Year XCVII, Issue 7, 2025<<Archive>>
In this issue:
Rеsеаrch Insights
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DIGITALISATION AMONG STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING SMART HIGHER EDUCATION
This article explores certain psychological effects of digitalisation in smart higher education. Specifically, the study examines the impact of students‘ digital competencies on two psychological constructs: self-efficacy and well-being. A dedicated empirical...
digitalisation; smart higher education; students, digital competence; self-efficacy; well-being
PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR MASTERING THE DIVISION OF NATURAL NUMBERS BY A TWO-DIGIT NUMBER
The educational reforms implemented in Bulgarian education over the past few years have affected mathematics education in the early stages of schooling. The changes that have taken place are clearly distinguishable in the curricula for mandatory education. The...
primary school; math education; division of natural numbers by a two-digit number; digital resources
INSIGHTS FROM EXPLORING PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS ON CORE CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
This research explored the impact of variables including school cultural structure, level of education, and teaching experience on primary school teachers’ perceptions of the core characteristics of intercultural education. Two separate scales from Bedeković’s...
teacher training; cultural diversity; intercultural education; perceptions; multicultural schools
SIGN SUPPORTED SPEECH MULTIMODAL TECHNIQUE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING OF BULGARIAN HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN
This paper is dedicated to an experimental study, that aims to identify the effect of Sign Supported Speech on the optimization of teaching English language to Bulgarian hearing impaired children. The study involves 32 deaf and hard of hearing children (ages 9...
English language teaching; hearing impaired children; multimodal; sign supported speech; total communication approach
RELATION OF SOCIO-EMOTIONAL TO COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT
The pilot study presented examined the relation of social and emotional development and cognitive developmental outcomes in children and students with SEN, chronic illness, at-risk, gifted, and typically developing children and students. The study included 141...
inclusive education; social and emotional development; mainstream education
EXPLORING FACTORS DETERMINING THE ATTITUDES OF PROSPECTIVE PRIMARY TEACHERS TOWARDS THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SCIENCE EDUCATION
This study aims to contribute to the ongoing discourse by examining the subject-specific integration of AI, focusing on how prospective teachers perceive, engage with, and adapt these tools to create personalized and differentiated science learning experiences...
GenAI; ChatGPT; primary science education; instructional design; pre-service teachers
PREDICTING STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: MODERN APPROACHES AND TECHNIQUES
Student academic performance is an important indicator for measuring the quality of the educational process and contributes to the advancement of higher education institutions in rankings. Predicting student success allows for early prevention of dropout of st...
student academic performance; prediction, artificial intelligence; machine learning; eXplainable Artificial Intelligence
ONLINE EXAMS: INSIGHTS FROM STUDENTS’ SURVEYS ON CHEATING AND LEARNING PREFERENCES
Research on online exams reveals mixed reliability. A survey conducted at Sofia University among 56 students aged 20–22 focused on attitudes toward cheating and the role of exams in higher education. Key findings show that 80% of respondents admitted to some f...
online exam; cheating; copying; in-person education
THE DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS PREPARING TO BECOME PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS – APPLICATION IN PRACTICE
This article examines the experience of students - future primary school teachers studying at the Pedagogical Faculty of Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski” in relation to the use of information and communication technologies during their current practice...
students; primary school teachers; digital competences
THE SYNERGY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION – FINE ART IN STUDENT EDUCATION
The article presents an analysis of the possibilities of applying the interdisciplinary approach, in the study of еducation for students of pedagogical specialties, with an emphasis on the synergy of environmental education - fine art. The use of the poster as...
pedagogical synergy; environmental education; competences; STEM; interactive methods; poster