Pedagogical Almanac

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Authors: Editorial Board

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Authors: Delyan Penchev

The increasing role of statistical methods in social sciеnces and particularly in pedagogy cannot be argued. Especially in quantitative research, these methods provide a high degree of objectiveness and precision that cannot be achieved with other methods or procedures. That is why educationalists have to acquire deeper knowledge of the specifics of statistical methods and the features of their application. In the analysis of these aspects of pedagogical research in this article, the most commonly used statistical methods in them are outlined. For this purpose, the author has explored 96 doctoral dissertations with regard to the application of different statistical methods for data processing.

185-192

Authors: Bojin Nedialkov, Nadia Nedialkova

This article discusses some of the most important prerequisites for building and organizing the didactic structure of music education at the university level in the midst of a pandemic. The emphasis is on the methodology in designing online learning. The principles of carrying out the preliminary preparation for the transition to the new synchronous1 and asynchronous2 training are described. The basic rules for building and organizing online lectures in the conditions of distance learning are systematized. Models for asynchronous lectures according to already established principles are presented. An analysis of the difficulties and dangers of constant home office work has been performed. The authors of this article share their pedagogical experience regarding the specifics of conducting individual and group music disciplines in the context of distance learning, giving basic recommendations on the structuring of the learning process, which can be used not only in a pandemic situation, but also in the future for more flexible, modern and effective education related to constantly improving technologies.

199-205

Authors: Hristina Fidosieva

The study of learning support is carried out in the context of inclusive education and with a view to its purpose to respond to the diversity of student needs. As an act of pedagogical interaction, support has a key role in the formation of the complex autonomy of children and students. Defining pedagogical characteristics of learning support allows us to discover its meaning and power of action in pedagogical practice at school level, the learning space and the systematization of the responsibilities of those involved.

223-228

Authors: Penka Kuneva

The report discusses traditional singing games in English and the benefits of their use in teaching English as a foreign language, especially in teaching modules developed according to the interests of primary school students. A review of scholarly articles has been made and some conclusions about using singing games in teaching and learning English as a foreign language has been presented.

235-259

Authors: Ivanka Mincheva

The paper studies solving a triangle in primary school mathematics education. It proposes a system of problems reflecting the classification of the concept of triangle according to the sides and the angles. Each subsystem of a given main system includes a basic problem with generalized formulation and a sample solution followed by problems illustrating the basic problem. The methodological analysis encompasses some didactic components – short description, construction/drawing, sample solution, necessary component concepts, component pieces of knowledge and component problems. All drawings in the study have been made by using the mathematical software GeoGebra in order to ensure dynamism and clarity, and subsequently to achieve easier understanding of a problem and finding out its solution.

267-275

Authors: Fidanka Vasileva, Andjel Vasilev, Raquel Font Llado, Georgi Georgiev

This pilot study has been carried out on a sample of 51 participants – children aged 6–8 years, pupils in grades 1 and 2 at Elementary School Dimkata Angelov-Gaberot in Vatasha, Kavadarci, Republic of North Macedonia. The main objectives were: 1) to assess explosive leg power and flexibility of lower back and hamstring muscles; 2) to compare these parameters by age and sex. Measurement of anthropometric characteristics (height, weight and BMI) and assessment of explosive leg power and flexibility of lower back and hamstring muscles were performed in the school. In order to examine whether data have a normal distribution, skewness and kurtosis values and Kolmogorov–Smirnov test were used. Basic mathematical and appropriate statistical methods were used to calculate descriptive statistical parameters. Student’s t-test was applied to test the difference between groups formed based on age and sex. Boys in grades 1 and 2 showed better results than girls in standing long jump (SLJ) test, while girls in Grade 1 performed better in flexibility test (FT). Second graders who have been involved in Physical Education classes longer than first graders, have shown better results in SLJ test than first graders. The reason for this outcome is that second graders have practiced more and have a better performance technique that influenced the jump distance.

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Authors: Angelina Marinkova

Learning and improvement are impossible without teaching. Pedagogy exists to impart knowledge and skills as directly and rigorously as possible, but it is rather an art than a science, since art creates rules, while science obeys them. The only rule of art is that there are no rules, no absolute truth. Pedagogy works with personalities and individuals, which science cannot do although scientific rules are vital to the teaching process: know the rules, when to obey them, and when to break them. Thus, all teaching is connected across all cultures and traditions. Violin pedagogy is no exception. The earliest documentation of violin teaching in Bulgaria is found in the curricula of general educational institutions. This study traces the complex interconnections of common teaching principles between national and European violin pedagogy, specifically Leopold Mozart’s A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing (Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, 1756), and late 19th- to early 20th-century Bulgarian teaching in the methods of Karel Machán, Dimitar Hadzhigeorgiev and Kamen Popdimitrov.

