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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26883/2010.251.6623

УЧЕБНОТО СЪДЪРЖАНИЕ ПО БЪЛГАРСКИ ЕЗИК В I – IV КЛАС В СВЕТЛИНАТА НА КОНСТРУКТИВИСТКИЯ ПОДХОД

Мая Сотирова Сотирова
Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, София

THE CURRICULUM OF BULGARIAN LANGUAGE IN GRADES I – IV IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH

Maya Sotirova Sotirova
Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“, Sofia

Abstract: Application of the constructivist approach in education requires the creation of flexible learning environments that provide opportunities for personalized learning and the development of students’ individual needs, abilities, and interests. This necessitates transformations in every component of education—goals, curriculum, methods, tools, and forms of instruction. Over the past two decades, there has been a growing trend of increasing variability in the content aspects of education in response +to the rising heterogeneity of institutionalized learning environments, requiring adaptation of the curriculum to different cognitive styles and needs. At the same time, the focus on enabling personalized learning has intensified—a constructivist perspective that is becoming increasingly feasible in the digital educational space.
This article explores the possibilities for variability in the Bulgarian language curriculum for the early years of primary education that allow diverse learning processes to take place in a common educational environment. A constructivist analysis of standardized curricula is conducted, examining their openness and pluralism. Additionally, methodological guidelines for differentiating curriculum content based on cognitive levels, interests, and learning profiles (according to C.A. Tomlinson) are proposed, along with methodological ideas for thematic variation in teaching linguistic and communicative competencies.

Keywords: Bulgarian language education, curriculum, constructivist approach, flexible learning content, personalized learning

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