CHANGING EDUCATION IN A CHANGING SOCIETY. SOME REMARKS ON THE POLISH CASE<\/strong> | Krystyna SZAFRANIEC<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: After 1989, young Poles showed high expectations related to education. As a result of strong pressure for change, education began to open in the direction of popular expectations even before real reforms have been implemented. Later on reforms were promoted but schools, instead of playing a growing role in promoting young generation remained the same channel that helps families with promoting social and cultural benefits, contributing to the polarization of society. Therefore, further reforms are needed both at the pre-university and university levels to provide better educational and vocational guidance, to develop creativity and original thinking.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: \u201cdownward elevator\u201d, educational structure, education paths, higher and secondary education, life-long learning, polarization of society, supply of education.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n TOMA COCI\u015eIU AND THE ACTIVE SCHOOL IDEAS DICTIONARY<\/strong> | Steliana LEFTER, Viorel NICOLESCU<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: Toma Coci\u015fiu (1887-1986), one of the most active and long-living pedagogues of the Romanian Active School, who\u2019s name is linked to the founding of the famous \u201eBlaj Experimental School\u201d, left a rich archive behind, mirroring his efforts, projects, hopes and dreams. He aimed to elaborate \u2013 among other things \u2013 a comprehensive \u201eDictionary of Ideas of the Active School\u201d. The manuscript, unpublished until now, contains a series of files on emblematic ideas concerning fundamental pedagogical terms. This article tries to present Coci\u015fiu\u2019s efforts in this direction.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: Toma Coci\u015fiu, alternative education, Blaj experimental school, individual study, child experience.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n RESEARCHES, INTERVENTION MODELS, GOOD PRACTICES<\/strong> Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: More than 50 years ago the first non-graded multi-aged groups organized according to the Jena Plan were registered in the Netherlands. Their number increased quite fast, due to several factors: the interest of parents and teachers for innovation in education; the openness of the Dutch educational system for freedom and innovation in education, encouraging parents, teachers and communities to organize schools with certain pedagogical or confessional particularities; last but not least, the support of experts in the educational field, in order to adapt the Peter Petersen model to the realities of the contemporary Dutch society and school. This is in fact a major strength of the Jena Plan: its openness and the adaptability to present-day needs and realities of schools and societies. This article starts from the contribution of prof. Kees Both \u201eJena Plan in the Netherlands\u201d, held during the national seminar with international participation \u201eJena Plan in Romania \u2013 Two Decades of Existence\u201d (Mangalia, 5 \u2013 7 September 2014). Translation: Monica Cuciureanu<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: Jena Plan, freedom in education, world orientation.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n THE JENA PLAN AFTER TWO DECADES IN THE ROMANIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM<\/strong> | Gheorghe FELEA<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: This article starts from the contribution of conf. univ. dr. Felea \u201eGlobalisation and Pluralism in the Romanian Pre-univerty School System\u201d, held during the national seminar with international participation \u201cJena Plan in Romania \u2013 Two Decades of Existence\u201d (Mangalia, 5 \u2013 7 September 2014). The author briefly describes in the first part of the article the history of the Jena Plan in Romania, both during the period between the two World Wars and after 1989. In the second part of this material a special attention is given to the terms \u201didentity\u201d and \u201dalterity\u201d, which belong to the specific concepts connected to the field of educational alternatives. Conclusions and a rich list of references are to be found at the end of this article, dedicated to the celebration of two decades of existence of the Jena Plan in Romania.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: educational pluralism, identity, alterity, difference, educational alternative.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n QUO VADIS JENA PLAN<\/strong> | Monica CUCIUREANU<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: Teachers and experts from Romania and abroad have met to celebrate 20 years of activity according to the Jena Plan in Romania, but also to analyze the recent history of this educational alternative in our country and to design its future development. This article starts from two contributions of the author \u201dReform in Early Childhood Education from the perspective of the Jena Plan\u201d and \u201dRecent tendencies in the Jena Plan movement in Romania\u201d, held during the national seminar with international participation \u201dJena Plan in Romania \u2013 Two Decades of Existence\u201d (Mangalia, 5 \u2013 7 September 2014).<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: educational pluralism, identity, alterity, difference, educational alternative.