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Volume 12
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Gillian Hilton
James Ogunleye
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Peter L. Schneller, Prof. Dr.
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Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang, Prof. Dr.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Patricia K. Kubow, Prof. Dr.
Bowling Green State University, USA
Lilia Halim, Prof. Dr.
Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia
Alexander W. Wiseman, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Lehigh University, USA
Joachim Schroeder, Prof. Dr.
Universität Hamburg, Germany
Kas Mazurek, Prof. Dr.
University of Lethbridge, Canada
Oksana Chigisheva, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Southern Federal University, Russia
Marco Aurelio Navarro-Leal, Prof. Dr.
Colegio de Tamaulipas, México
Jana Kalin, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Johannes L van der Walt, Prof. Dr.
North-West University, South Africa
Bruno Leutwyler, Prof. Dr.
University of Teacher Education –
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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................ 16
Part 1
Comparative Education & History of Education
Charl Wolhuter
State of Published Research on the Teaching of Comparative Education ...................... 17
Johannes L van der Walt
Three ways of looking at the phenomenon education system......................................... 24
Ferdinand J Potgieter
Considering a pedagogy of discernment as primus inter pares: implications for
comparative educationists............................................................................................... 32
Larry Prochner, Ailie Cleghorn, Anna Kirova, Darcey Dachyshyn & Christine Massing
Culture and Practice in Early Childhood Teacher Education in Namibia and Canada..... 39
Manuel Jacinto Roblizo Colmenero
The Practice of Dialogic Learning as a Successful Means to Overcome Inequalities: ‘La
Paz’ Learning Community Case ...................................................................................... 47
Isabel Guadalupe Munguía Godínez
Political Formation of Citizenship in Young People from High School Level: A
Comparative Study between Mexico and Germany ........................................................ 53
Lynette Jacobs & Corene de Wet
Essential Values for Global Citizenship: How Do South African Learners Fare? ............ 59
Syed Nitas Iftekhar
Learning from the Past, Strategizing for the future. Education for all in India: The Present
and Beyond 2015 ............................................................................................................ 67
Shelley Terzian
International Influences on Post-Soviet Armenian Education.......................................... 73
Irena Stonkuvienė
(Not)Forgettable History of Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization .................... 80
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Ivančica Marković
Game – an example of historical influence on cultural and social events during 18th and
19th centuries................................................................................................................... 87
Part 2
Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching
Styles
Ruth Roux & Jorge Luis Mendoza Valladares
Mexican teachers’ training experiences, perceived needs and interest in inquiry-based
teaching........................................................................................................................... 95
Marco Aurelio Navarro-Leal & Zaira Navarrete-Cazales
The Mexican education reforms and the teacher education system at the turn of the
century........................................................................................................................... 102
Marie Mc Andrew, Julie Larochelle-Audet, Corina Borri-Anadon, Maryse Potvin
Pre-service teacher training in ethno-cultural, religious and linguistic diversity offered by
Québec universities: a quantitative and qualitative portrait ........................................... 108
Eveline Christof
Reflective Ability as a Core Competence of Future Teachers........................................ 114
Rafaela Garcia Lopez & Mª Jesús Martínez Usarralde
Transformation of a School into a Cooperative School: The Miracle of an Educational
Tool for a Better School ................................................................................................. 121
Ricardo Lozano
Reflections Following Three Years of Training the Next Generation of Educators in
Turkey: Constructing an Optimistic, yet Realistic Understanding of the Teaching
Profession ..................................................................................................................... 129
Edina Kovács & Adrienn Fekete
The Professional Identity and Achievement of Education Majors in the Cross-Border
Region of Hungary, Romania and Ukraine .................................................................... 136
Motladi Angeline Setlhako
Anxieties, challenges and successes in the transition to online teaching in an Open and
Distance Learning environment: the UNISA experience ............................................... 145
Bobo Segoe
Peer support: the traits and perceptions of Open Distance Learning (ODL) students... 152
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Lisa Wiebesiek-Pienaar, Tebello Letsekha, Thenjiwe Meyiwa, Bukiwe Feni
Pre-service and In-service Training, Indigenous Knowledge and Foundation Phase
Teachers’ Experiences in the South African Classroom ................................................ 159
Amelia Molina García
Pedagogical training and culture for global citizenship: reflections for its creation........ 165
Barbara Šteh & Jana Kalin
Conceptions of Learning and Significant Learning Experiences among Pedagogy and
