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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26883/2010.251.6629

СТАНДАРТЪТ ЗА ИНТЕРКУЛТУРНО ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ 10 ГОДИНИ ПО-КЪСНО – ПРЕДИЗВИКАТЕЛСТВА И ВЪЗМОЖНОСТИ ЗА ОЦЕНКА НА ИНТЕРКУЛТУРНАТА КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТ

Надежда Ангелова Калоянова1, Любомира Симеонова Попова2
1Бургаски държавен университет „Проф. д-р Асен Златаров“, Бургас
2Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“, Велико Търново

THE INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION STANDARD 10 YEARS LATER – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSESSING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE

Nadezhda Angelova Kaloyanova 1, Lyubomira Simeonova Popova2
1Burgas State University „Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov“, Burgas
2University of Veliko Turnovo „St Cyril and St. Methodius“, Veliko Tarnovo

Abstract: The Bulgarian education system has made significant progress in implementing intercultural education. For more than several decades, this modern perspective has been part of the Bulgarian education system, but it was only less than 10 years ago sustainably imposed through a standard. The introduced educational standard requires the development of specific methods and tools for assessing intercultural competence. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a study based on a methodological tools for studying the intercultural competence of students graduating from basic education. Specifically, the results of a survey with a questionnaire to establish the levels of knowledge and understanding of basic concepts in the context of the standard for intercultural education for the secondary stage are presented, as well as an expert assessment of the knowledge of seventh-graders of basic concepts in the composition of intercultural competence. The study covered 765 students in the 7th grade from all over the country, as well as 36 class teachers of the same students.
The comparative analysis conducted provides information about the level of knowledge and understanding of basic concepts by students, as well as the extent to which their class teachers are engaged in this process.

Keywords: intercultural competence, assessment of intercultural competence, intercultural competence questionnaire, expert assessment of intercultural competence

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(Endnotes:)
1. https://www.mon.bg/regulation/naredba-%e2%84%96-13-ot-21-09-2016-g-za-grazhdanskoto-zdravnotoekologichnoto-i-interkulturnoto-obrazovanie/ – NAREDBA № 13 ot 21.09.2016 g. za grazhdanskoto, zdravnoto, ekologichnoto i interkulturnoto obrazovanie (obn. – DV, br. 80 ot 11.10.2016 g., v sila ot 11.10.2016 g.

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