On 11.01.2021, in a virtual format, the first work meeting of the team for 2021 under the project “Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria”, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science, was held. The agenda included an overview of the past year and how #COVID-19 affected our project activities, as well as the upcoming tasks. In 2021, the results of our study will be presented. Follow our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/eduCulturebg) for more information or the “News” section on our website: https://educulture.unibit.bg/en/category/news-2/
The “Knowledge Society and Humanism of the XXI Century” is a national scientific conference with international participation, which is held annually on November 1 at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies and is dedicated to the Day of the People’s Awakeners.
In 2020 the forum is under the sign of the 70th anniversary of ULSIT as an educational institution.
This year the conference was attended by representatives of the team under project KP 06-M35/3 from 18.12.2019 entitled: “Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria”, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. PhD students Antonii Stanimirov and Arsini Kolev took part in the section “University Youth Knowledge Academy” with a paper on “Education in the museum – modern innovative approaches”.
The Forum INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT has been held annually since 2010. The event is based on the following goals:
To give an opportunity for wide discussion of main problems in the system of education and science in Bulgaria.
To bring together teachers from different universities and teachers-practitioners from different towns and villages in the country; to find common ground between theory and practice.
To demonstrate new applications of modern technologies in the learning process.
To unite the efforts of different institutions for a new vision of the classroom in the Bulgarian school.
To establish the annual holding of an educational forum in the city of Burgas with the broad support of the institutions engaged in the educational system in our country.
This year the conference was attended by representatives of the team under project KP 06-M35/3 from 18.12.2019 entitled: “Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria”, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. On 20.08.2020 in Hall A “Petya Dubarova”, as part of the thematic area “Pedagogy and Psychology”, Chief Assistant Professor Sonya Spasova, PhD presented a paper on “Current educational initiatives of museums and libraries in Bulgaria: a new study”.
The 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, organized annually by the International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), was held on July 6 and 7, 2020. IATED’s mission is to promote and enhance dialogue in education among the institutions devoted to Science and Technology fields through:
➞ Promotion of best practice standards in the service of international education. ➞ The facilitation of relevant forums, training and information exchange. ➞ Creation and dissemination of knowledge. ➞ Production of publications used as a database document for research works, projects and innovation activities held on the international education field.
This year the conference was attended by representatives of the team under project KP 06-M35 3 from 18.12.2019 entitled: “Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria”, funded by the Bulgaria National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. The main goal of the participation was to present the mission, goals and objectives of the project, as well as some good practices regarding educational programs and initiatives in regional history museums in Bulgaria. Due to the restrictions implemented in March 2020 in connection with COVID-19, the conference was held entirely virtually.
More information about the published reports can be found at the following addresses:
https://library.iated.org/view/SPASOVA2020RES Spasova, S., S. Dimitrova. Research of contemporary educational programs of cultural institutions in Bulgaria: New research project. EDULEARN20 Proceedings: 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 6-7 July, 2020, Online Conference, 2950-2954.
https://library.iated.org/view/SPASOVA2020EDU Spasova, S. Educational initiatives in the Bulgarian museums – some good practices. EDULEARN20 Proceedings: 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 6-7 July, 2020, Online Conference, 2955-2958.
