The fragmentation and narrowness of research on critical thinking in the labour market and the lack of critical thinking analysis in the context of the interplay between lifelong learning, education and the labour market presuppose the... more
The fragmentation and narrowness of research on critical thinking in the labour market and the lack of critical thinking analysis in the context of the interplay between lifelong learning, education and the labour market presuppose the relevance of this article. The article analyses the views of employers and employees, highlighting their attitude toward the importance and manifestation of critical thinking in the labour market and the need for improving critical thinking competency. The article aims to answer the following problematic questions: (1) How important are critical thinking skills and dispositions in the labour market? (2) How do employers’ and employees’ opinions vary regarding critical thinking in professional activities? (3) What need is there to improve critical thinking skills and dispositions? Quantitative research methodology was chosen for data collection using a questionnaire. It was found that both employers and employees consider inference and argumentation to...
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The handbook consists of three parts. The first chapter provides a diagnosis of older people and their competence in new technologies. This chapter also describes the ICT education programmes for older people available in the partner... more
The handbook consists of three parts. The first chapter provides a diagnosis of older people and their competence in new technologies. This chapter also describes the ICT education programmes for older people available in the partner countries. The next chapter contains a description and results of a pedagogical experiment aimed at comparing the effectiveness of the method of teaching seniors how to use smartphones. The experiment compared the class and lesson method, which dominates the educational offer addressed to seniors, with the method consistent with the strategy of edutainment – a location-based game. The last part contains scenarios of classes dedicated to the method of location-based games as well as traditional classes and classroom games. The handbook presented to the Reader may be an interesting position for practitioners dealing with andragogy, education of the elderly or ICT education, as it contains ready-made educational programs that can be directly implemented in...
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Contemporary social work is inseparable from specialists’ professionalism. In order to ensure efficient work of social services the personnel work organization and management functions administered by their executives is essential. The... more
Contemporary social work is inseparable from specialists’ professionalism. In order to ensure efficient work of social services the personnel work organization and management functions administered by their executives is essential. The article analyzes the attitude of social workers towards the functions and actions that organization executive administers when organizing personnel activity. Constant changes require certain features that an executive should possess. The most important ones are ability to cope with changes, to be willing to learn and provide his employees with a possibility to learn, to work in teams and groups. Moreover, an executive should be good at efficient socialization, create safe and industrious atmosphere as well as positive organization culture. The article analyzes social workers’ attitude to the most relevant management functions: planning, organization, management, control, motivation. It was estimated that planning is the most important function of an e...
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The focus on quality gives a possibility for organizations to achieve better operational results. According to various surveys, in order to reach a long-term operational process, the assurance of the quality of operational results and... more
The focus on quality gives a possibility for organizations to achieve better operational results. According to various surveys, in order to reach a long-term operational process, the assurance of the quality of operational results and gain strong positions in the market, an organization has to apply one of the most progressive means—quality management, which should become the key goal of the organization. Assurance and improvement of quality in a school of general education is one of the main priorities of the education policy of the Republic of Lithuania. Schools execute the assessment of operational quality by applying various evaluation measures, forms and instruments. One of the most important roles in assuring the quality of an organization is attributed to its leader. Therefore, the authors of the present article analyse school leaders’ attitude towards change opportunities and the peculiarities of the evaluation of education services.
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In the modern world conditioned by scientific–technical progress and globalisation it is becoming tricky for schools of higher education to respond to continuously changing needs of the labour market, to secure the expectations of the... more
In the modern world conditioned by scientific–technical progress and globalisation it is becoming tricky for schools of higher education to respond to continuously changing needs of the labour market, to secure the expectations of the students towards the selected sought education and its realisation in certain situations of activities. Satisfaction of students with the studies and employment of graduates becomes one of the key criteria of the quality of studies which influences the academic activity of universities. The study introduces the factors which determine the satisfaction of the final years students with their studies. Quantitative research was selected – a representative survey was performed. The study population consisted of the students of the Lithuanian higher schools (universities and colleges) (n=459). It has been established that the key factors in the selection of study programs (demand of the study program on the labour market, the self–set career goals, clear pot...
