INCORPORATING INTEGRATED APPROACH IN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Borislav Lazarov, Daniella Severinova

Abstract


Under considerations are topics related to the organizational planning and management of incorporating the integrated approach in the St. George Private Secondary School in Sofia, Bulgaria. As the theoretical base we step on the Altschuler’s model but modified some parts of it according to the specifics of the educational management. E.g., we replaced the 2-dimensional antinomy matrix of the Altschuler’s model by considering antinomies in higher dimensions. Another innovation is the processing matrix we designed to technologize the project-oriented initiatives. A new educational paradigm is offered in which the role and the place of the integrated approach is set up as a way to achieve the desired goal of the compulsory education – a competence of synthetic type. Several good practices are given to illustrate different perspectives of the entire process of establishing a new educational environment in St. George School. The key role of mathematics and informational technologies in these initiatives is justified. The integrated approach we announce here is coherent with the Bulgarian National Youth Strategy where the stream line is an integrated consideration of the global problems related to the young people. The authors’ hope is that the described manegment schema could serve as model for regular educational practices not only in private schools but as a modus operandi to implement the National Youth Strategy onto the entire educational reform that is going on in Bulgaria.

Keywords


project education, synthetic competence, integral approach, Altschuler’s model

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