307-310

Authors: Editorial Board

Authors in this Issue (In English)

13-14

Authors: Editorial

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21-27

Authors: Tanya Misheva

Distance / e-learning has real potential to stimulate the development of gifted and talented students. Even if it is not planned, organized and conducted in a format that allows them to manage learning that is relatively independent of the main flow ( main stream students), to enable students to individual control during work, methods for learning and organization of free time. The article raises the question of how distance learning, introduced in an emergency situation, has affected gifted and talented students. The answers are sought through the analysis of a survey conducted with teachers, gifted students and their parents. The different points of view lead to the conclusion that when developing a long – term strategy for working with talented students at school, the opinions and reactions of all participants in the learning process should be thoroughly studied.

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Authors: Petya Konakchieva

The paper presents academic interaction characteristics in the context of competence-oriented higher pedagogical education. Options are analysed for stimulating subjective activity in communication by implementing innovative models for cooperation between teachers and students. The developing effects of the synergetic functioning of academic subjects in both auditorium and non-auditorium interaction are systematized. Conceptual solutions are substantiated for optimizing the professional and practical training of pedagogical students in the context of modern educational paradigms. Trends are presented and perspectives are specified for achieving sustainable quality of academic interaction by transforming and renewing higher pedagogical education with necessary innovations.

51-60

Authors: Hristina Gergova

Language competence, based on the alphabet and writing of the community one belongs to, is the “key“ to the personal and social growth of a child. Mastering reading and writing is a complex process for all students but it is most difficult for first-graders, learning the official Bulgarian language as a second language, particularly Roma children. It is assumed that a satisfactory formed orthoepic competence (Beginners’ level) during the literacy development process is the fundamental tool for successful “entry“ into the Bulgarian alphabet and writing. Within the outlined theoretical context, an analysis of a survey among primary teachers has been made, aiming to highlight the importance of the problem and to make well-founded recommendations for improving the educational process in the particular pedagogical and linguistic situations.

67-85

Authors: Yonko Hristov, Tanya Misheva

The article examines some educational and socio-pedagogical factors for finding supporting and developing gifted and talented students on the basis of a comparative analysis prepared after a survey in two schools in Veliko Tarnovo. The research raises questions related to the need for in- depth socio-pedagogical work, special educational design additional pedagogical qualification and educational resources for gifted children in the Bulgarian school.

95-100

Authors: Nadezhda Georgieva, Kalina Georgieva

The article discusses complexity of syncretic-character relationships between the constituents of noun phrases with prepositional postmodification in Russian language, considering their contradictory interpretations in Russian grammar guides’ analysis when applied in Russian-as-a-foreign-language teaching. The experience with beginners and pre-intermediate learners of different ages indicates the practical necessity of analyzing such units regarding their multi-aspect syntactic potential, which is often incompletely treated by contemporary linguistic theory instructions.

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Authors: Vanya Ivanova

The subject of this article is to clarify the connection between entertainment in Math lessons and educational STEAM technologies, which have the potential to motivate and stimulate the interest of preschool and primary school age in Math and their cognitive logical - mathematical activity. The article discusses the STEAM approach in its essence and teaching Maths using this method. The article also presents some educational technologies in fun Math, which allow children to discover for themselves through the methods of experimentation, exploration and experience, and this acquired independence leads children to an increased interest and motivation to learn.

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Authors: Mariana Borukova, Svetla Zhecheva-Tupankova

Physical activity reflects the general workability of man’s organism on the basis of the complex development of the motive qualities and the needed skills and habits for their manifestation. Mini basketball is a game adapted for children at their initial stage of education; the pupils improve their motive skills, develop their physical qualities, the feeling of affiliation as well as work in a team by practicing the game. The purpose of the study is to make comparative analysis of the physical ability and specific skills level of 8-year-old pupils on sex factor. Studied are 96 pupils (45 boys and 51 girls) who underwent sport-pedagogical tests according to 11 signs bearing information about the physical abilities and specific skills of the children. Descriptive Statistics and comparative analysis are applied; the results give us the reason to claim that the differences for 10 of the indicators of the totality we have studied bear advantage in favor of the 8-year-old boys while for six of the signs the differences are statistically important. The boys have better explosive strength of the lower and upper limbs, possess better exactness in passing the ball to a goal, can better lead the ball at high speed. The girls’ advantage is for their suppleness only but the differences are not statistically reliable.

136-139

Authors: Editorial

Authors in this Issue (in Bulgarian)