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The article presents the challenges for the career specialist in provision of career education services in the school of general education. Based on the results of the qualitative research, employing the methods of the focus group... more
The article presents the challenges for the career specialist in provision of career education services in the school of general education. Based on the results of the qualitative research, employing the methods of the focus group discussion, the following conclusions should be made: The main problems faced by the career specialists providing career services in general education schools are the following: heavy workload, lack of cooperation among the career specialists; the schools lack informational and methodological means which would correspond to special needs of the students, of age groups; for improvement of efficiency of the activity of career specialists an information data base containing all available informational, counselling, methodological material designated for the career specialist is required; psychological tests on the subjects of self-awareness and career which could be applied by career specialists on their own, without having psychological education; lack of a...
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The article discusses the construction of the critical thinking concept in higher education and its change in scientific publications between 1993 and 2017. Based on a systematic literature review, the following research questions are... more
The article discusses the construction of the critical thinking concept in higher education and its change in scientific publications between 1993 and 2017. Based on a systematic literature review, the following research questions are raised: how does construction of critical thinking concept change in the context of higher education during time? How are personal, interpersonal, and social aspects expressed in the concept of critical thinking in the context of higher education? The systematic literature review revealed significant grow of publications starting from 1998. It is also disclosed slight change in treating critical thinking as purely general or domain-specific competence. The authors of the researched articles do not make clear division between critical thinking as a general and as a domain-specific competence. Researchers in different fields tend to associate critical thinking with the development of a person’s cognitive and intellectual capacities, including skills and...
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The number of home help service recipients has a tendency to increase. As a result, home help service is becoming an increasingly important part of the Lithuanian social security system. The article discusses the main aspects of home help... more
The number of home help service recipients has a tendency to increase. As a result, home help service is becoming an increasingly important part of the Lithuanian social security system. The article discusses the main aspects of home help service assessment of recipients and carers. The aim of this article is to analyse the aspects of assessment of home help service by recipients and carers. Survey data collection involved unstructured interviews with home help service recipients and focus group interviews with carers. The data revealed the main home help service satisfaction factors. It turned out that for the successful provision of services, the skills and knowledge of carers are dapted them into the direct work with clients, as well as the ability to understand clients’ needs. If the services implement the recipients’ expectations, they are satisfied, and if not—they are dissatisfied. The assessment of analyzing home help support services revealed the need to increase the profes...
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Self-directed learning as a targeted individual’s own controlled cognitive process is oriented to the full development of personality and is very important for the formation of a mature personality. However, there are rare scientific... more
Self-directed learning as a targeted individual’s own controlled cognitive process is oriented to the full development of personality and is very important for the formation of a mature personality. However, there are rare scientific sources that help to reveal the holistic formation context of self-directed learning and self-development processes, presenting specific features. Therefore, the aim of this article is to verify theoretically and empirically the most important aspects of the formation context of self-directed learning. Accordingly, two objectives are formulated: to analyze the conception of self-directed learning and to reveal the formation incitements of self-directed learning phenomenon in personal perspectives. Researches have raised the following issues: how is the self-directed learning phenomenon perceived, what are its origins, what constitutes self-directed learning, what are the process features of self-development, what are the techniques of self-directed lear...
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The article reflects a part of the research, which aims at designing an inventory intended for the evaluation of the attitude towards learning by the students of Lithuanian comprehensive school. Since the experience of preparing this kind... more
The article reflects a part of the research, which aims at designing an inventory intended for the evaluation of the attitude towards learning by the students of Lithuanian comprehensive school. Since the experience of preparing this kind of diagnostic tools in Lithuania is minimal, “SMALSI” (School motivation and learning strategies inventory; compiled by K. C. Stroud, C. R. Reynolds, 2006), an inventory designed in the USA, has been referred to. The quality of the tool has been tested under the condition of the USA; however, the application of the diagnostic tool for the social and education reality of Lithuania invokes both a scientific and a practical problem as the students’ answers directly depend on their understanding of the question. Therefore, the adaptation of culture-dependent means falls under certain requirements, analogical to the requirements raised for the original diagnostic tool. The inventory has been modified with reference to the results of the analysis of cont...
