Year XCVII, Issue 1s, 2025<<Archive>>
In this issue:
Articles
PRESCHOOL TEACHERS’ COMPETENCE FIELDS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, AND UNIVERSITY LECTURERS
The presented research highlights the main professional fields of preschool teacher competence, a central feature of their university preparation at the Faculty of Educational Studies and the Arts. They were developed by a team of academic staff from the “Pres...
preschool teacher; fields of competence; professional qualification; university education; preschool education
APPLICATION OF ALTERNATIVE AND AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN BULGARIA
The knowledge and implementation of the resources of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by the specialists in Bulgarian is a contemporary issue, especially in regard of the replacement of the concept of alternative communication with the term AAC...
аlternative and аugmentative сommunication; special educational needs; education; therapy
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING
The evolvement and implementation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models in education calls for clearer outlining of AI benefits and limitations. This original research carried out in summer 2024 at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, aimed at...
generative artificial intelligence; AI-generated texts; literary fiction; language teaching
SELF-ASSESSMENT OF COMPETENCIES IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING IN SOCIAL PEDAGOGY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Self-assessment questionnaires are part of the tools applied in the assessment process within the context of competency-based learning, including in higher education. This paper presents initial results of the application of selfassessment questionnaires in si...
competency-based approach; competency-based assessment; selfassessment questionnaires; social pedagogy
EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS IN ONLINE AND FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Although COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, some important implications thereof are still recognised, particularly in educational context and through the prism of subjective perceptions. This article outlines a crosssectional study among students in education at...
face-to-face and online instruction; coronavirus pandemic; motivation and affective states; teacher empathy; university education; cross-sectional studies
CONTENT VALIDITY OF A MODEL FOR ASSESSING EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE IN BULGARIAN CHILDREN AGED 4 TO 6 YEARS
Expressive language function has a definitive role in personality development. Tracing the chronology of the child‘s language development is one of the main starting points in the process of establishing signs of atypical development, as well as in establishin...
expressive language; preschool children; semantic; morphology; syntax; content validity
FORMATION OF DIGITAL COMPETENCES IN THE TRAINING OF GEOGRAPHY TEACHERS – BASIC PROVISIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, LIMITATIONS
What digital competences are required by secondary school geography education and what is the higher education response in the context of the preparation of future geography teachers? A number of arguments can be put forward, justifying the relevance of such q...
digital competences; geography education; geography teacher training
DIGITAL COMPETENCE IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF HISTORY AND CIVILIZATIONS – REALITY AND PROSPECTS
The publication presents an analysis of the application of digital competencies in academic disciplines that are taught to students from the pedagogical profile of the Faculty of History of Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“. By reviewing the regulatory f...
digital competence; contemporary historical education; curricula; interactivity; critical thinking; electronic resources