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Social ecology significantly changes scientific thinking, develops new theoretical approaches and methodological orientations among representatives of various sciences. It is the formation of a new ecological thinking. The problems of social ecology are usually called the most acute and urgent among the global problems of the time, on the solution of which depend the possibilities of survival both of humanity itself and of all our life on Earth. In the subject of social ecology, above all, the theoretical and philosophical approach to the relations in the system "man - society - nature" is reflected. Social ecology considers both the impact of man on the environment and the impact of the environment on man in society with its undeveloped technology, but also social relations in urbanized society. As a result of intensive material production, man permanently and irreversibly alters the ecological balance and thus creates ecological problems. Environmental problems are global because they cover the entire biosphere. The reasons for the emergence of global problems are: the rates of consumption of the planet's natural resources; the problems related to poverty and the unreasonable increase in welfare; population increase and increasing demands on natural resources [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alternative intervention strategies, such as hippotherapy, have become increasingly popular in autistic children with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in recent years. The article is dedicated to research aimed at examining the effects of hippotherapy on motor function in children aged between 7 and 15 with an ASD diagnosis. The study involved 19 children with autism Spectrum disorders. The two standardized tests (the Single-Leg Balance Test and The Posture Assessment Bertotti Scale), covering 3 stages of application (pre-therapy stage, intermediate stage, post-therapy stage) provided important information on the effects of horseback riding on equilibrium stability and body posture of these children. Data were The final results indicated a significant improvement in balance and body posture in all 19 children. Hippotherapy intervention was determined to have aided in the development of the motor function. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the research is related to a study and an approbation of a pedagogical interplay during the children's mobile games in order to stimulate the positive education and to optimize the physical culture in the conditions of the contemporaneous kindergarten. The experimental work is done with children, pedagogues and students preparing their graduation papers in training active kindergarten for the Faculty of Education of the Trakia University. Stara Zagora. A game technology is applied enriching the system of the preschool physical education and developing the children's positivism. A particularity in the experimental groups is the democratization of the pedagogical interaction, the manifestation of freedom and volunteer will in the game process through a variety of the organization, the use of different means and forms according to the local conditions of work and the traditions of the children's educational institution. The child's positive education and expression during the mobile games are influenced by complex factors reflecting the level of socialization, the physical culture, the real life conditions and the development in the family and during the education. The determining factors for the personal formation are the interactions of the child with the environment, his way of life and the provision of possibilities for a childhood with plays, exercises and positive experiences. The mobile games create preconditions for the development of the tolerance, the positive experiences, the organization and the responsibility in the children's relations which reflects on the positive education. The development of the child's positive education and expression is a factor for the formation of social competences and the increase of the level of his socialization and prosocial orientation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article accents the communicative competence of the students at Preschool and Elementary School Education - educational-qualification degree Bachelor at their 4th year of study and educational qualification degree Master in Pedagogy who are trained at the Faculty of Education in Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, in the school year 2012/2013. The results show that the students surveyed know the nature of pedagogical interaction and adequately aim to the most important skills to have as teachers for effective implementation of physical education at preschool and elementary school age. The goal has been conducted by using the inquiry method, as all requirements for holding it are observed. They stand out children's unpredictability as the main difficulty in communicating with children in motor education. Prospective and current teachers have a high level of self-assessment of their communicative competence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following paper focuses on the game as an immanent feature of pedagogical interaction in kindergarten and its decisive role in shaping personality. The emphasis is on the functions of the mobile game in the process of a fictional text perception by children from a school preparatory group. Here has been studied the effectiveness of proven pedagogical model of communication in the natural environment for preschoolers and activity, providing a dynamic game approach to communicating with folklore or literary text. The results indicate that the professional creative interpretation of game with motional performances is an effective mechanism for stimulating literary communication of 6- 7 year old children in the context of his mental and physical, intellectual and social preparation for school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The modern lifestyle and the reduced locomotor activity are factors promoting the appearance of abnormal posture and a variety of deformities of the spine and the thorax. The aim of the present study was to monitor the effect of isomeric training and swimming in children with spinal deformities on the buildup of a strong muscular corset. Study subjects consisted of 8 children with first-degree scoliosis and marked kyphosis (first group) and 7 children with first-degree scoliosis and marked lordosis in the lumbar region (second group), all of them 10-14 years of age. In the beginning and the by the end of the survey period, measurements and tests of the mobility of the spine and the thorax were made, as well as manual muscle testing of the abdominal, back and gluteal muscles; the Chizhin plantography were conducted. As a result of the training programme, the posture and gait of children were corrected, and a substantial improvement of the functional state of the entire locomotor apparatus was achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examined and interpreted the current and in the same time considered as a priority practice in today's preschool in Bulgaria the topic of school readiness (on one hand) and the functional value of mobile games (on the other) in the context of preparation for school. The aim of the study is to provide educational opportunities to interact through a system of mobile games to prepare the 6-7 year olds for school. The effectiveness of pedagogical models, approved in the transformation experiment is determined by the type of relationship between cognitive and physical achievements of children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ability to teach through reflection is one of the main indicators for the level of professional experience. The scientific presentation puts a focus on the forming of pedagogical reflection in the future teachers in the nursery school and the primary school. The presented technology for conscious practice of reflection in the physical education, applied in different educational forms - observation, current practice, pre-graduation training, extra auditory studies, reveals possibilities for optimizing the special training and pedagogical competency of the students for the effective realization of the physical education of children and students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At its primary school age the child undergoes major changes in its personal development. This is the time when the game, as a main activity, begins to give its leading position before studying. That period is considered as sensitive regarding the developing of the self-evaluation skills. The scientific survey which was executed on the self-evaluation activity of the pupils aims at revealing prerequisites and mechanisms for stimulating the personal development of the children of that age period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The subject of the present text is the impact of the metacognitive processes on the resultant characteristics of perception with understanding of the scientific information in the field of theory and methodology' of the physical education. Participants in the study are 70 students from the Faculty of Education at Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. The students are from the specialties of "Preschool and Primary School Education " and "Primary School Education with a foreign language. " In order to determine the level of the text comprehension by the students we have used the questionnaire "Metacognitive involvement in the activity" (Schraw & Dennison, 1994). A quantitative and qualitative analyses of the resulting differences between the three levels of perception of the scientific information which have emerged during the study has been made. Their taking into consideration would enhance the effectiveness of the educational and cognitive activity of the students when working with specialized resources and it would optimize their scientific and methodological preparation for a successful implementation of the motor education of children at a preschool and school age. The results show that the meta cognitive processes influence the process and the result of perception of the specialized text with understanding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]