LIFE AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF LIDIA STOYANOVA

The purpose of the present monograph is based on the above-mentioned archival materials and the publications of Lidiya Stoyanova in the magazine "Free Education", to present her still little-known work, primarily related to her work with children with special educational needs and attempts to apply the method of Maria Montessori in working with them. This work is filled with many difficulties, deprivations, refusal of personal life, but it is also inspiring above all with its infinite love for children and belief in the possibilities of every child.

 

The monograph consists of two parts. The first part, based on already published sources, describes the family environment in which Lidiya Stoyanova grew up and which influenced her development. The second part, entitled "The Path" and based primarily on the archival materials mentioned above, reveals the life path and work of Lidiya Stoyanova. 

The goal is to popularize Lidiya Stoyanova's case and make it known not only to a limited circle of people dealing with the problems of children with special educational needs, but also to the general public, as it carries a charge that is especially necessary in a time deprived of orientations and human values. It teaches humanity, kindness, love and devotion to every human being, regardless of his natural endowments.

Content

• PREFACE 9
• First part. FAMILY ENVIRONMENT

1. To the roots …………………………………………………………………………..11

2. The father – Paraskev Ivanchov Stoyanov ………………………………

2.1. Childhood, school and student years

(1871–1895) ……………………………………………………………….13

2.2. Doctor in Bulgaria (1895–1918) ………………………………14

2.3. Professor at the Faculty of Medicine (1918–1940) ………..19

3. Lidiya Stoyanova for the role of her father on

her upbringing ……………………………………………………..22

• Second part. THE PATH

1. Beginning of teaching career (1923) ……………………25

2. Working with classes for "slowly developing students"

at the school "St. Kliment" in Sofia (1923-1924) ……………….27

3. Specialization in Paris and Brussels (1924–1925) ……………..28

4. After specialization – Varvara Pavlovna's school

Kuzmina (1925–1943) ………………………………………………………30

5. Specialization in Rome under Maria Montessori (1930) ………..34

6. The application of the "Montessori" method in the "mind-

children with special needs" in the school "N. Mikhailovsky" (1930–

1932) ………………………………………………………………………………35

7. The "Montessori" method in the funhouse at the school of

Varvara Pavlovna Kuzmina …………………………………………..44

8. In the Miladino Brothers School (19321–934) ………………….46

9. In the experimental school at the school "St. St. Cyril and Methodius

diy" (1934–1937) ……………………………………………………………….47

10. In the "Development" home-school (1937–1943) ……………………..51

11. Manual work ………………………………………………………………56

12. Vacations …………………………………………………………………………57

13. Holidays …………………………………………………………………………58

13.1. Christmas tree holiday ……………………………………………………58

13.2. Name days ……………………………………………………………….62

8. LIFE AND PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITY OF LIDIA STOYANOVA

13.3. Other holidays …………………………………………………….62

14. Prof. Edward Clapared's visit to home

"Development" ………………………………………………………………………….64

15. Refreshing knowledge - again at Sofia University

Tet (1943–1945) ………………………………………………………………..66

16. Again at the school "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" and school

"Lyubcho Baramov" (1945–1950) ………………………………………67

17. In the Children's Maritime Sanatorium in Varna

(1943, 1947 and 1948) ……………………………………………………..74

17.1. Work with children of preschool age ………………..76

18. Work at the Children's Psycho-Neurological Hospital

(1950–1955) …………………………………………………………………………..79

19. Introduction to speech therapy ……………………………………………………81

20. Work at the Research Institute of neurology and

psychiatry (1955–1968) ……………………………………………..84

21. Again a new direction of work ………………………………………..88

22. The studies ……………………………………………………………………90

23. The results …………………………………………………………………..95

• CONCLUSION ……………………………………………………………….. 97
• BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………….. 98
• APPENDIX ……………………………………………………………… 101