Andragogy Students at the University in Ljubljana and the University in Belgrade ....... 171
Manuela Heinz
Initial Teacher Education in Ireland: Structure, policy developments and implications for
practice.......................................................................................................................... 178
Renata Čepić, Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Jana Kalin
Characteristics of a good elementary school teacher – analysis of teachers' selfperceptions.................................................................................................................... 185
Sandra Ozola, Maris Purvins, Inga Riemere
Managerial Skills of Teachers in Schools of Latvia in the Context of Lifelong Learning 193
Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez, Fátima Carrillo, Lya-Adlih Oros-Méndez, Miguel
Alvarez, Maria Morfin-Otero
Implications for the Development of the Individual through Teacher Training in
Environments where there are Universal Processes of Development, Mediated by Virtual
Interactions.................................................................................................................... 200
Valentina Tsybaneva
The Language Development of the Language Teachers in In-Service System............. 205
Tatjana Simović, Veljko Simović, Ljiljana Milović, Biljana Balov
Students’ and teachers’ views on teaching styles and methods .................................. 211
Franc Cankar, Olga Dečman Dobrnjič, Stanka Setnikar Cankar
Some Indicators which show the Quality of the Schools in Slovenia............................. 216
Sandra Saraí Dimas Márquez
Condiciones sociales, institucionales y personales del profesor de Educación Superior:
un estudio en la Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Educación de la UAEH en México ..... 223
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Part 3
Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership
Gillian L. S. Hilton
Assuring the Quality of Higher Education Systems and Its Link to Improvement in
Learning Cultures: the role of the international reviewer ............................................... 229
Nicholas Sun-keung Pang & Zoe Lai-mei Leung
Promoting Quality of Early Childhood Education through Assessment for Learning:
Preparing Future Globally Competent Citizens ............................................................. 239
Corene de Wet
Letters to the editor and popular discourses on hazing in South African schools and
school hostels................................................................................................................ 249
Michael W. O’Sullivan & Ewelina K. Niemczyk
Mentoring for global competence: Teachers preparing their peers for international service
learning.......................................................................................................................... 257
Laura J. Dull
Historical Thinking in Difficult Times .............................................................................. 265
Graciela Amira Medécigo Shej
Public policies on migrant matters: A balance in México ............................................... 270
Snježana Dobrota
The Role of Music Education in Preparing Globally Competent Pupils......................... 275
Haim Henry Gaziel
The effect of the school organization on teachers’ efficacy and satisfaction ................. 281
Part 4
Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion
James Ogunleye
Interactions between vocational education and training and the labour market in France:
a country report ............................................................................................................. 289
Alberto G. Canen, Ana Canen, Rejane P. Costa
Higher Education and the Preparation of Multicultural Global Citizens: the case of a
technological curriculum................................................................................................ 296
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Paweł Grygiel, Grzegorz Humenny, Piotr Świtaj, Sławomir Rębisz, Marta Anczewska
Between Isolation and Loneliness: Social Networks and Perceived Integration with Peers
of Children Diagnosed with ADHD in Regular Classrooms ........................................... 303
Marta Anczewska, Alicja Multarzyńska, Joanna Krzyżanowska-Zbucka, Marcin Flak,
Magdalena Peccabin, Joanna Roszczyńska-Michta, Justyna Waszkiewicz, Justyna
Tucholska
Lessons from the recovery training programme for service users empowerment ......... 311
Izabela Nowak, Piotr Świtaj, Katarzyna Charzyńska, Marta Anczewska
Social inclusion through interventions targeting psychosocial difficulties in
schizophrenia................................................................................................................ 318
Gertrude Shotte
Internationalisation, Regionalisation and Localisation: Reflections on Co-habitation in ‘the
Third Space’ in Tertiary Education ................................................................................. 326
Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu & Queen Chioma Nworgu
Mitigating Circumstances in Higher Education .............................................................. 333
Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Helen Nworgu, Julie Nworgu
Child Protection: A Look at Some Internet Regulations................................................. 340
Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Steve Azaiki, Queen Chioma Nworgu, Helen Nworgu
An Increase in Higher Education Fees and Human Rights Legislation ......................... 347
Elizabeth Achinewhu-Nworgu, Queen Chioma Nworgu, Shade Babalola, Chinuru
Chituru Achinewhu
Exploring land ownership and Inheritance in Nigeria .................................................... 354
Dong Zhao
Buddhist Echoes in University Education: A Comparative Study of China and Canada 362
Changjun Yue
Gender and Migration: Evidence from College Graduates in China.............................. 371
