Book Reviews

Author(s): Zdeněk Uherek,Tomáš Profant,Ondrej Ficeri / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2021

Review of: ONDREJ FICERI - MANNOVÁ, Elena: Minulosť ako supermarket? Spôsoby reprezentácie a aktualizácie dejín Slovenska [The Past as a Supermarket? Forms of Representation and Updating the History of Slovakia] Bratislava: VEDA Vydavateľstvo SAV, 2019, 463 p. TOMÁŠ PROFANT - ELŻBIETA DRĄŻKIEWICZ: Institutionalised Dreams: The Art of Managing Foreign Aid Berghahn, New York and Oxford 2020, 238 p. ZDENĚK UHEREK - MICHAL PAVLÁSEK: Z Moravy až do Velikého Srediště: Etnografické podobenství o zapome - nuté náboženské komunitě [From Moravia to Veliko Središte: an Ethnographical Parable about a Forgotten Religious Community]. Centrum pro Studium demokracie a kultury and Etnologický ústav AV ČR Brno, 2020, 239 p.

ИСТОРИЈА ЈЕЗИЧКОГ ТЕСТИРАЊА

Author(s): Dragana Mirčić Panić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 77/2022

The paper presents the history of the development of language test- ing in the light of various, once prevailing theories about the nature, acquisition and use of language. The initial chapter is dedicated to the first, traditional or pre-scientific phase in the development of language testing, which is related to the end of the 19th century and the then dominant grammar-translation method. What follows is a presentation of the period of discrete point testing, resulting from a structuralist interpretation of language, as well as the attempt to overcome the shortcomings of this type of testing. The final chapters deal with the theory of communicative competence, which has led to an essential and final turning point in relation to traditional methods. We also paid attention to the new challenges that the language testing process faced in the conditions of a pandemic and a complete transition to online teaching, and the answers to the questions that were recognized as problematic could be given by some future research.

YUAN HANEDANLIĞI’NDA BİLİM VE KÜLTÜR

Author(s): Ayşe Beyza ERCAN / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2021

Various reforms were made in administrative and social areas in the Yuan Dynasty, or the Kublai Khanate, which ruled China for nearly a century. Thanks to the ethnic diversity that existed in China at the time, there was sufficient human capital to carry out scientific activities which enabled Kublai Khan to ensure the success of his reforms. Remarkable advances were thus made in the fields of education, culture, translation and science during the Kublai Khan period. Examples in this progressive period include the establishment of an observatory and two different astronomy offices run by Muslim and Chinese scientists in the capital, Khanbaliq. Kublai Khan's reforms and state-sponsored support for developments in the field of science and culture began to bear fruit in a short period of time. Therefore, this new innovative state structure of the Yuan Dynasty managed to be different from other Mongolian nations in different areas of Eurasia. From the perspective of Mongolian history, this study will throw light on the early innovations made and the scientific and cultural studies, which was done in the Yuan Dynasty during this period. In addition to this, the cultural interaction between the Iranian Mongols and the Chinese Mongols will be examined.

Преподаване на ключови термини по гражданско образование на базата на предходен опит и езикови интуиции на учениците

Author(s): Elena Tsvetkova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2022

The article is related to the teaching of key concepts in civic communication. The aim is to propose an alternative approach for defining terms such as citizen, rights, person etc., which links the previous experience of the students with these words and their lexical definition. This approach is inspired by the ideas for applying the prototype theory and the study of metaphors in foreign language teaching. The hypothesis is that such methods can be successfully applied in the teaching of civic education, so that the training is related to practice. The article includes examples from civic education textbooks for 11th grade, which provide definitions inspired by these approaches. In addition, a comparison has been made between the linguistic intuitions of the students (shared in the generalized results of a survey) and the proposed definitions in the textbooks.

Взаимоотношения между очакванията за треньорска ефективност, емоционална интелигентност и лидерски стилове при треньори по футбол в България

Author(s): Tatiana Iancheva,Gancho Prodanov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2022

Coaches’ confidence in their own skills, their awareness of their emotions and the ability to control them, as well as their choice of behavior, according to a number of authors, influence their realization and the achieved sports results. The aim of this study is to reveal the relationships among Coaching Efficacy, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Style of Bulgarian football coaches. The research was done not directly among 172 football coaches between 20and 56 years, with different level of qualifications (license), age group of the competitors, coaching experience, and experience as football players. In order to achieve the aim, we used: 1) Coaching Efficacy Scale (CES), (Feltz et al. 1999); 2) Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS), (Schutte et al. 1998); 3) Revised Leadership Scale for Sport (RLSS), (Zhang et al. 1997). The results reveal significant correlation interdependencies between the subscales of Coaching efficacy, Emotional Intelligence and part of the subscales of Leadership style, as well as between the subscales of Emotional intelligence and Leadership style. In this sense, our results confirm the data in the literature. There are significant differences among the coaches along all of the researched indexes. The results from the regression analysis reveal that Emotional intelligence serves as a predictor of Coaching efficacy and Leadership style. Coaching efficacy does not directly influence the subscales of Leadership style, which is different from the published data in the literature.

