SCIENCE AND EDUCATION IN MODE 2 SOCIETY

The paper traces out the development of ways of knowledge production, using the concepts of Mode 1 and Mode 2. It is outlined that in the “knowledge society” significant changes occur in academia-industry interactions, as well as in the science – society relat...

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY FACULTY: А SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

This paper shows the process of how university faculty master new training programs on professional development courses, held at the RIPD. As a result of the course, the participants expand their professional capabilities by obtaining additional skills, requ...

ASSURANCE OF QUALITY TRAININGS EXECUTION TROUGH IMPLEMENTING TRANSPARENT SELECTION PROCEDURES OF SUBCONTRACTORS

During the global economic downturn, it is essential to fully exploit the potential of each person and continue to encourage larger, more efficient and targeted investment in quality education and training. These measures are mainly aimed at improving the con...

ELECTRONIC LESSONS – ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

This article deals with one of the important problems in modern didactics, namely the implementation of e-learning in Bulgarian schools and the use of electronic lesson as a mean of increasing the efficiency of learning.

FOR A MORE HUMANISTIC ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY IN BULGARIA (А Concept Study Assisting the Drawing of a New Education Act)

The author of the publication provides a concept study through which he sustains the necessity of a more humanistic traditional and innovative educational strategy in the drawing of a new Education Act in Bulgaria.

ASSESSMENT OF PROBLEM-SOLVING COMPETENCE IN PISA 2012

The article presents an analysis of student performance in the computer-based modul of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA 2012), which measures students’ problem-solving skills. PISA is an OECD project. The Centre for Control and Assessme...

USING THE RESULTS OF A NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT