INEQUALITY IN THE SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

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 betwee...

TEACHERS OPINION ABOUT THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION OF PEDAGOGICAL STAFF IN BULGARIA

Adolescents can receive good training only from well-trained teachers. That is why the quality of their continuing qualification is one of the key issues not only in Bulgaria but also in Europe. The paper will present results of a national survey research rel...

MODERN METAMORPHOSES OF THE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CHILDREN‘S GROUP

The study presents an investigation provoked by the contemporary problems of the society and their reflection on the social behavior of the person in the conditions of the group activity and on the pre-school children’s socialization.

PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND QUALITIES OF THE TEACHER

The article presents the problem of the characteristics of the teacher’s profession and the qualities that the teacher has to possess. Analyzed are empirical data from a study which has been performed by the author, aimed at differentiating the significant pe...

PEDAGOGICAL OPTIMISM – DIMENSION OF PROFESSIONALISM

At the heart of this study is the category of pedagogical optimism as an immanent component of pedagogical professionalism – its nature, scope, dimension and relevance in today’s educational realities. The main objective is to diagnose the dimensions of this...

SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES AS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

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 proc...

PROBLEM-PRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES IN STUDENTS’ EDUCATION FOR SOLVING MATHEMATICAL TEXT TASKS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL

The article studies the application of problem-productive strategies in students’ education for solving mathematical text tasks in the Primary School. The author presents different options for their application and one of the productive methods used here is mo...

ABOUT THE SENSE OF COUNTING

The aim of this article is to analyze the sense of counting, its manifestation and development while building on the views of some authors regarding cognitive activity, anticipation, the interrelationship between logic and intuition, the use of visuals and...

ONTOGENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CHILD AND ITS FUNCTIONING WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT

This article deals with the issues directly or indirectly connected to educating a child in a modern family. Some ethical issues are being discussed related to widely applied activities within the public space such as ones in the social media, intervention in...

NON-FORMAL METHODS IN TEACHING STUDENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

This paper presents summaries based upon the five-year-long personal application of non-formal teaching methods with students aged 13 to 21 in the Republic of Cyprus. The authors present the main areas of non-formal education they have experienced and applied...

FOR ETHICAL CODES IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION

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 requi...

MANAGEMENT COUNSELING – AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE IN THE HEAD TEACHER’S POSITION AS A MENTOR FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT IN MODERN SCHOOL

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...

THE VIOLENCE DOES NOT RESOLVE CONFLICTS