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Low academic achievement, non-attendance, repetition of the school reveal the insufficient efficiency and poor functioning of the school education system. Those factors can also be viewed as potential pre-conditions for low educational... more
Low academic achievement, non-attendance, repetition of the school reveal the insufficient efficiency and poor functioning of the school education system. Those factors can also be viewed as potential pre-conditions for low educational standards, future unemployment and cases of social exclusionVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŠvietimo akademij
The article discusses the features of information processing possessed by general education school teachers and students of different faculties of Vilnius Pedagogical University as well as time devoted for the reading of recommended... more
The article discusses the features of information processing possessed by general education school teachers and students of different faculties of Vilnius Pedagogical University as well as time devoted for the reading of recommended material and advantages and disadvantages of reading strategy. The article emphasises the skills of processing information and the importance of these skills for pupils – the future society
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The aim of the article is to analyse the importance of the problematic teaching method to unite university communit
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The article analyses the purpose of homework from the perspective of pupils and teachers, difficulties which pupils encounter, level of homework performance from the perspective of pupils and teachers, and pupils’ requests concerning... more
The article analyses the purpose of homework from the perspective of pupils and teachers, difficulties which pupils encounter, level of homework performance from the perspective of pupils and teachers, and pupils’ requests concerning allocation of homework
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The article discusses representation of the communicative competence of an educator in online media as one of the aspects analysed in the research commissioned by the Education Development Centre and conducted in 2018. Information... more
The article discusses representation of the communicative competence of an educator in online media as one of the aspects analysed in the research commissioned by the Education Development Centre and conducted in 2018. Information concerning educators that appears in the media has an impact on the society, reinforcing or changing public attitudes that are shaped by a number of factors. Social and technological changes establish higher standards for the system of education, which in turn sets higher requirements for and expectations towards educators. The communicative competence is one of the main features of the professional image of an educator; however, it is important to understand that the teacher empowerment index is proportional not only to the communicative competence of an educator but also to the attitudes towards teachers maintained in the society. Media discourse was chosen to reveal how educators are presented to the public and attitudes towards them are shaped in the s...
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The main goal of average child care means is to resocialize a child. One of the key elements which is essential for successful resocialization is close cooperation between support providers and the nearest child“™s environment ““ family.... more
The main goal of average child care means is to resocialize a child. One of the key elements which is essential for successful resocialization is close cooperation between support providers and the nearest child“™s environment ““ family. The aim of the article is to find out point of view of professionals at socialization centres (closed institutions) about social, psychological, educational support for family during the implementation of average child care. 22 professionals were interviewed at every socialization centre. During content analysis six categories have been revealed and are presented in the article: creation of family like environment in the Centre, child“™s preparation for return to family, involvement of parents in child“™s resocialization process, sociopsychological support for parents while child is in average care, situation in the family for assignment of average child care, reasons of child“™s re-enter. Generalized research data show that the lack of coordination...
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Kritinis mąstymas yra laikomas vienu svarbiausių gebėjimų, sąlygojancių asmens ir visos visuomenės gerove. Kritinio mąstymo gebėjimų svarba pažymima Europos ir Lietuvos strateginiuose dokumentuose. Kritinis mąstymas laikytinas esmine... more
Kritinis mąstymas yra laikomas vienu svarbiausių gebėjimų, sąlygojancių asmens ir visos visuomenės gerove. Kritinio mąstymo gebėjimų svarba pažymima Europos ir Lietuvos strateginiuose dokumentuose. Kritinis mąstymas laikytinas esmine kompetencija, kuri būtina pilieciams dalyvaujant kasdieniame gyvenime ir visuomenėje ir įgalina darbuotojus daryti sprendimus ir imtis veiklos; jis tampa vienu esminių bruožų, kurio darbdaviai tikisi is būsimų darbuotojų. Mokslininkai nuolat kelia klausimą, kas yra kritinis mąstymas (Lloyd, Bahr, 2010), kokius konkrecius kritinio mąstymo gebėjimus ugdyti ir kaip, kad jie būtų pritaikomi praktikoje ir isliktų tvarūs, ar egzistuojantys vertinimo instrumentai yra pakankami (Facione, Facione, 2013; Lai, 2011). Egzistuojanti kritinio mąstymo sampratų įvairovė suponuoja diskusijas apie tai, kokie gebėjimai būdingi kritiskai mąstanciam žmogui. Sio straipsnio tikslas – isanalizuoti kritinio mąstymo sampratą remiantis multidisciplininiais kritinio mąstymo tyrima...
