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NATIONAL POLICIES AND PRIORITIES IN INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION (REFLEXIVE ASPECTS)

The article examines the national education policies and priorities for intercultural education. The reflexive and hopeful picture of the directive documents of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues Council of Ministers and the M...

RESEARCHING ON THE ROLE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT FOR EDUCATING IN MULTIETHNIC SURROUNDINGS

The article reviews the results of the application of the new method of entertainment as an additional form of pedagogical interaction in the kindergarten. It ensures optimal pedagogical and psychological preconditions for enrichment of the child’s competency...

„TO BE CALLED BULGARIAN IS A PARAMOUNT DELIGHT FOR ME“⁹⁾ (IS IT POSSIBLE TO BECOME A CITIZEN WITHIN THE SYSTEM OF CONTEMPORARY BULGARIAN SCHOOL EDUCATION – SOME MAJOR FINDINGS OF AN EMPIRICAL STUDY)

We present the findings of a research project <i>Civic Education and Civic Competences in the Bulgarian School (2009-2011)</i> based on the comprehensive content analysis of all textbooks, pertaining to civic education (in fourth and seventh grade), carried o...

TEACHERS’ FESTIVAL: A NEW FORM OF PEDAGOGICAL COMMUNICATION

The article presents an interesting form of further teachers’ education in the Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) – teachers’ festival. It is organized for the 3th time. Participants are innovative teachers from all municipality regions of Republic of...

ASSESSMENT IN SCHOOL: FOR THE MEASURE, COUNTING AND METERING

METHODS FOR SETTING CUT SCORES IN CRITERION – REFERENCED ACHIEVEMENT TESTS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE QUALITY OF THE SEPARATE METHODS

The different methods lead to different cut scores. Еven for the very same judges the cut scores were different for the different methods. For some of the methods the cut scores diverged to a large extent. The methods for setting cut scores are The Basket pro...

THE READING LITERACY OF BULGARIAN STUDENTS: FIRST FINDINGS FROM THE PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY – PIRLS 2011

PIRLS 2011 is the third cycle of the IEA research project and provides information about the trends in reading literacy of fourth grade students in participated countries. Participants in the study can obtain baseline data about students’reading literacy, as w...

DEVELOPMENT OF TESTS, A MANUAL

Education has become an important determinant of the social and economic progress of individuals and of nations, and it typically ranks as one of the top priorities established by national governments. National student assessment programs play a central role i...

FORMATIVE USE OF ASSESSMENT INFORMATION: IT’S A PROCESS, SO LET’S SAY WHAT WE MEAN