2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of the first New Bulgarian textbook, which also marks the beginning of the New Bulgarian education. One of the most significant books of the Bulgarian Renaissance, "The Fish Primer" was published in 1824 in the city of Brasov (Austria, now in Romania).
2024 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of the first New Bulgarian textbook, which also marks the beginning of the New Bulgarian education. One of the most significant books of the Bulgarian Renaissance, "The Fish Primer" was published in 1824 in the city of Brasov (Austria, now in Romania). The full title of the book is "Primer with various teachings collected by Petra h. Berovicha, for Bulgarian schools".
The publication is a small children's encyclopedia that provides basic knowledge of the Bulgarian language, physics and arithmetic, there are also prayers, moral teachings, good advice, fables and 12 illustrations of animals. The last page of the illustrations shows a whale and a dolphin, and that is why it is called "Pisces".
The author Petar Atanasov Hadjiberovich (c. 1799, Kotel. - March 21, 1871) was the first Bulgarian teacher who clarified teaching using the mutual learning method. Beron studied medicine in Heidelberg and Munich and studied philosophy, natural sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, astronomy. A learned encyclopedist, speaks 9 languages. He bequeathed all his property for cultural, educational and pedagogical purposes.
An original copy of the first edition of the Fish Primer is on display at the National History Museum on the occasion of the anniversary, accompanied by graphically designed pages from the book that present its structure and content with brief information on all sections. Visitors have the opportunity to read more about the textbook and its author on a poster board, and for the youngest fans of the museum, an interactive corner with game tasks has been created, through which children will learn interesting facts about the primer and the textbook during the Renaissance.
Come from April 5 in front of Hall 4 of the National History Museum.
