Alumni Traditions: A Bridge to the Future (2013, BG & ENG) (original) (raw)

LEARNING BULGARIAN BY POLISH STUDENTS – MOTIVES, ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS

Езиков свят, 2018

The aim of the paper is to present why the Polish students at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMSC, Lublin) choose to study Bulgarian. The research also includes an investigation of the advantages of learning a " small " Slavic language like Bulgarian and an analysis of the usual problems which the students encounter in the learning process. Thirteen students studying Bulgarian within the framework of the BA programme of Balkan Studies at UMCS participated in the research. They filled out a survey list with questions concerning their motivation and their opinion about the advantages of learning Bulgarian as well as the most difficult topics in Bulgarian grammar and lexicon. The results show that the motivation is usually a pragmatic one. However, most of the students have some emotional motives, too. As Bulgarian is both a Slavic and a Balkan language, it sounds familiar and exotic at the same time. Most of the students think that the lexical level is the easiest linguistic level to be learnt. Moreover, the majority of them report that the most difficult features of Bulgarian are the use of the definite article and the complicated verbal system. The so-called " false friends " are also problematic. Although the Bulgarian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet, most of the students do not think that writing in Bulgarian is difficult.

Качество на медицинското образование (студентски очаквания и оценки)

Quality of medical education, 2013

Високотехнологичните постиженията на съвременната медицина все повече определят облика на здравните системи. А какво става с човешките ресурси, които са в сърцевината на всяка здравна система? Познаваме ли днешните студенти, бъдещите лекари, техните нагласи, очаквания, потребности? Тези въпроси ни вълнуват като преподаватели и като граждани. Качеството на здравната помощ утре e силно зависимо от професионалната и морално-етичната подготовка на студентите медици днес. Дали съвременното медицинско образование е качествено, съответства ли на обществените потребности, на очакванията на младите хора, посветили се на лекарската професия? Какво за тях означава качество в медицинското образование? На какво се базират техните оценки? Отговорите на тези въпроси могат да дойдат от широка изследователска област, в която се срещат научните търсения на лекари, преподаватели, социолози, психолози, квалитолози, управленци. Убедеността, че всяка стъпка в тази посока ще бъде принос към опознаване на проблема, подтикна да споделя резултати от изследователската ми работа. Настоящата монография отразява разбиранията, че медицинското образование е неотделимо от съвременния контекст за качеството в образователния процес и необходимостта да се чуе гласът на потребителите. Ще се чувствам удовлетворенa, ако моите размисли и резултати предизвикат дискусии и бъдат последвани от други подобни изследвания.

Качество на образователната услуга – концептуална рамка

Недялков, А. (2014). Качество на образователната услуга - концептуална рамка, Сборник трудове от Международна научна конференция "Мениджмънт на промяната", Русе, Примакс, стр. 243-252, ISBN 978-954-8675-82-6., 2014

QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICE – THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the thesis that higher education service has production core and on that base to recommend theoretical framework for its quality management. The higher education service is outlined as a process of knowledge transfer, development of skills and competence in order to satisfy students’ needs. Triangle of higher education service is discussed as it is assumed that in its center students should be placed because they play the role of customers in education service and components like strategy of higher school, systems and people have to spin around them. Theoretical framework for management of quality in higher education service based on GAP Model is recommended. Reasons for gaps between perceived and expected performance in higher education service are explained as it is summarized that the model is appropriate for systematic analysis of education service operations and can describe the possible low quality as the basic gap is affected by the students’ subjective perceptions and expectations.

Martonova, Andronika. (2014) Underrated Reality (Post-Tiananmen in Chinese Independent Documentary Cinema). — In: Welcome to Cyberia – Notes from the Digital Field. BAS, IEFSEM, Sofia, 2014, p.361-380

2014

Martonova, Andronika. Underrated Reality (Post-Tiananmen in Chinese Independent Documentary Cinema). — In: Welcome to Cyberia – Notes from the Digital Field. 1st Conference, International Conference, BAS, Institute for Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Sofia, 2014, p.361-380 [full text in Bulgarian, abstract in English] http://iefem.bas.bg/welcome-to-cyberia-2014.html The paper focuses on a highly topical phenomenon in China: the syndrome of the post-Tiananmen China in the area of society and film culture. A small digital camera, editing program and object - it is enough not only for graduates of the Beijing Film Academy, but also for all who want to be a cinema author without special film education. With the advent of digital technology the Chinese documentary cinema sharply shoot up in original way. What happens in China? Digital and virtual spaces allow directors to carry out their mission - to tell and disseminate stories that find no place in the media and film mainstream because of government restrictions. To be "indie" in China is completely different from this one at West. Independent cinema was born in Tiananmen Square, examine margin of society, living in space on the Internet (it`s very difficult or it is impossible to be show in the country), triumph on international festivals. Discover, articulate and change the undervalued chinese reality.