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Concepts like mature personality, self-education and group therapy are represented in this article, with reference to scientific literature. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the benefit of group therapy in the self-educational... more
Concepts like mature personality, self-education and group therapy are represented in this article, with reference to scientific literature. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the benefit of group therapy in the self-educational process of a personality. Scientists offer many definitions of self-education. Self-education (or self- help) is one of the most effective elements of self-training in individual growth. It consists not only of solving a person’s actual problems but it lays the foundation for forming the stable values and skills for higher maturity and a more responsible attitude toward continual self-training. An analysis of the scientific literature detects a significant advantage of the group therapy in the self-educational process of personality. The atmosphere of group therapy creates an environment to shape new models of behavior which can be adjusted in real life outside the group. The surveys show that group therapy and self-education are identical, which expands...
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Consciousness-raising seems to be a major indicator for educational policy and formation of a mature society. Therefore, the aim of this article is to reveal the meaning of consciousness-raising in a theoretical context. Accordingly, the... more
Consciousness-raising seems to be a major indicator for educational policy and formation of a mature society. Therefore, the aim of this article is to reveal the meaning of consciousness-raising in a theoretical context. Accordingly, the goals of the research are formulated as such: to analyze the variety of concepts of consciousness-raising and to discuss its main assumptions and factors. Several conclusions have been singled out after analysis of philosophical, pedagogical and psychological scientific literature. First, the ambiguous concept of consciousness-raising is associated with knowledge about reality, the ability to monitor, understand, responsibly analyze ourselves, the surrounding environment, our own beliefs, values; also to analyze the meanings and outcomes of our behaviour. Usually consciousness is identified with the ability to think critically: to bracket existing knowledge and awareness, be able to sort out facts and opinions, analyze and interpret reality problems...
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Critical thinking is considered a key competence, which is necessary for the citizens in participation in daily life, and in the society and enables employees to make decisions and start activities; it becomes one of the essential... more
Critical thinking is considered a key competence, which is necessary for the citizens in participation in daily life, and in the society and enables employees to make decisions and start activities; it becomes one of the essential characteristics that employers expect their future employees to have. Scientists continuously raise the question of critical thinking (Lloyd & Bahr, 2010, Liu, Mao, Frankel, Xu, 2016 and others), what specific skills of critical thinking should be developed and how to make them adjustable in practice and remain stable, if the existing instruments of assessment are sufficient (Facione, Facione, 2013; Lai, 2011, Gudžinskienė, 2006). The existing variety of conceptions of critical thinking presupposes discussions about the skills, which are necessary for a critically thinking individual. The purpose of this presentation is to analyse the concept of critical thinking in higher education context based on multidisciplinary studies of critical thinking. In the in...
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Evidence-based nursing is one of the newest paradigms in nursing. Its application means that future nurses need to know how to obtain reliable evidence, to match it with their clinical competence and the needs and values of the patient.... more
Evidence-based nursing is one of the newest paradigms in nursing. Its application means that future nurses need to know how to obtain reliable evidence, to match it with their clinical competence and the needs and values of the patient. Appropriate content for training evidence-based nursing ensures that future nurses have a positive attitude towards evidence-based nursing and its application in child care and nursing. Aim. To validate theoretically and empirically the possibilities of teaching evidence-based nursing in the Child Care and Nursing study subject and in the Pediatric Nursing Practice. A three-phase action research study was conducted and a mixed-methods research approach. Interviews and a questionnaire survey were conducted. Interview data analysed using qualitative content analysis. The questionnaire data were analysed using an independent samples t-test with a significance level of p < 0.05. The participants were 74 students in their second year of study. Results ...
