ARTTE Applied Researches in Technics, Technologies and Education Journal of the Faculty of Technics and Technologies, Trakia University https://sites.google.com/a/trakia-uni.bg/artte/ ARTTE Vol. 1, No. 3-4, 2013 ISSN 1314-8788 (print), ISSN 1314-8796 (online) 209 INCREASING THE QUALITY OF STUDENT’S TRAINING THROUGH STRATEGY OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING Margarita Pehlivanova, Zlatoeli Ducheva & Snejana Dineva Faculty of Technics and Technologies of Yambol, Trakia University 38 Graf Ignatiev str., 8600 Yambol, Bulgaria, mobile: +359 89 4312129, +359 87 8297974 e-mail: margopehlivanova@abv.bg, zl.ducheva@abv.bg, sbdineva@abv.bg Abstract: Development of modern communication technologies and their application in all areas of life, the dynamics of the demand for skilled workers requires a new philosophy and approach to teaching and learning to develop flexible, mobile, adaptable personalities with critical thinking with a flair for innovation, skills team work, making informed decisions and more. The report makes comparative analysis of traditional learning and training and contemporary learning strategies. The study is a continuation of many years of work on the problems of e-and blended learning and their importance for improving the quality of education and competitiveness of professionals prepared at the Faculty. There are analized opinions of students about learning strategies and their work in small groups. The cooperative and collaborative learning methods on forming groups, evaluation of activity process and the final product, the difficulty of the tasks for independent work are discussed in the paper. Keywords: collaborative learning, cooperative learning, learning in small groups, traditional learning. 1. INTRODUCTION Globalization and economic crisis are presenting new challenges to the EU and its citizens - to meet the rapidly changing requirements and expectations of society and the labor market. The particular emphasis in EU documents is placed on the development of the modern education system, on the economy based on knowledge and creating conditions for lifelong learning. The development of modern communication technologies and their application in all spheres of life, the dynamics of the demand for qualified staff requires new philosophy and new approach to teaching and learning to ensure the development of personalities flexible, mobile, with adaptive critical thinking and sense of innovation skills, team work, making informed decisions and more. This required changes in the philosophical vision of training, enrichment of the current theory and practice with additional studies of constructivism as a basis for training. It changes the perception of the nature of knowledge (epistemology), perception of the world and humanization of education. 2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND Traditional ideas and concepts for the development of the human personality, work and relationships in a team, reasons for learning can not complete enough to reflect the changes. In tСe ПolloаТnР вears Тt’s eбpected a large number of existing jobs to lose their meaning, to "disappear" and to develop new ones. Therefore the question of what should be the organization of the training and what competencies must possess contemporary specialists has no synonymous answer. One opinion is that it is necessary to develop key skills such as communication skills, digital skills, critical thinking and sense of innovation, teamwork, lifelong learning and more. Renewed interest in the constructivism as a theory of learning