Как мислим трансцендентното: диалогът между Карл Юнг и Мартин Бубер

Author(s): Miroslav Bachev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The relationship between metaphysics and psychology has different dimensions. An emblematic example of this relationship is the literary polemics between Martin Buber and Carl Jung about boundaries between the two areas of scientific knowledge. According to Buber, Jung allows himself to cross the border of psychology and psychiatry through metaphysical assertions, while Yung claims he doesn’t go beyond that, and all his speeches, even about transcendent objects, don’t leave the sphere of empiricism. The purpose of this article is to reconstruct this dialogue and critically analyze it in view of the possibilities of thinking of the transcendence.

The Problem of the Totalitarian Nature of the Information Society in the Context of its Influence on Social Institutions

Author(s): Vladislav Sheleketa,Vasilij Ivakhnov,Irina Dmitrieva,Natalia Revenko / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The article discusses the features of the process of transformation of human consciousness and educational culture in the conditions of the modern information society in the context of digitalization. By using such concepts, the theory of postmodernism and existentialism, the authors prove the legitimacy of the explication of these theories on the processes of transformation of human consciousness and radical changes in educational culture. At the same time, the necessity of critical reflection on the processes and phenomena from the perspective of the basic values of human life, such as love, moral values, creativity, is emphasized. The role of independent and systemic thinking as a condition for self-realization is also proved. The phenomenology of modern consciousness, intertwined with the phenomena of technology, is the basis of the existential analysis of consciousness. According to the authors, it is an utmost technological and utilitarian orientation of consciousness. Consciousness today is a reflection of the technological orientation of society and this cannot but affect the educational culture, which is becoming technological. The information space modulates the independence of thinking as a support for authoritative opinions, awakening the needs for material well-being, to the detriment of the dialogic nature of thinking and the independence of thinking.

Отчуждението като проблем в Хайдегеровата философия

Author(s): Nikolay Pavlov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The concept of alienation is important part of the 20th century leftwing social criticism and a key theme of Western Marxism and critical theory. It also has a significant impact on various existentialist-inspired cultural criticism. The development of the social and economic dynamics in recent decades has aroused interest for a different interpretations of this classic question. The following text is an attempt for ontological rethinking of the problem through the existential concepts of Martin Heidegger. This happens with the interpretive reading of several of those key concepts.

On striking Similarities between Chapters XIV – XIX of Machiavelli’s The Prince and the Fifth Book of Aristotle’s Politics

Author(s): Aleksandr Mishurin / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

In the article, I try to refute an old and widespread superstition according to which the new political philosophy created by Niccolo Machiavelli breaks with classical political philosophy by taking a novel position toward the political; that is, that classics were idle “idealists” while Machiavelli is a coldblooded “realist”. To do that, I compare the most explicit part of The Prince (chapters XIV-XIX) with the end of the fifth book of Aristotle’s Politics and attempt to show that in the most pivotal chapters of his most famous work, the Florentine, in fact, often borrows Aristotle’s advice on how to preserve a tyrannical rule.

Църковният събор от 1360 г. в Търново и българо-еврейският религиозен конфликт от 50-те години на XIV век

Author(s): Hristo Saldzhiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2021

The article focuses on problems relating to the Jewish community’s origin in medieval Tarnovo, the reasons that provoked the Bulgarian-Jewish conflict from the 1350ies and its aftermaths. The hypothesis that Tarnovo Jews originated from Byzantine and appeared in medieval Bulgarian capital at the end of the 12th century as manufacturers of silk is proposed. The religious clash from the 1350ies is ascribed to the influence exerted by some Talmudic anti-Christian texts on the local Jewish community, to the broken inner status-quo between Christians and Jews after the second marriage of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander and to the reactions of part of the Christian population against the breach of this status-quo.

Към изворите на българските думи в „Български етимологичен речник“

Author(s): Hristina Deykova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article deals with the origin of the Bulgarian vocabulary according to the multi-volume Bulgarian etymological dictionary, one of the main nationally significant projects of the Institute for Bulgarian Language at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In summary, it presents the different chronological and genetic layers of vocabulary that build the Bulgarian language. The two main layers of vocabulary are emphasized - the original Slavic and the later Balkan layer, which characterize the language as both Slavic and Balkan. The classical (literary) Old Church Slavonic source is pointed out, as well as other older and new foreign sources and the different ways of penetration of the lexical units into the literary and colloquial language and in the Bulgarian dialects are revealed.

