Webinar on the topic "Teaching Economics to Students of Three generations - Attitudes of Teachers and Students" was held by the project team 5-2023
On November 6, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. BigBlueButton video conference platform, inter-university team of research project No. 5-2023 "Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Education in the Economy of Generation Z" from the University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev" and BA"D . A. Tsenov" composed of Assoc. Prof. Dragomir Iliev, PhD - head, ch. Assistant Professor Daniela Ilieva, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Zhelio Zhelev, Ph.D., held a webinar on the topic: "Economic Training of Students from three generations - Attitudes of Teachers and Trainees". The webinar presented the results of a scientific study conducted among 662 students and 330 professors from Bulgarian higher education institutions that teach students in economics majors. The respondents are from the University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", BA"D. A. Tsenov", University of Economics - Varna, UNWE, VTU "St. St. Cyril and Methodius". The correlation between the different generations Z, Y and X in students and Y, X and Baby Boomers in teachers and their attitudes towards the use of certain methods and approaches in teaching economic subjects was discussed. The results of the survey clearly show the students' preferences for visualizing the learning material in the teachers' presentations with examples from practice, figures and illustrations. There are still reservations about using video content and smartphones in the learning process.
The results show that already 67% of the teachers spend extra effort and time to prepare interesting and interactive lessons. Three quarters of teachers state the need for targeted and permanent training of teachers to use new technologies in education.
The webinar was attended by 29 teachers and doctoral students from 6 higher schools – University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", BA "D. A. Tsenov", University of Economics - Varna, UNWE, VTU "St. St. Cyril and Methodius", New Bulgarian University.
After the webinar, all participants received the presentation materials and an e-certificate of participation.
The webinar was organized in implementation of project 5-2023 "Challenges and Opportunities for the Digital Education in Economics of Generation Z", financed with funds under the Ordinance of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the Promotion of Scientific Research.
