MEDIATION IN RESOLVING CONFLICTS BETWEEN CHIMERIC SCHOOL GROUPS – A RESTORATIVE PRACTICE IN SCHOOL

The relatively new phenomenon in school settings – chimeric school groups – creates new school ethos and deserves privileged attention and research. Apparently, new approaches are needed too. Mediation as a universal restorative practice has been adapted to sc...

THE CONTRIBUTION OF MODEL TEACHING AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT TO PHYSICS TEACHING: FARADAY’S LAW OF INDUCTION

This study aims to enable the subjects of physics lessons to be understood easily and permanently, to help the students associate the subjects with life when they do their jobs, and to develop the feel that they can construct a material through the information...

ACID MODIFIED BABY POWDER BASED TALK – A SORBENT MATERIAL FOR THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY

Baby powder based talc (BP) is modified by keeping in 0.3 M HCl solution at room temperature for 24 hours. The product, acid modified baby powder based talc, is called “modified-BPT”. Modified-BPT is investigated for their usefulness in the stationary phase o...

THE NOVEL METHODS OF POLYMERIZATION AT HAND

In this account, the newly discovered methods of polymerization are briefly presented. Glances of their emergence, their characteristic features, their proposed mechanisms, and a few of their applications and uses are herein highlighted.

A CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF PROFESSOR CHRISTO IVANOV

The article presents the life story of the well-known Bulgarian organic chemist and university lecturer Professor Christo Ivanov as researched by members of his family. The author is his son who was Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Medical Un...

CONTEXT-BASED CHEMISTRY LAB WORK WITH THE USE OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEARNING SYSTEM

The paper aims to show how the context-based approach can be applied to teaching the analytical chemistry course to the university students with major in food processing technology and food expertise. The article describes the principles that underlie the cont...

VARIATION DEGREE IN E-LEARNING COURSES: ASSESSMENT THROUGH FEATURE MODELS

The current paper presents a model for assessing e-learning courses through the application of quantitative methods based on feature oriented domain analysis. The approach gives an opportunity to assess: 1) the variation degree of electronic courses speci fi...

TEACHING ABOUT THE BOOK OF NATURE: THE CHALLENGE OF DEMYSTIFYING CHEMISTRY AT SCHOOL LEVEL