Year XXI, Issue 2, 2013<<Archive>>
In this issue:
Intеrculturаl Еducаtion
GYPSY GROUPS IN MIDDLE AND WEST OF BULGARIA – TOWNS OF KYUSTENDIL, DUPNICA, SOFIA, PERNIK, BLAGOEVGRAD AND SIMITLY
The knowledge and study of the Gypsy groups is of great importance for the Gypsies themselves and their Gypsy identity, for the scientific knowledge, but also for government strategies and policies. Different Gypsy groups do have different characteristics, tra...
Gypsy groups, Roma community, Middle and Western Bulgaria
RIGHTS OF CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL CARE IN ALTERNATIVE FORMS FOR THEIR RAISING AND EDUCATION
The article presents children rights and focuses especially on one of the basic rights – to be raised and nourished in а family setting. It presents an attempt to clarify the meaning and the understanding of „alternative cares for children who are deprived of...
alternative family care, children care in special institutions of different types, children rights, social-pedagogical services for children and families
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN VULNERABLE GROUPS – NOWADAYS SOCIAL-LAW-RELATED CHALLENGES IN BULGARIA
The maim aim of this paper is theoretically systematizing of nowadays social groups in risk in Bulgaria, in which kind of life there is a real and potential danger about their children’s rights. This exposition gives a general idea of the protection of childre...
children’s groups in risk, groups of families in risk, problems and challenges
THE SYSTEMS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN BULGARIA AND GERMANY – SUPPORT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTHS
The present article has been developed in accordance with the „Innovative approaches for identifying and responding to vocational education and training needs of disadvantaged youth“ project, contract number BG051PO001-7.0.01-0014-C001, implemented with the f...
vocational training, special training needs, labor market, disadvantaged youths
Lifеlong Lеаrning
LEARNING STRATEGIES AND EDUCATIONAL MODELS
The article brings the attention of specialists in Didactic studies and those in Pedagogic Psychology to matter concerning modern day strategies of learning. It also focuses on the most recent and recommended models of education in present days. By the use of...
learning strategies, models of education, learners, educational activities, personal development
PRIORITY STRATEGIES OF SYSTEM-ENVIRONMENTAL ORIENTATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
The paper discusses the importance of the educational environment of the University in connection with the tasks of environmental education of students. The features of the development of ecological culture of students in educational activities are shown. Th...
students, design and creative activities, inter-disciplinary approach, system-environmental orientation, ecological culture
INTERACTIVE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT ON HUMAN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
The article presents the specificity and the advantages of an interactive Children’s and Human Rights Education. Main aspects of an interactive education and the opportunities it gives to each participant to compare her/his achievements and thinking with those...
human rights, children’s rights, interactive teaching, interactive assessment
Еducаtionаl Assеssmеnt
ASSESSMENT OF CIVIC COMPETENCES IN SCHOOL EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
This article is initial analysis of the problems and challenges in the assessment of civic competence in Bulgaria and other European countries. Civic competence has recently become the focus of European Union education policy where EU countries agreed that thi...
key competences, Europe, civic education, civic competences, assessment, active citizenship
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...
education, assessment, item development, test design, testing
BULGARIAN STUDENTS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES: BULGARIANS RESULTS FROM EUROPEAN SURVEY ON LANGUAGE COMPETENCES
The European Survey for Language Competencies is the first of its kind, which aims to gather data about the achievements of students in the field of foreign language studies in schools. The other purpose of the study is to determine the most successful pedagog...
ESLC, language competences, European Commission, CEFR, international survey, students’ assessment