This issue of the magazine approaches different aspects of social education, an education oriented towards valorization of requirements of individuality and society as a whole. D. Batîr encourages youngsters to live their lives based on some perennial values. In the same rubric – QUO VADIS – M. Hadîrcă reß ects upon education in the context of the relation educational ideal-reality. The rubric EX CATHEDRA debates the following problems: Intercultural education – premise of successful integration in the contemporary society (O. Duhlicher, O. Dandara), Inß uence of vocational education on the school and social integration (O. Dandara), Didactic planning and developing technologic competences of pupils (A. Rusu) and Psycho-pedagogical approach of the personality of the primary school pupil in the context of technological internalization (E. Vinnicenco). Factors that determine poverty and, especially, their impact upon the women’s situation are described in the rubric GENDER EDUCATION by G. Precup. Materials included in the rubric DOCENDO DISCIMUS relate to the inß uence of pupil-teacher relation on developing creativity of primary school pupils (A. Berzan) and also the inß uence of interpersonal relations on the academic success of this segment of pupils (M. Mihăescu). Working with plasticine and developing creativity of pupils with sight problems is the subject of an article signed by A. Plenghei in the rubric INCLUDING ME. The rubric WORD, LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION, as well as EXERCITO, ERGO SUM and DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING include suggestions for improving the didactic process for lessons of Romanian Language and Literature (N.Cubreacov, V. Repeşciuc, L. Căpăţînă, A. Apreutesei), for History lessons (L. Benu, E. Cozma) and for Economic Education (L. Ţurcan, L. Ursu, T. Rusuleac, L. Paiu, M. Popa, R. Lungu). The concept of Social Pedagogy is deÞ ned and analyzed in the DICŢIONARY rubric by S. Cristea.