EDITORIAL
DEAR FRIENDS,
On behalf of the Editorial Board of the Pedagogy journal and myself, I'd like to congratulate you on the New Year 2022! I wish you good health and many successes throughout the year!
Dear colleagues, unfortunately, the year 2021 also passed under the sign of the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to reckon with the challenge of the cyclically appearing "waves" of the coronavirus, the educational systems (including the Bulgarian one) are experimenting with different models of teaching: variants of distance learning in an electronic environment; face-to-face learning in combination with rotational learning; hybrid learning. The first in-depth pedagogical researches of various aspects of this so-called "crisis" education have also been published over the last year. Fortunately for us, some of the authors of such timely analyses chose the Pedagogy journal as their scientific tribune. I earnestly thank them for their choice. I also thank the tens of reviewers, who through their competent assessments contribute to bettering qualities of the articles, published in this journal. All of you – authors, reviewers, members of the Editorial Board – have helped the Pedagogy journal to be established as a scientific periodical referenced in one of the most prestigious scientometric databases in the world – Web of Science.
Colleagues, thank you for the professionalism!
Dear readers,
This is the first issue of the Pedagogy journal for the year 2022.
This year as well, the journal will continue to publish new pieces of research in various areas of the pedagogical science which reflect the dynamically changing educational environment. The Editorial Board will strive to provoke scientific discussions on topics related to the transformation of the pedagogical paradigm during a pandemic and to the possibilities for a positive change in Bulgarian education after the pandemic's end. We will popularise the results achieved in innovative Bulgarian schools by supporting the research work of creative teachers and headmasters. We will publish brave scientific ideas and empirical research by Bulgarian and foreign scientists in the field of pedagogy.
In accordance with tradition, in the following issues we will cover significant scientific conferences, round tables and professional forums, devoted to current problems in pedagogical science and educational practice.
My colleagues and I hope to be together with you throughout 2022 as well.
Be healthy!
Prof. dr. Galin Tsokov
Editor-in-Chief of the Pedagogy journal
RESEARCH INSIGHTS
The Reflective Approach to the Development of Personal and Social Competences through Learning Content in the Context of the Refugee Problem Field
Siyka Chavdarova-Kostova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.01
Abstract. A contemporary challenge for Bulgarian teachers is the presentation of learning content related to the refugee flows and the formation of personal and social competences in the context of intercultural education, aiming at awareness of the importance of the topic of migration in individual, community, national and international context...
Heuristic Potential of Transformative Learning Ideas
Svitlana Hanaba, Olena Voitiuk
Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (Ukraine)
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.02
Abstract. The transformative learning ideas focus the educational process on the maximum development of a person’s abilities, the creation of a powerful motivation for self-development…
Application of Educational Podcasts in the Professional Education of Pre-Service Biology Teachers (In the Context of an Epidemic Situation Caused by COVID-19)
Asya Asenova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.03
Abstract. One of the priority areas in vocational education (including the education of pre-service biology teachers) is related to providing a quality and innovative educational process based on modern information technologies and digitalization of educational content...
Prolegomena in Pedagogy of Informal Education
Tanya Zhelyazkova-Teya
Institute of Informal Innovation (Bulgaria)
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.04
Abstract. The article presents the foundations of the Pedagogy of Informal Education, created by the author during 12 years of research work in informal education…
Student-Centered Positive Approach to Education, Training and Socialization in the Class Time Lessons
Lyuben Vitanov
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.05
Abstract. The article examines the student-centered positive pedagogical approach in the class time lessons.....
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous or Why “Online Lecture” is not Synonym of “Distance Learning”
Silvana Karagyozova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.06
Abstract. This article discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the asynchronous and synchronous forms of communication and knowledge acquisition in distance learning in higher education...
Specifics and Educational Functions of the Content Presented by Influencers
Ekaterina Tomova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.07
Abstract. The article presents the results of a study conducted among children of primary school age and adolescents between the ages of thirteen and eighteen...
Levels of Transformational Changes in Motor Status of Preschool Children under the Influence of Different Models of Exercise Programs
Nebojsa Jotov
St. Cyril and Methodius Grammar School, Dimitrovgrad (Serbia)
Zeljko Rajkovic, Vladimir Miletic
University of Belgrade (Serbia)
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.08
Abstract. Directed motor activity can affect the anthropological status of children more effectively than unstructured and free activities…
Increasing the Level of Mathematical Knowledge of First Grade Students through Working with Collected Data by Himself
Valentina Chileva
South-West University “Neofit Rilski”
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.09
Abstract. Over the last decade, in terms of the learning process, methodologists and educators have been actively looking for a variety of means to motivate students' cognitive activity...
DOCTORAL RESEARCH
The Media Education of Children: Challenges for the New Digital Society
Katya Stoyanova
Sofia University
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2022-1.10
Abstract. The paper considers media and digital education as a prerequisite for adopting the new trends in education and adjustment to the needs and specifics of the digital society of the 21st century...