Xiaohao Ding
An Analysis of the Employment of Secondary Vocational Education Graduates in Urban
China ............................................................................................................................. 379
Reyna del Carmen Martínez Rodríguez & Lilia Benítez Corona
Factors that enhance didactic implementation of human development courses in
Polytechnic Universities engineering students .............................................................. 385
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Lilia Benítez Corona & Reyna del Carmen Martínez Rodríguez
Resilient competencies in the comprehensive educational training for engineering
students......................................................................................................................... 391
Emma Leticia Canales Rodríguez & Gabriela Abaunza Canales
Teaching and learning in higher education in Mexico: New proposals to improve old
practices ........................................................................................................................ 398
Daina Vasilevska
Distance Education as a Factor of Development of Virtual Academic Mobility.............. 404
Olga Nessipbayeva
Kazakhstan in the European educational system.......................................................... 411
Amanda S Potgieter
Student Thresholding into Academia: Teaching Writing to The Budding Academics’
Society........................................................................................................................... 418
Shade Babalola
A critical analysis of the under-achievement of Afro-Caribbean boys within a 16-19
education setting ........................................................................................................... 425
Friday Owhornugwu Obodo
Is Nigerian higher education admission policy in breach of Human Rights law?........... 432
Gordana Stankovska & Myqereme Rusi
Cognitive, Emotional and Social Characteristics of Gifted Students with Learning
Disability ........................................................................................................................ 438
Куралай Мухамади / Kuralay Mukhamadi
Инновационные технологии обучения государственному языку в Казахстане:
современное состояние и перспективы / Innovative technologies of the state language
teaching in Kazakhstan: current condition and future.................................................... 443
Part 5
Educational development strategies in different countries and regions of
the world: national, regional and global levels
Oksana Chigisheva
VET/TVET terminological ambiguity from cross-national perspective ........................... 449
Andrey Blinov, Olga Nikolaevskaya
Intellectualization of Education as a Priority of the State Development......................... 454
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Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Renata Čepić, Matina Mulc
The Comparison of Professional Self-Perceptions between Preschool and Primary
School Teachers in Croatia............................................................................................ 461
Oksana Chugai
Legislative History of Adult Education in the USA ......................................................... 469
Olena Goncharenko
The Importance of Communicative Competence in Teaching Pupils from National
Minorities of Ukraine and the United States .................................................................. 475
Anna Polenova
Principles and Practices of Teaching English to Undergraduates Majoring in Economics
in Contemporary University Education .......................................................................... 480
Людмила Семеновна Сильченкова / Ludmila Silchenkova
Компетентностный подход в практике овладения младшими школьниками
письменными видами речи / Competence-Based Approach in the Practice of Written
Speech Types Mastering by Primary School Pupils ...................................................... 487
Ольга Александровна Моисеева / Olga Moiseeva
Проблема организации образования современной молодежи: современные
тенденции / The problem of the organization of education of contemporary youth:
current trends ................................................................................................................ 495
Наталья Анатольевна Савотина, Елена Михайловна Клемяшова, Владимир
Александрович Сковородкин / Natalia Savotina, Elena Klemyashova, Vladimir
Skovorodkin
Технологический подход в воспитательной практике современной России /
Technological Approach in the Educational Practice of Modern Russia........................ 503
Виктория Викторовна Скляднева / Victoria Sklyadneva
Специфика воспитания и образования казачества в условиях вузов (на примере
МГУТУ им. К. Г. Разумовского) / Training and Educational Specificity of Cossacks at
Higher Educational Establishments (a Case of Moscow State University of Technologies
and Management named after K. G. Razumovskiy)...................................................... 514
Татьяна Алексеевна Спиридонова / Tatyana Spiridonova
Современные исследования и государственная политика в области развития
одаренных детей / Current Research and the State Policy on the Development of Gifted
Children ......................................................................................................................... 522
Александра Вячеславовна Бойкова, Нурия Минияровна Ахмерова / Aleksandra
Boykova, Nuriya Ahmerova
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Применение некоторых современных образовательных технологий в контексте
современных глобальных образовательных тенденций / Application of Some Modern
Educational Technologies in the Context of Contemporary Global Educational Trends 531
Надежда Борисовна Качайнова / Nаdezhda Kachainova
Модернизация российского образования в контексте глобализации / Modernization
