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This study investigates the evolution of national standardized tests in Romania, contextualizing these developments within international educational practices. Employing an exploratory, descriptive research methodology, the research is based on desk research and document analysis of relevant laws, regulations, and methodological guides. The primary objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the regulatory changes and their impacts on assessment processes over the past decade and a half. The findings revea...

The study provides an overview of the pedagogical role of board games. In every section of it argues for the importance and role of them: in the first part it presents a short historical overview by offering evidences and examples of how they were used in different eras, starting from a couple of thousand years B. C. Another part of the article deals with the development of game theories and the perception of using board games for pedagogical aim. As it concludes from this section, these thoughts and ideas are als...

The year 2011 represents a major milestone in the history of the Romanian education mainly due to the appearance of the new law on education no. 1/2011. From the following educational year a new generation of pupils has started their studies in the school: the preparatory class or so called “zero grade” was introduced by the new law. The context represented a challenge for every actor in the field: from the minister’s stuff and local representative personnel to the teachers and parents. The present paper off...

In the 21st century Romanian school teachers are more and more faced with the fact that pedagogical tools having stood the test of time now seem to fail in the context of continuous change of laws and standards in the educational field. Writing the program for the optional discipline means a challenge for them each year; they need competences in many areas of knowledge to fulfill the regulations of the new Law of Education (nr. 1/2011). The article presents the situation of the optional disciplines in urban area a...