"physics education at the plovdiv university" - zhelyazka raykova
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Physics Education at the Plovdiv University
Zhelyazka Raykova, Asocc.Prof., PhD
Dean of Physics Faculty
ICTP, Trieste
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
29.1.2015 г. ICTP, Trieste
Plovdiv
• One of the oldest city in the world
• The cultural EU capital for 2019
• The center of Balkan peninsula
• Tourist attraction
• University and Culture center in Bulgaria
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- Leading cultural, educational andscientific institution.
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Plovdiv University www.uni-plovdiv.bg
- The biggest University in SouthBulgaria
- The second biggest University in Bulgaria
has 9 departments
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Plovdiv University
more than 40 different majors in various scientific and practical fields:
- humanitarian- social
- economic
more than 14 000 students enrolled
Faculty of Physics
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Theoretical Physics
Physics Education
ECIT
Optics and Atom Physics
Experimental Physics
Research interests
• Modern trends in educational technology
• IBSE
• Constructivist approach
• Initial teacher training
• Problem solving in Physics Education
• Forming experimental skills
• National Curriculum (ES, 1999,2013)
29.1.2015 г. ICTP, Trieste
• http://www.helsinki.fi/luma/eutrain/• Period :2005-2008• Program: Comenius 2.1• Partners: Finland, Poland, Estonia, Bulgaria• Results:- guideline for unified initial training of science teachers in participating countries was made. - common, flexible curriculum for periods of teaching practice was elaborated in partner countries. - students’ mobility was organized as a tool to find the best practices and to identify common needs of trainees and trainers of the participating countries
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Improving Quality of Science Teacher Training in European Cooperation
• http://www.iqst.upol.cz/project/articles.php• Period: 2006-2009• Program: Comenius 2.1• Partners: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Bulgaria,
Turkey• Results:• designed 5 new modules for science teacher training
with implementation of European dimension• introduced new pedagogical methods based on
constructivist approach in science teacher training;• designed teaching and learning materials for science
teaching at initial teacher training;
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• Web-site: http://cat.upatras.gr• Period: 2008-2011 • Program: LLP • Partners: Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland,
France, Greece• Target groups: teachers, trainee teachers,
university lecturers• Topic: Information technology, Technology,
Education
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CAT - The effective use of computer aided teaching and learning materials in science teaching – a teacher training course with a European perspective
• Results: • modules for a teacher-training course were
designed and tested;• How teachers: - to judge the quality of computer aided learning environments in science teaching (module 1), - adapt the best-practice examples of those environments to their own teaching (module 2), - to evaluate the learning of students and to improve the own teaching (module 3)• 2 courses for EU teachers wеre held using the
elaborated program and the book (Patra, Lyon)
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Chain Reaction: A Sustainable approach to Inquiry Based Science Education
http://www.chreact.eu/• Period: 2013-2016• Program: FP7• Partners:
– SHU, UK– UNINA, Italy– UMB, Slovakia– TEDU, Turkey– PU, Bulgaria– CIFOP, France– UL, Slovenia– PHHD, Germany– UOC, Greece– UOL, Ireland– JSSR, Jordan– ISU, Georgia
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• Aims:- to develop Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE)
across twelve partner countries. - to provide IBSE professional development to
science teacher from each participating country using tried and tested inquiry based science resources.
- students (14-16 age) groups to work together on research scientific scenarios. Their work present at national student celebration events.
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• Three international conferences follow the national conferences and show case the work of selected school students from each partner country.
• The project also provides a strong and sustainable IBSE framework both for teacher educators and for teachers, along with resources tailored to each partner's individual cultural and curricular needs.
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SALiS:Students Active Learning in Science
• http://www.salislab.org/Program: TEMPUSPeriod: 2010-2012Partners:• Ilia University, Georgia• University of Haifa, Israel• Institute of Educational Sciences ,Moldova• University of Bremen, Germany• Free University of Berlin, Germany• University of Limerick, Ireland• Plovdiv University, Bulgaria
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Results:
• Courses and teaching tools are conducted by every participating countries;
• Teaching technology for laboratory work
was prepared.
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