This document summarizes the results of a survey given to teachers and students at a secondary school in Bulgaria about different approaches to learning. The survey looked at factors like individual work, creative tasks, asking questions, homework, discussions, research projects, teamwork, and use of technology. Overall, students preferred more hands-on and engaging activities like individual work, creative tasks, discussions and debates, while teachers saw homework and following the standard lessons as more important. Based on the results, the document proposes harmonizing teaching methods with student needs by incorporating more individual work, creative tasks, discussions, and helping students identify essential information in lessons.

1. Approaches to learning
General Secondary School
“Otets Paisii”
Smolyan,Bulgaria

2. Different methods and learning
strategies
-There are various ways in which students absorbs
information. Differences in approaches to learning
information are not only individual they depend on many
factors.
-Modern understanding is that learning is a creative
process. It is not just learning a compulsory school
system information, and it is synthesized from various
sources and constantly searching for new and modern
ideas and theories associated with it.
-The main strategy for learning is asking questions to the
teacher. Innovative awareness within the education is
precisely that students need to be motivated to look for
knowledge from the teacher, and not be forced to accept
it.

3. Our concept
We conducted a survey
among teachers and students
of our school General
Secondary school “Otets
Paisii”. Teachers teach
different subjects and the
questions are common,
affecting everyone. The
answers are presented in five
point scale.
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

4. Questionnaire
teachers
1.What is the role of the individual work
in class?
2. What is the place of creative tasks?
3. During the new lesson do you let
students ask own questions and form
creative tasks?
4. How important is homework?
5. Do you use discussion and debate in
the lesson?
6. Do you think the survey method
increases activity of the student?
7. To what extent do you use teamwork
in class?
8. How important is IT in the teaching
process?
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

5. Questionnaire
students1. Do you think that you learn the lesson
better through the individual work in class?
2. Do you prefer the creative tasks in the
lessons?
3. Do you ask your own questions,
which are out of particular tasks?
4. To what extent do you think that the
homework help you to learn new
material?
5. Do the debates and discussions in
class help you to learn the material?
6. Do you prefer to learn by doing
research?
7. Do you prefer to work in a team?
8. Do you think the studying new lessons is
easily by using the IT?
9. When you learn the greatest difficulty
encountered when:
a) separating the essential from the trivial
to the lesson
b) long texts in textbooks, containing large
amounts of information
c) not experiencing difficulties
10. When you study do you use:
a) a notebook
b) a textbook
c) additional reading
d) Internet
11. In preparation you use flash cards
(cards, which on one side is written
question word, word, and the other
answer, the definition of the translation of
words)?
a) Method I know, but do not use it
b) I use it in certain subjects
c) I use them for all subjects and check
my knowledge after pile of unused cards
is gone so I've learned a lesson.
d) Method I did not know but would like
to try
12.In your preparation do you use the
technique of Feynman which is very
simple: You need a slip, pen and 20
minutes. Then explain himself (or
someone close, a roommate, a cat) what
you learn, but as someone who has no
idea what it is all about. Use drawings,
diagrams, metaphors, comparisons and
analogies.
a) you have not even heard of this
method of learning
b) methods I know, but do not use it
c) I use it in certain subjects ........
d) Method I did not know but would
like to try
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

6. Individual work
1
7% 2
13%
3
20%
4
27%
5
33%
students
1
0%
2
11%
3
42%
4
42%
5
5%
teachers
1 - slightly
2- average
3- well
4- very well
5- perfectly
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
1 2 3 4 5
7%
13%
20%
27%
33%
0%
11%
42% 42%
5%
 students
 teachers
slightly average well very well perfectly

7. 1
22%
2
25%
3
15%4
8%
5
30%
students
1
0%
2
31%
3
32%
4
37%
5
0%
teachers
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
1 2 3 4 5
22%
25%
15%
8%
30%
0%
31% 32%
37%
0%
 students
 teachers
Creative tasks
slightly average well very well perfectly
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

8. Asking the questions
1
29%
2
32%
3
17%
4
7%
5
15%
students
1
10%
2
33%
3
19%
4
24%
5
14%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
1 2 3 4 5
29%
32%
17%
7%
15%
10%
33%
19%
24%
14%
 students
 teachers
slightly average well very well perfectly
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

9. Homework
1
29%
2
17%
3
10%
4
20%
5
24%
students
1
5% 2
5%
3
21%
4
42%
5
27%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
1 2 3 4 5
29%
17%
10%
20%
24%
5% 5%
21%
42%
26%
slightly average well very well perfectly
 students
 teachers
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

10. Discussion and debate
1
12% 2
5%
3
13%
4
20%
5
50%
students
1
5%
2
0%
3
39%
4
50%
5
6%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
1 2 3 4 5
13%
5%
13%
20%
50%
6%
0%
39%
50%
6%
slightly average well very well perfectly
 students
 teachers
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

11. Doing research
1
15%
2
18%
3
28%4
18%
5
21%
students
1
0%
2
10%
3
37%
4
32%
5
21%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
1 2 3 4 5
15%
18%
28%
18%
21%
0%
11%
37%
32%
21%
slightly average well very well perfectly
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly
 students
 teachers

12. Teamwork
1
13% 2
2%
3
31%
4
13%
5
41%
students
1
12%
2
18%
3
29%
4
29%
5
12%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
1 2 3 4 5
13%
3%
31%
13%
41%
12%
18%
29% 29%
12%
slightly average well very well perfectly
 students
 teachers
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

13. IT
1
7% 2
10%
3
22%
4
15%
5
46%
students
1
0%
2
44%
3
39%
4
11%
5
6%
teachers
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
1 2 3 4 5
7%
10%
22%
15%
46%
0%
44%
39%
11%
6%
slightly average well very well perfectly
 students
 teachers
1 - slightly
2 - average
3 - well
4 - very well
5 - perfectly

14. Learning new lesson
0
5
10
15
20
25
A B C D
9- Difficulties
10- When you study do you use:
11- Flash cards
12- The technique of Feynman
a notebook a textbook additional reading Internet

15. Additional materials
0
5
10
15
20
25
9 10 11 12
A
B
C
D
a notebook
a textbook
additional reading
Internet
Difficulties When you study Flash cards The technique of
do you use: Feynman

16. Proposals to harmonize teachers'
methods with students' needs
•More individual work in the school
subjects
•More creative tasks
•More attention to the passive
students who are indifferent during
the lessons
•Appropriate homework
•Discussions and debates to occupy
an important place in the teaching
process
•Teachers should advice and help
students to find important and ignore
the trivial to the individual approach

17. Thank you for your attention
Mariya Chaparova
Mariya Peevska