Интеграцията чрез образование на децата и учениците от етнически малцинства в България – тенденции за развитие

Author(s): Siyka Chavdarova-Kostova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article presents perspectives for the development of the process of educational integration of children and students from ethnic minorities in Bulgaria during the first two decades in Bulgaria. They are related to the application of competency complexes with similar results, realizing the goals of integration through education in the context of the idea of transferable competencies and multiple identity. Special emphasis is placed on the need for pedagogical activity in the direction of appreciation of learning by students as a way to optimal implementation of the process of integration through education of children and students from ethnic minorities

Формиране на комуникативни умения при деца с множество увреждания по метода на фасилитиращата комуникация

Author(s): Diyana Georgieva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article is devoted to the resource of Facilitated communication, which is widely used as one of the alternative methods of communication and interaction in children with multiple disorders. The world experience on the implemented alternative method through the use of a computer for the formation of skills for intentional communication in children with atypical development gives grounds for formulating conclusions about the benefits of the technology for the development of written communication. Presented is an experimental study involving 24 children with multiple disorders and pronounced autistic symptoms. The results reflect a pronounced upward dynamics in the development of communicative skills through the independent operation of the computer keyboard to encode written information. It is proved that the method of Facilitated communication definitely finds place in the education and communication of children with specific communicative needs

Педагогическа мултикултурна осъзнатост. Апробиране на скала за изследване на учителски нагласи спрямо етнически различните деца в образованието

Author(s): Mila Zlateva,Youri Ianakiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The aim of the study was to explore whether pedagogical multicultural awareness and teacher’s multicultural attitudes differ in terms of variables such as demographic factors (gender and age) and professional factors (pedagogical experience and ethnic diversity of their classes). For the aim of the present research Teacher Multicultural Attitude Survey (TMAS) was adapted. The scale was developed by Ponterotto, Baluch, Greig и Rivera and examines the pedagogical multicultural awareness and teachers’ attitudes towards children of different ethnic minorities in the educational system. The study was attended by 146 teachers from different parts of Bulgaria. The statistical analyze proved a good value for internal consistency of the scale (Cronbach’s alfa = 0,77). The results confirmed both hypotheses and indicated significant differences in teacher attitudes toward multicultural education according to gender and age variables and pedagogical experience and ethnic diversity of their classes

Aggressive Behaviour in the Context of Multiple Disabilities of Institutionalized Children and Young People – Case Studies

Author(s): Desislava Popova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

The topic of aggression is extremely relevant in our daily lives and this is why it is often the subject of theoretical and practical analysis. In the context of institutional care, it acquires specific dimensions related to a number of factors. This article presents two cases of residents of residential institutions for children and young people with disabilities, with an emphasis on influencing their level of aggressive response to reality. At the root of the interaction proposed are the ideas for supporting communication and for verbalizing desires and experiences in the context of group work. The cases described testify to the existence of positive tendencies in the ability to regulate one's own behaviour in the natural environment as well as in situations of рrovocation by others

Movement Games as a Means of Overcoming Aggression in Preschool Age

Author(s): Krasimira Petrova / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Physical education influences the development of moral, volitional, and personal qualities in individuals. The formation of behavioral culture is an essential component of the personal characteristics of preschool children. It is the result of the impact of educational and social relations and the activities related to them. Emphasis is placed on movement games as a factor in overcoming aggressive behavior in childhood.

За необходимостта от национален цитатен указател и възможностите на университетските библиотеки да съдействат за съставянето му (из опита на Библиотеката при ИУ – Варна, 2014 – 2020 г.)

Author(s): Vyara Angelova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The introduction of new bibliometric indicators for measuring scientific work puts the university and scientific libraries in Bulgaria in the need of creation of databases with citations of professors and scientists in every scientific organization. Each country creates its own citation index. The purpose of the article is to analyse existing bibliographic practises for classifying scientific references and the examine the question for the creation of a National platform to unite them, as well as creating a National Reference Register, in particular one for social studies. It is time for us to decide who will manage the combined citation document resources and how to create a Bulgarian index for scientific citation or a National Citation Index, in general and one for the social studies in particular. Social studies are less represented than the other branches of science, for example, in platforms like Scopus and Web of Science, which are the most influential platforms in the world and publishing and citation in them has more weight in the formation of the minimal national requirements for academic growth. I am using the historical approach and comparative analysis to show the practical experience of countries that have created such Registers and have achieved excellent results. I also offer for discussion a model to build a hierarchical structure for exchange of quoted data. The university libraries need exact criteria which citation to list and how the Bulgarian index for scientific citation in general will be formed, as well as the one for social studies.

