This program is in the process of accreditation due to expiration of the previous accreditation.
The education is performed by Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Faculty of Pedagogy perform the education.
Aim of this PhD program is to provide PhD students with strong
theoretical and practical training for independent research in the
area of physics and specialized pedagogical technologies and
practices, which are up-to-date for the methodology of physics
education. Students, acquired the PhD degree, are suitable for
research, teaching, management and expert activities in education,
research institutes, media, non-government organizations, etc.
Competences of PhD students completed this
program:
- scientific competences in the area of methodology, methods and
toolkit of scientific, pedagogical and specialized physics
research;
- professional preparation for successful conduct of research at
regional, national and international level.
- qualification for independent teaching and expert activities in
the area of education, school policy and administration.
Curriculum:
PhD students' education is based on an individual curriculum,
approved by the Faculty Council, which is developed according to
the topic of PhD Dissertation. Assessment is made by exam based on
six-grade system.
Sample list of
courses:
- Philosophical Foundations of Pedagogy - Prof. Dobrinka
Todorina
- Current Problems of Didactics of Physics - Assoc. Prof. Radost
Vassileva, Ph.D.
- Quantitative Methods in Pedagogical Research - Assoc. Prof.
Elena Karashtranova, Ph.D.
- Information Technologies in Pedagogical Research - Assoc. Prof.
Daniela Dureva-Tuparova, Ph.D.
- Project-based Learning - Assoc. Prof. Krasimira Marulevska,
Ph.D.
- Modern Educational Technologies - Assoc. Prof. Lidiya
Churukova, DSc
- History of Physics - Assoc. Prof. Radost Vassileva, Ph.D.
In the Individual Curriculum of a PhD student,
several courses are included among the courses of the above Sample
list of courses and/or other courses, proposed and approved by the
graduate advisor, the Department Council of Department of Physics
and Faculty Council of Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
There are two disciplines that are required for all PhD students at
the University: "Working out and management of project";
"Specialized foreign language".
Graduation:
- Exams from Individual Curriculum
- Defense of PhD Dissertation
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