of Russian Education in the Context of Globalization.................................................... 539
Татьяна Игоревна Лаптева / Tatyana Lapteva
Роль системного и интегрального подходов в развитии образовании в России / The
role of systemic and integrated approach in the development of education in Russia .. 548
Игорь Леонтьевич Набок / Igor Nabok
Об этнологической «недостаточности» педагогического образования / About
Ethnological «Insufficiency» of Pedagogical Education................................................. 555
Лариса Александровна Данченок, Людмила Николаевна Иванова-Швец / Larisa
Danchenok, Liudmila Ivanova-Shvets
Стратегические направления развития компетентностного подхода в подготовке
конкурентоспособных специалистов / Strategic Directions for the Development of
Competence-Based Approach within Training of Competitive Specialists..................... 564
Светлана Сергеевна Золотарева / Svetlana Zolotareva
Особенности компетентностной модели подготовки бакалавра дополнительного
образования детей в вузах России / Peculiarities of Competence-Based Training
Model of the Bachelor of Additional Education of Children in Higher Education Institutions
of Russia ....................................................................................................................... 571
Нина Геннадьевна Тихомирова / Nina Tikhomirova
Кластер специальных компетенций бакалавра дополнительного образования в
сфере культурно-досуговой деятельности / Cluster of Special Competences of the
Bachelor of Additional Education in the Sphere of Cultural and Leisure Activity ........... 581
Ольга Николаевна Жидкова, Роман Викторович Каптюхин / Olga Zhidkova,
Roman Kaptyukhin
Использование открытых образовательных ресурсов в образовании / The use of
Open Educational Resources in Education ................................................................... 589
Нина Викторовна Никольская / Nina Nikolskaya
Сохранение культурной идентичности и подготовка глобально компетентных
граждан в русле двуязычного образования в Великобритании / Preservation of
Cultural Identity and Preparation of Globally Competent Citizens in the Mainstream of
Bilingual Education in Great Britain ............................................................................... 599
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Оксана Алексеевна Першукова / Oksana Pershukova
Факторы развития многоязычного образования в странах Западной Европы /
Development Forces of Multilingual Education in the Western European Countries .... 608
Светлана Тевельевна Махлина / Svetlana Mahlina
Курс «Семиотика и лингвистика» в подготовке культурологов / The Course
‘Semiotics and Linguistics’ in Preparing Culture Studies Students................................ 617
Мария Николаевна Тюрина / Maria Nikolaevna Tyurina
Изучение английского языка в современном глобализирующемся мире / English
Language Learning in Modern Globalizing World.......................................................... 623
Татьяна Леонидовна Павлова, Олеся Владимировна Цигулева / Tatyana
Pavlova, Olesya Tsiguleva
Мобильность в условиях интернационализации образования / Mobility within
Internationalisation of Education ................................................................................... 631
Надежда Васильевна Осипова / Nadejda Osipova
Разработка концепций глобального образования как ответ на вызов времени и
решение насущных проблем образования в контексте глобализационных
процессов / The Development of Global Education Concepts as the Reply to the
Challenge of the Time and the Solution of Vital Educational Problems in the Context of
Globalization Processes................................................................................................ 636
Елена Владимировна Абдулова, Светлана Геннадьевна Крылова, Светлана
Алигарьевна Минюрова / Elena Abdulova, Svetlana Krylova, Svetlana Minyurova
Виртуальное образовательное пространство для межкультурного взаимодействия /
Virtual learning environment for intercultural interaction................................................ 643
Ляйля Муталиева, Лаура Байтенова / Lyailya Mutalieva, Laura Baitenova
Особенности формирования компетентностной модели при подготовке
специалистов в сфере туризма / Peculiarities of Competence-Based Model Formation
as a Part of Training Specialists in the Sphere of Tourism ............................................ 649
Olga Nikolaevskaya
Effectiveness of Educational Development on the Basis of Intellectualization of
Managerial Potential...................................................................................................... 654
Part 6
Key directions and characteristics of research organization in
contemporary world
Galina Zashchitina
Toward Effective Communication: The Pragmatics of Tropes in Mass Media Discourse.. 657
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Maryana Salamakha
Studying of the English Environmental Protection Terminology in the Aspect of Thematic
Groups and Hyper-Hyponymic Relations ...................................................................... 663
Nataša Vujisić Živković & Sunčica Macura Milovanović
Contemporary Educational Sciences Challenged by the Ethnocentric Pedagogic Heritage
and Contemporary Epistemological-Methodological Approaches ................................. 670
Лариса Сергеевна Тихомирова / Larisa Tikhomirova
Речевое воздействие в социальной рекламе / Speech Influence in Social
Advertising .................................................................................................................... 677
Наталия Васильевна Данилевская, Светлана Евгеньевна Овсянникова / Nataliya
Danilevskaya, Svetlana Ovsyannikova
Просветительская функция социальной рекламы / Educational Function of Social
Advertising..................................................................................................................... 682
Part 7
International scientific and educational cooperation for the solution of
