THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF STOYAN ZAIMOV’S METHODOLOGY OF 1894

Abstract

The issues of conception, development and periodization of the instruction methods in teaching Bulgarian have not been subject to comprehensive study yet. This also concerns the first methodology publications in the nineties of the 19th century, including the outstanding Methods of How to Teach Writing and Reading in the First School Year by St. Zaimov in 1894. The paper elaborates on the methodical concepts presented therein, which contributed to the formation of the Bulgarian methodical thought at the close of the 19th century, and altogether reflected the positive impact of the Russian and German pedagogical schools of that time.