successful management of the organization.The success of the consultancy activity is traced as it is an independent and essential element.The manager should design and conduct their consulting activity according to a set of principles representing plenty of characteristics, basic rules and methods of advisory actions that are taken into account in the course of the consultation according to the school environment.

Столетниците, или най-старите професионални училища в България

Author(s): Iliana Petkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

This article presents data from a research conducted to study the past and present of vocational schools in Bulgaria with more than a hundred years of history. The changes made in the field of vocational education and the introduction of dual learning provoked the interest. To date, the centenarian schools count 36. The study of bibliographic sources and interviews with principals has shown that even today the teachers of these schools keep the spirit of traditions and the past, but at the same time they follow the new trends in the professions, try to introduce them and pass on to their alumni.

„Образи и щрихи от Голямата война“ – един по-различен поглед към стогодишнината от Първата световна война

Author(s): Tzvetan Radulov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

Немските военнопленници в Гулаг и значението им за СССР

Author(s): Hristina Pavlova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

Between 1941 – 1945 around 3,2 million German POWs are confronted with the harsh realities of the Soviet Gulag. From them 1,1 million die of exhaustion, illnesses and hunger. This article will try to follow the journey of the German POWs from the battle field to the labor camps, their way of life during captivity and the challenges surrounding their repatriation. A considerable part of the POWs stay in the Soviet camps up until 1956. Here we will try to answer the question whether their long captivity lies in the Soviet’s demand for cheap labor or in the Soviet’s willingness to use the German POWs as an instrument for applying pressure on the Western powers and the FRG.

Кажи и покажи: за ролята на жестовете в езиковото обучение

Author(s): Ekaterina Sofronieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

This article presents three interrelated studies on the use of gestures by children, university students and teachers who apply the Narrative Format model for second language acquisition in their practice. The model was created by Taeschner (2005).The results of the first research project, implemented in Bulgaria and abroad, verify that using gestures facilitates and supports children’s second language acquisition.The two studies which followed were conducted among university students in pedagogy from Sofia University and language teachers from various nursery schools. Results verify the relationship between gestures, used by teachers and their registered levels of empathic concerns. Gestures are viewed as part of the Teacher Behaviour Profile. The more empathic teachers are, the more frequently they use gestures in their interactions with the children. This has a direct impact on the learning achievements of the children. Furthermore, children taught by teachers with higher levels of empathy show better results in their language acquisition.

Формиране на езиковите и речевите компетентности на учениците от етническите малцинства чрез технология за стимулиране процеса на ограмотяване в условията на семейна среда

Author(s): Daniel Polihronov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2018

The article justifies the need to construct and apply a technology for stimulating the literacy process in family conditions as a prerequisite for raising the level of proficiency in Bulgarian language and raising the results of the students in a multicultural environment in accordance with the state education standard for general education. Different activities for multisensory learning that stimulates the process of literacy in a family environment are suggested.

Blended Education in Higher Schools: New Networks and Mediators

Author(s): Nikolay Tsankov,Veska Gyuviyska,Milena Levunlieva / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2018

The paper presents a profile of blended education as a socio-technological network based on an analysis of their contexts of understanding in higher education. The empirical study conducted through the method of surveys with students and faculty members in departments of pedagogy in Bulgarian universities confirms the idea of blended education as a technology and as a world of mediation, as well as the concept of the changing role of mediators themselves. Still, it leaves the issue of its humanization open for discussion. It foregrounds the necessity of investment in forms of education in higher schools as a prototype of the socio-technological network.

Лидерски потенциал на директорите на училищни организации (резултати от емпирично проучване)

Author(s): Bozhidara Kriviradeva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The paper presents results from an empirical study of leadership potential of school head teachers. The study analyzed opinions of teachers in Bulgaria using an adapted version of Maxwell questionnaire for evaluation of leadership qualities.

Психологична експертиза. Характеристика, назначаване и провеждане

Author(s): Yordan Kostov,Stanislav Pandin / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

The article presents a general description of psychological expertise. In particular, the forensic psychological expertise is presented.The work of the experts will be examined in the context of psychology and jurisprudence. A professional characteristic of the aforementioned experts is presented, which underlines their irreplaceable role in terms of competences that the court and the parties do not have. In this perspective, some important issues have been raised, related to the psychological examination of the children, adolescens and adults, as well as the preparation of the relevant forensic psychological expertises.