contemporary global issues: from global competition to world integration
Мария Алексеевна Беляева / Maria Belyaeva
Прокреационное образование как условие подготовки глобально компетентных
граждан / Procreation Education as a Condition of Preparing Globally Competent
Citizens.......................................................................................................................... 691
Эльвира Владимировна Королева / Elvira Koroleva
Значимость высшей школы в искоренении истоков ментального терроризма
социальных болезней / The Significance of Higher Education for the Elimination of
Social Diseases’ Mental Terrorism................................................................................. 700
Анна Леонидовна Чернышова / Anna Chernishova
Демографическая ситуация в современном мире в период глобальных социальноэкономических трансформаций: обзор и тенденции развития / Demographic Situation
in Contemporary World within Global Economic and Social Transformation: Overview
and Development Trends .............................................................................................. 709
Нина Григорьевна Ивельская / Nina Ivelskaya
Сфера образования как «локомотив роста» объектов экономики в аспекте
системообразования / The Sphere of Education as a ‘Growth Engine’ of Economic
Facilities in the Aspect of System Formation................................................................. 717
Светлана Алексеевна Петренко, Людмила Алексеевна Петренко / Svetlana
Petrenko, Ludmila Petrenko
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Пути и условия реализации гендерного неравенства в системе школьного
образования / Ways and Conditions of Gender Inequality Realisation in the System of
School Education........................................................................................................... 723
Наталья Геннадьевна Хорошкевич / Natalya Khoroshkevich
Охрана труда на промышленном предприятии: социологическое исследование /
Labour Protection at the Industrial Enterprise: Sociological Research.......................... 729
Ольга Бисеновна Тапалова, Николай Анатольевич Нигай, Бахытжан Жетесович
Нуралиев, Эльмира Болатовна Шайхысламова / Olga Tapalova, Nickolay Nigai,
Bahytzhan Nuraliyev, Elmira Shaykhislamova
Исследование мотивационной направленности и особенностей самоактуализации
личности при аддиктивной зависимости / The Study of Motivational Orientation and
Peculiarities of Self-Actualisation of the Addicted Individual ......................................... 735
Максат Нурадилович Калимолдаев, Гульшат Аманжоловна Амирханова /
Maksat Kalimoldayev, Gulshat Amirkhanova
Математическая модель экономического роста с учетом человеческих ресурсов /
Mathematical Model of Economic Growth with Provision for Human Resources .......... 742
Information & Reviews
Luis Enrique Aguilar & Jose Alberto F. Rodrigues Filho
Los observatorios como un recurso de investigación, intercambios, producción y
diseminación de conocimiento / The Observatories as a resource for research,
exchange, production and dissemination of knowledge ................................................ 749
List of Contributors ........................................................................................................ 752
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Education’s Role in Preparing Globally Competent Citizens. BCES Conference Books, Vol. 12
Preface
This volume contains papers submitted to the XII Annual International
Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia
and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the II International
Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre
‘Scientific Cooperation’, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The volume also includes papers
submitted to the International Symposium on Comparative Sciences, organized by
the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society in Sofia, in October 2013.
The XII BCES Conference theme is Education’s Role in Preparing Globally
Competent Citizens. The II Distance Partner Conference theme is Contemporary
Science and Education: New Challenges – New Decisions.
The book consists of 103 papers, written by 167 authors and co-authors, and
grouped into 7 parts.
Parts 1-4 comprise papers submitted to the XII BCES Conference, and Parts 5-7
comprise papers submitted to the II Distance Partner Conference.
The 103 papers are divided into the following 7 parts:
Part 1: Comparative Education & History of Education (11 papers);
Part 2: Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching
Styles (20 papers);
Part 3: Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership (8 papers);
Part 4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion (23 papers);
Part 5: Educational development strategies in different countries and regions of
the world: national, regional and global levels (28 papers);
Part 6: Key directions and characteristics of research organization in
contemporary world (5 papers);
Part 7: International scientific and educational cooperation for the solution of
contemporary global issues: from global competition to world
integration (8 papers).
The distribution by languages is: 70 papers are in English, 32 in Russian, and 1
in Spanish. As in the previous eleven volumes, studies presented in this book cover
all levels of the educational system – preschool, primary, lower secondary, upper
secondary, postsecondary and higher education, as well as doctoral programs.
The global character is one of the typical established features of the BCES
Conference Books. The geography of countries included in the studies, presented in
this volume, encompasses the world: Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China,
Croatia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia (FYR), Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.
Prof. Dr.habil. Nikolay Popov
Editor-in-Chief, BCES Chairperson
May 2014