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n ORIENTATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE JENA PLAN<\/strong> | Lumini\u0163a MARTINESCU<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: Taking into account the age-particularities of children at preschool level, a special emphasis is made on their direct contact with nature and with real life, in general, because personal experience is the best foundation for learning. According to the Jena Plan, kindergarten-teachers should start from practical issues in order to enable children to acquire knowledge, to help them develop through an internal individual process and to achieve good education. The orientation into the environment must be seen in this context. The environment represents all external factors, both related to nature and to human society, influencing one\u2019s existence and condition. Since birth, children grow and develop bio-psycho-socially under the direct influence of the environment. It represents for them the main source of learning. Being directly in contact with people, objects, natural and social phenomena, preschool children develop their personality and adjust to certain realities.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: Jena Plan, preschool education, orientation in the environment.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n STEP BY STEP\u2026 AMONG MEMORIES<\/strong> | Ioana TAR\u0102U<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: This year Step by Step reached 20 years since its implementation in the Romanian educational system. The innovative elements (the approach by using teaching, learning and evaluation methods which take into account child personality, the personalisation of education, the activity in activity centres), as well as the principles on which this alternative is based, have led to the spreading of this program in the entire country, both at pre-school, as well as at primary-school level. At School No. 5 in Bucharest the alternative has been successfully working for sixteen years, and, starting this school year, the number of Step by Step classes has surpassed the traditional method classes at primary school level. The article presents both views regarding the approach and the integration of alternative education in public schools distinguishing the Step by Step particularities and the traditional system.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: alternative education, integrated curriculum, thematic study.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n THE TEACHER\u2019S ENTHUSIASM AND THE POWER OF WORDS IN EDUCATION \u2013 ANALYSES WITHIN THE INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER PROGRAM: ALTERNATIVE PEDAGOGIES AND DRAMA IN EDUCATION (PED-ARTE)<\/strong> | Crengu\u0163a L\u0103cr\u0103mioara OPREA<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: To be a good teacher requires being a good actor in the classroom, to be able to convey to the students emotion and desire to learn more about certain contents. It is important the way in which the teacher manages to stimulate the curiosity and maintain the students\u2019 interest in living the joy of personal discoveries. Through the way he communicates with the student and using appropriate methods and techniques to stimulate creativity, the teacher may attract his interest, his curiosity and his desire for knowledge. The enthusiasm of the teacher is the key for a good learning in school. This encourages the student\u2018s interest, maintains his attention and a positive attitude. In this way, there is an increase in the student\u2018s motivation which directly influences his educational results and his performance.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: education, enthusiasm, physical and mental health, power of words, interactive teaching and learning.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n VOLUNTEERING \u2013 A CRITERION TO ASSESS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION<\/strong> | Mar\u0163ian IOVAN<\/em><\/p>\n Full article | Abstract&Keywords<\/span> Abstract<\/strong>: The author proves that the efficiency of the environmental education could be much higher if included within the broader sphere of moral and civic education and if it is driven by a more extensive ideal sprung from the fundamental human right to a clean and well preserved environment, by the contemporary moral and civil values. Based on empirical research, the author pleads and motivates for an increased capitalization of the humanities and social sciences, of art, of environmental ethics and aesthetics in shaping \u201cthe ecological personality\u201d of the tomorrow people. Seen as a result of the environmental education, the ecological personality materializes in volunteering in order to find the answers for the environmental issues in the contemporary societies. When shaping this kind of personality profile, the ecological awareness need not be underestimated to the detriment of the positive attitudes and feelings towards the environment, the human will and the orientation of character. When shaping these personality traits through environmental education activities, one must emphasize the importance of practice and applied actions aimed to protect the environment, and in general, the practice of civic-moral education method.<\/p>\n Keywords<\/strong>: environmental education; eco-ethics; sustainable development; environmental issues; volunteering; moral values.<\/div><\/span><\/p>\n MARTI TARU, FILIP COUSS\u00c9E, HOWARD WILLIAMSON (Eds.). THE HISTORY OFYOUTH WORK IN EUROPE. RELEVANCE FOR TODAY\u2019S YOUTH WORK POLICY<\/strong>. Vol. 4, Strasbourg, Council of Europe Publishing, 2014, 142 p., ISBN 978-92-871-7736-0 | Sorin MITULESCU<\/em><\/p>\n Full review<\/p>\n GABRIEL ALBU. GRIJILE \u015eI \u00ceNGRIJOR\u0102RILE PROFESORULUI (THE TEACHER\u2019S CONCERNS AND WORRIES)<\/strong>. Pite\u015fti, Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2013, 239 p., ISBN 978-973-47-1626-5 | Dan BADEA<\/em><\/p>\n Full review<\/p>\n FULL ISSUE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THEORETICAL APPROACHES CHANGING EDUCATION IN A CHANGING SOCIETY. SOME REMARKS ON THE POLISH CASE | Krystyna SZAFRANIEC Full article | TOMA COCI\u015eIU AND THE ACTIVE SCHOOL IDEAS DICTIONARY | Steliana LEFTER, Viorel NICOLESCU Full article | RESEARCHES, INTERVENTION MODELS, GOOD PRACTICES THE JENA PLAN IN THE NETHERLANDS | Kees BOTH Full article | THE JENA … Continue reading rp 2014 – 2<\/span>
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