Upbringing

One of the most important goals for the National institute of education (NIE) is  the upbringing of the young people and „teaching“ them moral, ethics and civic education. Such problems must be discussed in the society and in this discussion should take part teachers, parents and children. Because the bulgarian children should be taught, at home and at school, how to distinguish good from bad.

They must be prepared to become members of a real civil society. That is why NIE aims to keep the problem about the moral and ethics in the bulgarian society a question of present interest. The first event organized by NIE in the new building is a symposium „Moral, ethics and civic upbringing in the educational process“.

To the symposium took part teachers from schools and universities from the whole country, psychologists, writers and poets, public figures. The idea is the publishing of  textbooks and establishment of a subject „Moral and civic ethics“ in the bulgarian school.

Courses

Education of the intelligence – the course includes lecture and seminar about the Ability of creative development in the bulgarian school in the present situation. Problems and prospects. The course is designed for teachers who want to develop the creative potential of the students. Instructor is Teodosiy Teodosiev, teacher in physics and applied maths in the Mathematics gymnasium „Nikola Obreshkov“ in Kazanlak.

Discipline through cooperation – to treat the student as a personality. Instructor – Elena Teolova. The course is based on the method of Linda Albert „Discipline through cooperation“ and it is designed for teachers in lower and middle school. The main topic is not only how to cope with problems with the discipline, but also how to cooperate with the children. There are three effects of this way of communication: correcting, preventing and encouraging.

Lecturers

Instructor of the course “Education of the intelligence” is Teodosiy Teodosiev, physics and applied maths teacher in the Mathematics gymnasium “Nikola Obreshkov” in Kazanlak and also instructor of the most successful physics course in Bulgaria. His students won 7 from 11 golden medals on international physics contests.

Elena Teolova, instructor of the course “Discipline through cooperation”, is chief expert-psychologist in section “Health and safety at work” and member of many groups and centers in the field of health care. She has experience in psycholinguistics, educational psychology, prevention of HIV/AIDS, decrease of smoking, promotion of psychic health.