Volume 1 – 2020

Authors: Silvina Simeonova

   Recieved: 20 November 2019
   Accepted: 20 January 2019
   Published: 05 February 2020

The paper presents experience in implementation of STEAM education based on methodological concepts and approaches that most closely match its essence as a holistic, integrative learning approach and which could be a platform in creating STEAM curricula for formal and non-formal learning.

The main features of STEAM training are outlined and parallel with those of traditional training. The STEAM education is analyzed from the point of view of the General Systems Theory, which is considered to be a methodology of modern scientific knowledge. The STEAM education is considered as a projection of the General Systems Theory in teaching of subjects in accordance with the understanding that teaching of the subjects, the problems addressed in the didactics of the teaching and the methodology of the individual subjects are a projection of the methodology of science and scientific knowledge.

The emphasis is placed on the term a system, on the systemic-structural approach and on the formation of systemic thinking in children and students.

The considerations and conclusions are the result of an experienced work on the creation and experimentation of pedagogical scenarios for the implementation of STEAM education done by the Scientific Educational Centre STEAM.

Keywords: methodology, systemic-structural approach, pedagogical scenarios, integrative learning

Authors: Ekaterina Petkova, Mariya Ivanova, Nihat Enchev, Aneta Marinova

   Recieved: 27 November 2019
   Accepted: 22 January 2020
   Published: 05 February 2020

The report presents the results of a survey of students from the Specialized Language High School “N.Y. Vaptsarov” Shumen, Bulgaria. They investigated the influence of atmospheric pressure on secondary cosmic rays. Experimental data was obtained using one of the RUSALKA [3] high-energy particle detectors. As a result of the study, the barometric coefficient and the correlation coefficient between the pressure variations and the frequency variations were determined.

Knowing the barometric coefficient of secondary cosmic rays is important for the study of the various factors that affect them. To account for these factors, the impact of variables of terrestrial origin must be eliminated: atmospheric pressure, temperature, etc.

The team used the resulting barometric coefficient value and corrected the frequency data to remove the effect of atmospheric pressure on the secondary cosmic ray stream measurements.

Keywords: students, RUSALKA, barometric coefficient, terrestrial origin

Authors: Linko G. Nikolov

   Recieved: 02 January 2020
   Accepted: 02 February 2020
   Published: 05 February 2020

Cyber-attacks became one of the most commented areas in the ICT field. Many application and network attacks are being currently released in are in real time action during the writing of this paper. Cybersecurity is a serious issue for corporations and governmental computer networks. Widely used network attacks and application vulnerabilities are commented in this reviewing paper. Basic solutions for network security are proposed.

Keywords: CYBERSECURITY, CYBER ATTACKS, NETWORK ATTACKS, SOFTWARE VULNERABILITIES