Year XXIX, Issue 5, 2021<<Archive>>
Rеsеаrch аnd Pаrаdigms
DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW IN SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS IN THE HUMANITIES – ASPECTS OF PUBLONS’ USAGE IN BULGARIA
Based on Publons and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) data, we analyze the state of peer-review procedures' implementation in Bulgarian SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) scholarly journals. We establish the beginning of Bulgarian journals' transfor...
peer review; scientific publishing; humanities; journalology; Publons; scientific databases
HUMANISTIC PERCEPTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY – A BASIC CONCEPT FOR SECURITY AND DEFENSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
This article considers the humanistic perception of national security as a basic concept for security and defence training and education. The used scientific methodology includes a theoretical overview of the issues, covering a variety of literary sources in c...
defence training; security; armed forces; human security
Еducаtion in thе Informаtion Sociеty
HIGHER EDUCATION IN A PANDEMIC: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS BASED ON A CASE STUDY FROM BULGARIA
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an ultimate challenge affecting all areas of human activity. Higher education had to respond by revealing its potential to adapt to and tackle the negative effects of the crisis so as to keep the quality of academic education an...
higher education; pandemic; strategic planning in education; higher education institution; HEI; crisis in education
INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AND POLICIES THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF GEOINFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Modern global education is characterized by an active transition to the use of new geographic information technologies. The new educational policy orients teachers and university professors towards the introduction of modern teaching methods based on the use o...
geoinformation technology; GIS; innovative educational tehnologies; modern teaching methods
Rеsеаrch Rеsults
DISCUSSION POINTS RELATED TO TRAINING IN STATISTICS AS A SHARE OF MATHEMATICS IN SCHOOL EDUCATION
Reflections on problematic moments in the teaching of statistics as a part of mathematics school education are presented. The article concerns problems related to the predominant approach, on one hand the inclusion of statistics in school education, in which s...
statistics; mathematics; education; secondary school; syllabus
ANALYSIS OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE POPULATION AND FACTORS FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT
In a consecutive order, this article examines certain topics that connect the “living standard” phenomenon and the opportunities for analysis through a series of parameters (characteristics); the fundamental measurement methods (approaches); other social pheno...
living standard; longevity; education; gross domestic product; GDP; income.
NECESSITY FOR INCLUSION OF BAD POSTURE CORRECTIVE EXERCISES SETS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT CLASSES AT BULGARIAN UNIVERSITIES
For the past thirty years, there is a high incidence of postural and spinal disorders among young people worldwide as well as in Bulgaria. Currently, in Bulgaria, there is no legally assigned structure responsible for the regular screening and prevention of th...
bad posture; spinal disorders; university students; PE and Sport classes; posture corrective exercises