Висше образование по културно-историческо наследство: българският опит

Author(s): Vera Boneva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article systematizes information about the current cultural heritage programs in the Bulgarian higher education area. The data shows that in eleven Bulgarian universities a diploma of cultural heritage can be obtained.17 master's and 3 bachelor's programs prepare over 500 students a year. Two doctoral programs are also accredited. The rich variety of curricula is an objective result of the complex structure of cultural heritage in itself. However, it is also an indicator for the fragmentation of the higher education system in Bulgaria. The conclusion proposes approaches to overcoming the mentioned fragmentation, as the interdisciplinarity of the scientific field requires pooling of competencies and efforts for better results.

Преживявания на студенти в условията на пандемия от Covid-19

Author(s): Valeri Stoyanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

Using the methodological approach of qualitative research to conduct empirical research in the social sciences, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' experiences of the present and their projections for the future is revealed. The results show that many of them find positives from social isolation in the opportunity to pay more attention to the people important to them and to work more purposefully on their own development. On the other hand, serious fears are revealed, the main of which is for the health and life of their loved ones, as well as for the future, for their career development and realization. They find it difficult to tolerate social isolation and most of them experience their mental state as shaky, as depressed. In general, students have a negative attitude towards distance learning– online, considering it inferior to face-to-face training and assess this training as a risk to their professional development and subsequent realization in the labor market.

Promoting the Internationalization of Speech-Language Pathology Education: The Bulgarian-American Cooperative Experience

Author(s): Robert F. Orlikoff,Dobrinka Georgieva / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Several collaborative projects between South-West University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, and 8 universities in the USA have worked well to improve the overall competence of students in speech-language pathology programs and practicing clinicians to better meet the needs of individuals with fluency and voice disorders. The US Fulbright Senior Specialist and EU Erasmus+ exchange programs serve as effective instruments that provide systemic and long-term impact supporting innovation and fostering contemporary teaching methods. These international projects prepare students and faculty succeed in a global, multicultural society, and in doing so, advance speech-language pathology as an evidence-based allied health science discipline.

Първа седмица дистанционно обучение в СУ „Иван Вазов“ в Стара Загора

Author(s): Toni Chehlarova,Neda Chehlarova,Dinko Tsvyatkov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The results of a survey are presented in order to support the management of the leadership of “Ivan Vazov” Secondary School in Stara Zagora in creating conditions for organizing training and providing support for personal development from a distance in an electronic environment through the use of information and communication technologies in March 2020. The results of surveys to determine the degree of satisfaction and fatigue of teachers, students and parents associated with this school, the preparation for distance learning and the first week of its implementation are analyzed. Distance learning was introduced by the Ministry of Education on March 16, 2020 in connection with the state of emergency declared by a decision of the National Assembly of Bulgaria and related to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

В новите книжки на научните списания на издателство ,,АЗ-БУКИ“ четете

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

Българо-американски контакти в сферата на образованието и науката след края на Студената война

Author(s): Simona Samuilova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

The article aims to analyze the history of Bulgarian-American relationship after the end of the Cold War with an emphasis on the changes that occur in the scientific and educational contacts between the two countries. The study is based on unpublished documents from the Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS),Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the „Commission for Disclosure of Documents and Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens with the State Security and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian National Armed Forces“, official documents and published data of American educational and research institutions, as well as the research of leading authors and participants in the events. The analysis of the changes in the bilateral cooperation after the end of the Cold War found the educational exchange programs of the U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations to be incapable of rapid transformation in line with the new political realities. Their place was taken by the American universities, which proved to be far more “flexible” and able to respond to the changing needs of time.

Светът в криза: политики и медийни отражения

Author(s): Kristiyan Kovachev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2021

Болгарское присутствие в иностранных духовных (восточно-православных) учебных заведениях (1878-1912)

Author(s): Ivan Tanchev / Language(s): Russian Issue: 1-2/2000