Community of practice in Bulgaria extended during “Partnerships for Success” round table – 21 March 2025, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
On 21 March 2025, a public council and round table on the topic “Partnerships for Success” was held at the Faculty of Pedagogy at Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”. The event brought together university professors, experts, directors, representatives of institutions and NGOs to discuss visions, practices and opportunities for sustainable education.
Special guests at the event were Dr. Yanka Takeva – Chairperson of the Bulgarian Teachers’ Union and Prof. Dsc Dora Levterova-Gadjalova – Head of Department of educational management and pedagogy and Department for further teachers’ qualification at the university.
Dr. Takeva emphasised on the importance of the common collaboration with the university, which is thanks to the above mentioned departments and invited the participants to join the project Community of practice as well as in the forthcoming pilot trainings.
Prof. Dsc Levterova-Gajdalova (the project coordinator) in her keynote speech emphasized on the power of the interdisciplinary approach – education, psychology, arts and social sciences as a support for human capital. She presented the recent results of the project – the curriculum and training course about Instructional design of digital learning by applying the Universal design of learning principles to enable also full inclusion of students with special needs and invited the students to join the further qualification course for teachers in design for digital learning and use of educational technology as a foundation for creative thinking and inclusion.
In the afternoon, Dr. Takeva, prof. Levterova-Gadjalova, prof. Alexandrova and Andrean Lazarov from Bulgarian Inclusion Support Team participated in an workshop dedicated to the challenges into further teachers’ qualification.