Converting Numeral Text in Bulgarian into Digit Number Using GATE

Author(s): Nadezhda Borisova,Elena Karashtranova / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2022

The Internet serves billions of users providing a variety of information resources whereby a lot of the information is presented in natural human language and needs an efficient approach to be processed. Natural language processing (NLP) refers to the ability of computers to analyze and understand the structure of human language. By utilizing NLP this linguistic knowledge is transformed into algorithms for solving specific problems. GATE is widely used, open-source software infrastructure that provides a framework and components for solving NLP tasks. The available GATE tools can be adapted to other languages and text processing tasks. This article will present an approach for converting numeric data, written as words in Bulgarian, into digit numbers. For this case, a relevant configuration file for Bulgarian has been integrated into the general tool set in the open source software for natural language processing GATE. The aim of this survey is to determine the exact numeric value of Bulgarian text numeric data, which can be used as a starting point for producing more complex annotations, such as monetary measurement units, etc.

Приложение на конструктивисткия подход за развитие на ключови компетентности в обучението по химия и опазване на околната среда (IX клас)

Author(s): Yordanka Stefanova,Petya Gerasimova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 4/2022

This article presents an attempt to organize an education based on the constructivist approach in the study of specific contents of the curriculum in Chemistry and Environmental protection in the 9th grade in order to develop key competences. Examples from the educational practice for the formation of some key competences are presented – learning skills, digital competence, skills to support sustainable development and a healthy lifestyle, basic competences in the field of natural sciences and technologies, which are important for the Chemistry and Environmental protection education. The results of our work in this direction show that the active involvement of students in the learning process is one of the effective ways to form the desired competences in students.

Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, Islands of Memory. The Landscape of the (Non)Memory of the Holocaust in Polish Education from 1989 to 2015

Author(s): Katarzyna Stecz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 17/2021

Review of: Katarzyna Stec - Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, Islands of Memory. The Landscape of the (Non)Memory of the Holocaust in Polish Education from 1989 to 2015, Kraków: Jagiellonian University Press, 2020, 485 s.

PRIKAZI

Author(s): Enes Pelidija,Boris Nilević,Milka Zdraveva,Vera Ilić,Nusret Šehić,Ilijas Hadžibegović,Budimir Miličić,Slobodan Branković,Drago Borovčanin,Behija Zlatar,Miralem Arslanagić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 14-15/1978

Reviews of: Radovan Samardžić, “Sulejman i Rokselana”, Srpska književna zadruga, kolo LXIX, knjiga 463, Beograd 1976, str. 691; Zdravko Kajmaković, Georgije Mitrojanović, »Veselin Masleša«, Biblioteka: »Kulturno nasljeđe«, Sarajevo 1977, str. 406; Aleksandar Matkovski, “Kreposništvoto vo Makedonija vo vreme na turskoto vladeenje. – Le servage en Macédoine pendant la domination turque”. Izd. Institut za nacionalna istorija, Skopje 1978, str. 411; Galib Šljivo, “Klek i Sutorina u međunarodnim odnosima 1815-1878”, Filozofski fakultet u Beogradu, Beograd 1977. godine; Mitar Papić, “Istorija srpskih škola u Bosni i Hercegovini”, IP »Veselin Masleša«, Bilblioteka »Kulturno nasljeđe«, Sarajevo 1978, str. 191; Enver Redžić, “Austromarksizam i jugoslavensko pitanje”, Institut za savremenu istoriju, IP »Narodna knjiga«, Beograd 1977, str. 497; Ahmed Hadžirović, “Sindikalni pokret u Bosni i Hercegovini 1918 – 1941.” Izdanje Instituta za istoriju u Sarajevu i Izdavačke organizacije »Rad« u Beogradu, Beograd 1978, str. 501; Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naroda Jugoslavije, tom 12, knjiga, 3, Vojnoistorijski institut, Beograd 1978; Branko Petranović i dr Čedomir Štrbac, “Istorija socijalističke Jugoslavije”, »Radnička štampa«, Beograd 1977, knjiga, I, II, III,; Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju XXV/1975, Orijentalni Institut, Sarajevo 1977; VI Jugoslovenski simpozijum o nastavi istorije, Banjaluka 1. 2. i 3. septembra, 1978. godine.

