«Educator» Digest 2006-2007
Editor’s word
Dear friends!
Yоu hold in your hands a special issue of the magazine “Educator” — a digest in English that covers articles from the last six issues that have been published in 2006–2007. It is the second English issue of the magazine. The first one included articles published in 2004–2005 and it seemed to arouse interest among foreign readers. We decided to continue this tradition
and to publish digest in english every two years.
The magazine “Educator” is issued by a partnership network of not-for-profit organizations in Belarus that are engaged in civic education ( http://www.adukatar.net ). The magazine is for educators who are involved in education, learning, and enlightenment activities within the framework of non-formal education/ This magazine has become relevant and useful for all educators who build their curricula on the principles of democracy and pluralism, and try in the educational process not just to “give knowledge”, but rather to develop the ability to think independently, and to nurture social competencies.
Dear friends! Unfortunately we couldn’t translate all the articles that have been published in “Educator”, but we tried to offer you those dedicated to different direction, topics, events, and problems written in different styles. We hope it allows getting some idea about processes in non-formal education in Belarus.
We still are sure that interest and usefulness of the magazine depends not just on trials of the editorial board, but on the activity of you, our audience and possible authors, including those from abroad. We offer those who would like to share their experience and thoughts not to postpone it and begin to cooperate with “Educator”. We hope that this is a good chance to find not just interesting, professional company, but new partners. We will also be grateful for your feedback on
materials of the digest.
Especially I would like to thank those who made this issue possible: colleagues in the editorial board and partner network of not-for-profit organizations which are engaged in civic education, to articles’ authors, to foreign partners from Institut fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes (DVV International) (Germany) and Studieforbundet Vuxenskolan (Sweden).
Editor-in-chief
Dmitrij Karpievich
Contents
Links lead to the downloadable PDF-files with full articles
Review
On tasks of civic education in Belarus
Valeri Zhurakovki
The history and current state of civic education in Belarus
Svetlana Matskevich
Talk About Important Stuff
“Nonformal Education Festival has to become a traditional event”
Interview with Asrtid Sahm and Vlad Velichko
Results
Resolution of NonFormal Education Festival
Analysis
Research of awareness and preferences of consumers of nonformal education services
Natalia Riabova
Thematic ground
A very subjective mode of coach’s professional development
Elena Karpievich, Tatyana Krasnova
National consciousness and civic education
Ihar Kuzminich
More than just a language
Vitaut Rudnik
Reflection
One circle, two circles… Three hundred circles — is it a lot or a few?
Aliona Velichko, Inna Gubarevich
Diary of “Educator”
Wild! Young! Journalistic!
Lana Rudnik