Ученическите емоции удоволствие, тревожност и скучаене в процеса на учене по време на час

Author(s): Nina Gerdzhikova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2016

The article presents data from the survey of 12-15 years-old students. The data show that students do not experience strong emotions during class. 79,1% of students would be absent from class if they are feeling tension. At the same time, 69,7% of students never or very seldom would be left demonstratively the classes. These data clearly show the attitude of students to control their negative emotions in accordance to the requirements of the teacher to them. The educational status of the mother doesn’t influence the type of emotional behavior.

The Process of Reading and the Teaching of Reading Skills to Pupils with Dyslexia

Author(s): Blagovesta Troeva_Chalakova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2016

The paper explores the strategies applied in teaching reading skills to pupils with the dyslexia. It starts with an analysis of some of the most influential theories of reading development in languages with an alphabetic orthography and the implications they have for teaching reading skills. Next, it identifies the areas of reading acquisition that are most frequently affected in dyslexia, acknowledging the complex and inhomogeneous nature of this specific learning difficulty. Drawing on research on reading interventions, the paper discusses the focus given to structured phonics presented in a rich language environment. It suggests that comprehension developing activities alongside the development of phonological skills should not be underestimated. Additional principles guiding instruction are identified and discussed – multisensory teaching, the role of context, mixed-ability grouping, reinforcement, overlearning and metacognition. Taking into account the variations of each learner’s profile, the author concludes that accommodating the reading instruction to meet each student’s individual needs is what teachers should aim at in order to secure the most inclusive learning environment.

Eвропейската кредитна система в професионалното образование и обучение като инструмент за насърчаване на ученето през целия живот

Author(s): Silvia Tsvetanska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

The paper presents the opportunities for the implementation of the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET), in the context of the Lifelong Learning Process. There it is clarified the nature, the origin and the development of ECVET as an initiative within the European Union, that influences the contemporary dimensions of the vocational education, both for school-students and adult learners. A particular attention is paid to the problem of continuing vocational training as a form of the non-formal learning, targeted at improving to improve the professional competency of the employees and the provision of conditions for successful realization on the labor market.

Зрително възприемане на устната реч и четенето – две визуални системи в комуникацията на глухи деца

Author(s): Diyana Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

In this article are viewed the relationship between two systems in communication in deaf children – speechreading and reading in which decoding of a verbal signal is performed through the visual sensory channel. To find correlations between two processes, 40 children with impaired hearing were tested. The results of this study indicated that there is a significant relationship between speechreading and reading skills.

Проучване нагласите на студенти педагози към приобщаващото образование като неизменна част от правото на образование

Author(s): Gencho Valchev,Vanya Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 6/2018

This study aims to establish the attitudes and readiness to active involvement in the process of inclusive education in the future professional realization of students from the Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree from various specialties at the Faculty of Pedagogy, Thracian University, Stara Zagora. The main survey method is interviewing. The developed survey explores both the theoretical orientation of the problem and the practical readiness of the students to participate in the process. The purpose of the study is also related to the intention to identify existing deficits and to overcome them by updating curricula and learning practices in the process of student education.

Българските градинари под Южния кръст (Общността на българите в град Аделаида, Южна Австралия)

Author(s): Elya Tsaneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2018

The article follows the historical and the contemporary condition of the Bulgarian immigrant community in Adelaide – the capital of the Australian state South Australia. The general idea is that the settlement of the different waves of Bulgarians who have chosen this part of Australia as their second fatherland is due to the similarity of the climate and sustenance with the ones in their native places in Bulgaria. The author also shares her observations of the link which exists between the immigrants and the forms of sustenance inherited and learned at home – gardening in particular, which has been for years on end not just their sustenance, but also the center of their personal and social life and a marker of their place in the new multicultural society situated on thousands of kilometers from their initial homes in Bulgaria.

Полови различия и полови роли

Author(s): Vladimira Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2018

The text presents the physiological and psychological differences between the genders and the established reasons for them. Described are the stereotypes and the basic theories about the developing gender roles as a result of the differences between male and female, as well as the way they influence self-concept of the individuals, their social life and the consciousness of the mass in our days.