Dr. Veska Gyuviiska, Assoc. Prof.,
Dr. Mirela Kyuchukova, Assist. Prof.
South-West University „Neofit Rilski“ (Bulgaria)
https://doi.org/10.53656/ped2024-2.02
Abstract. The article includes a theoretical overview of the ideas of two scientists: Georgi Lozanov (Bulgaria) and Israel Shvarts (Russia) and an empirical study of their popularity and use by Bulgarian public school teachers. The two scientists worked in the 70s of the 20th century and came to have similar psychological and pedagogical ideas in the field of learning. They are related to the role of suggestion and relaxation in the educational design of children and adolescents, as an opportunity for its optimization and charging with emotions and positive experiences, or as a means of relaxation and recovery.
Keywords: suggestion, suggestology, suggestopedia, relaxation, relaxopedia, education