Малгожата Коритковска на 80 години

Author(s): Julia Mazurkiewicz-Sułkowska / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 44/2022

KWESTIA PRAW I EDUKACJI KOBIET W TEKSTACH JANA HULEWICZA

Author(s): Edyta Głowacka-Sobiech,Iwona Chmura-Rutkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2022

The aim of the article is to remind Professor Jan Hulewicz, historian of education and culture, social activist and expert in the history of women’s education. Thanks to Hulewicz, the “feminine question” appeared permanently in educational historiography. His in-depth analysis of the public discourse in the nineteenth century on the rights and educational opportunities of women and the description of their struggle for secondary and higher education showed not only political, but also socio-cultural and economic causes of unequal opportunities between women and men in Poland in the nineteenth and early years XX century.

Словакистиката в СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“ на 20 години

Author(s): Diana K. Ivanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2010

На 22 и 23 октомври 20 Юг. в Центъра за източни езици и култури към СУ се проведе конференция под надслов „Изток - Запад: езици, култури, общества“. Конференцията бе организирана от катедра „Арабистика и семитология“ по повод 70-тата годишнина на проф. д.ф.н. Пенка Самсарева.

Effects of University Teachers’ Emotional Labor on their Well-Being and Job Satisfaction

Author(s): Kieranna Chen,Chenin Chen / Language(s): English Issue: 78/2022

Excellent teachers who provide excellent educational quality educate students with both skills and virtues. Teachers face various emotional problems; they not only work with labor, intellect, and affection, but also have to show appropriate emotions under increasing pressure to create a rational and warm organizational climate in schools. Teachers’ hard work is the emotional labor load. The university teachers in Bangkok, Thailand participated in this study. A total of 480 copies of the questionnaire were distributed. After removing invalid and incomplete ones, 437 copies were remained valid, with a response rate of 91%. The research results showed that a university that fails to meet the teachers’ satisfaction and expectations can result in teachers’ low well-being and job satisfaction as well as teaching inefficiency which seriously lowers the effectiveness of the university and university teachers are medium and high emotional labor workers who consume large amount of emotion and labor in their workplaces, therefore, they can easily show burnout, teaching apathy, and even physical and mental exhaustion under excessive use of emotions, and 3. a university leader who is willing to find a solution to the teachers’ emotional labor load can help them correctly manage their emotions to obtain a high level of well-being and job satisfaction. According to the results it can be discussed that the current study is expected to help in terms of increasing the number of emotion management courses and channels for releasing teachers’ emotional labor load, avoiding emotional dissonance, and promoting teacher efficiency.

Формиране на модел за иновативни стратегии на университетите в България

Author(s): Radostina Yuleva-Chuchulayna / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 5/2022

In a context of change and uncertainty for universities, it is important to identify, invest and support their vision for innovation in teaching, learning and assessment – in such a way as to adapt to the unknown. Innovation is part of the culture and is integrated into the strategy, operational plans and vision. The analysis of the genesis of innovative approaches to the development of universities shows that it is an example of increasing the sustainability of the educational system in the evolutionary period of development. The main purpose of this article is to clarify the types of innovations and innovation strategies of universities in Bulgaria. The main result of this article is the creation of a model for the formation of innovation strategies of the university. The main research methods used in the development are the method of analysis and synthesis, questionnaire research, intuitive and systematic approach.

Organization of an Inclusive Educational Environment for the Students with Special Needs

Author(s): Halyna Bilavych,Nataliia Bakhmat,Mykola Pantiuk,Borys Savchuk,Tetiana Pantiuk / Language(s): English Issue: 6/2022

The article analyzes the communicative activity of those students who have difficulties in mental development, as a condition for organizing an educational environment for children with special needs. It was concluded that the inability to communicate with school peers, teachers, and adults affects the organization of an inclusive educational environment (hereinafter – IES) for children with special educational needs (hereinafter – SEN). An example of creating an IES in an elementary school is offered. Specific difficulties that hinder the development of communication (communicative skills) among children aged 7 – 10 with limited health opportunities have been identified. The importance of game activities in the process of organizing an educational space for children with special needs is emphasized. An original author's method of formation of communication skills of students with SEN is proposed, which was based on the key provisions of the pedagogical system of the Italian scientist, doctor, teacher, civic activist, and organizer of educational institutions around the world M. Montessori. Creating an inclusive educational space for children with special needs, we programmed situations where students would develop self-care skills (dressing and undressing, changing shoes, cleaning, dusting, sweeping, taking care of flower pots, taking care of flower beds). Educational materials developed by M. Montessori were shown to the children. The teaching methods proposed by the scientist were also updated. The author's method of formation of communicative skills of students with SEN provided for various forms and methods of learning, both traditional and innovative (project activity, competitions, dramatization, discussion, public performances, didactic games, etc.). The peculiarities of the functioning of the IOP under the conditions of distance learning caused by the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic are characterized. It is emphasized the importance of organizing the game activities of students with SEN as one of the conditions for the successful functioning of IES in the school. The risks posed by online education for children with SEN are highlighted. It was concluded that the process of forming communication skills in students with SEN under the conditions of quarantine restrictions and online learning will become more effective if group work is established (if possible) in the learning process in the classroom and proper pedagogical assistance is provided to the student with SEN at home.

TEKST KAO MJESTO SUSRETA UČENJAKA: PRAGMALINGVISTIČKA ANALIZA IDŽAZETNAMA IZ OSMANSKOG PERIODA

Author(s): Amra Mulović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 71/2022

This paper deals with a pragmalinguistic analysis of five ʼiğāza manuscripts written in Arabic during the Ottoman period in the 18th century and one written at the beginning of the 20th century which were issued mostly to Bosnian scholars. ʼIğāza is a specific type of document and textual form common in the Islamic world. It confers upon a recipient the right to transmit a text, a specific knowledge he acquired, or to teach. This article investigates the performance of the speech acts in the corpus from the perspective of historical pragmatics within the framework of the speech act theory and the politeness theory. Since ʼiğāzas are extremely conventionalized texts, different types of speech acts, expressives, directives and declarations, the explicit and implicit form of their realization, as well as the principles of politeness, are viewed with regard to socio-historical contextual factors.

RETROSPEKTIVNI KOLONIJALIZAM: OBRAZOVNE POLITIKE BIH, HRVATSKE I SRBIJE

Author(s): Lamija Milišić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 5/2022

The research for this paper was motivated by the inadequacy of the EU reforms implemented in the educational systems of B&H, Croatia and Serbia, that is, the problem of the continuous formal and never structural educational reforms in these countries. This paper gives a post-colonial perspective on the educational policies of the Balkan countries, with a special focus on their ways of instrumentalizing education, the relationship and ways of breaking with the socialist education system, and ways of adapting to EU standards. The aim of this paper is to outline the mechanism of latent colonialism, i.e. Europeanization, through the analysis of educational policies in the Balkans, which points to the eternal otherness, almost obscenity of the Balkans, and to point out the responsibility and potential for the engagement of educators in B&H, Serbia and Croatia in the educational process.

Nataša Puškar, Srpski bukvari 1965. — 2011. Socijalno-semiotička analiza

Author(s): Sanja Šakić / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 2/2022

Review of: Sanja Šakić - Nataša Puškar, Srpski bukvari 1965. — 2011. Socijalno-semiotička analiza, Zagreb: Srpsko kulturno društvo “Prosvjeta”, 2021., 204. str.

Fra Anđelko Barun, Franjevci među svojim pukom, Kratka povijest Bosne Srebrene

Author(s): Dražen Janko / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 21/2022

Review of: Fra Anđelko Barun, Franjevci među svojim pukom, Kratka povijest Bosne Srebrene, Sarajevo: Svjetlo riječi, 2021, 179 str.

Sebastian Ramisch-Paul: Fremde Peripherie – Peripherie der Unsicherheit? Sicherheitsdiskurse über die tschechoslowakische Provinz Podkarpatská Rus (1918–1938)

Author(s): Bálint Varga / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2022

Review of: Sebastian Ramisch-Paul: Fremde Peripherie – Peripherie der Unsicherheit? Sicherheitsdiskurse über die tschechoslowakische Provinz Podkarpatská Rus (1918–1938). (Studien zur Ostmitteleuropaforschung, Bd. 53.) Verlag Herder-Institut. Marburg 2021. X, 279 S., graph Darst. ISBN 978-3-87969-462-4. (€ 55,–.)