One of the biggest challenges facing schools teachers is to enhance students’ learning motivation. In order to enhance motivation, the educational process must involve parents. Schools and parents cooperation enables teachers and parents... more
One of the biggest challenges facing schools teachers is to enhance students’ learning motivation. In order to enhance motivation, the educational process must involve parents. Schools and parents cooperation enables teachers and parents to learn from each other and leads to effective problem solving. Purpose of this article - to reveal the parents and the class teacher cooperation in dealing with the peculiarities of problems of students’ motivation in learning. This article examines what assistance parents receive from the school in solving problems of students’ learning motivation, it discusses how the school and family cooperate. The study found out that students’ learning motivation generally decreses due to the high workload in school, learning organization and learning material presentation as well as the lack of warm relationship between the teacher and the children. The most common form of cooperation between class teachers with parents in solving motivation problems – pare...
Šiandienos visuomenėje vaikų ir jaunimo problemos tampa vis sudėtingesnės, joms spręsti nebeužtenka vieno profesionalo kompetencijos ir pastangų. Pagalba moksleiviams turi būti kompleksinė, apimanti visos mokyklos bendruomenės, įvairių... more
Šiandienos visuomenėje vaikų ir jaunimo problemos tampa vis sudėtingesnės, joms spręsti nebeužtenka vieno profesionalo kompetencijos ir pastangų. Pagalba moksleiviams turi būti kompleksinė, apimanti visos mokyklos bendruomenės, įvairių specialistų ir socialinių partnerių pastangas, siekiant įgyvendinti vieningą pagalbos strategiją. Taigi socialinė pedagoginė pagalba neatsiejama nuo komandinio darbo. Straipsnyje, remiantis ekspertų apklausos rezultatais, aptariamas teorinis socialinės pedagoginės pagalbos komandos veiklos modelis: tikslai, funkcijos, normos, komandos sudėtis ir vieta bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos struktūrojeOne professional's competence and efforts are not enough to solve children and youth problems in today's society. The aid should comprise the efforts of the whole school community, various specialists and social partners and be directed towards implementation of united aid strategy. It means that social pedagogical aid is a concurrent part of team work. Educa...
The Law on Minimal and Average Care of the Child of the Republic of Lithuania (in effect since 1 January 2008) established the procedure for provision of minimal and average care for the child having behavioural problems and susceptible... more
The Law on Minimal and Average Care of the Child of the Republic of Lithuania (in effect since 1 January 2008) established the procedure for provision of minimal and average care for the child having behavioural problems and susceptible to crime. The article analyses activities of school and municipal preventive work groups in implementing the minimal care of the child: the first part of the article provides a description of the concept of minimal care of the child and the responsibilities of implementing institutions; the second part analyses obstacles in implementing the law and envisages possible measures of a more effective activity of preventive work groups in municipalities and school
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The article analyses the pedagogues’ experience in applying the model of integrated assistance to the child in school. The research involved 15 teachers responsible for coordination of the assistance to a specific child; the teachers... more
The article analyses the pedagogues’ experience in applying the model of integrated assistance to the child in school. The research involved 15 teachers responsible for coordination of the assistance to a specific child; the teachers represented three Lithuanian schools which have implemented the developed model. The pedagogues, as case coordinators, recorded the experience of implementation of the integrated assistance model in schools in their reflections. They’ve written down the reflections once per week in the form of a semi-structural electronic pedagogical diary. According to the analysis of the research data, in applying the integrated assistance model one of the major changes is the change in the learning motivation. The changes in learning motivation are related to changes in pupils’ learning outcomes, their involvement in the learning process, and school attendance. Pursuant to the research, self-esteem building is especially important for personality changes in children, and this ensured the increase of self-confidence. Improved relations between the child and his/her family and between the teachers and pupils were noticed in the relationship with the others. It is to be assumed that coordination of common actions of children, parents, teachers and other concerned assistance institutions had impact on the occurrence of these changes, as well as individualization of the assistance and anticipation of personal responsibility for a specific case management. Keywords: pupil, school, teacher, integrated assistance, individualization of assistance. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2018.10
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Recently society is more and more concerned about various signs of discrimination. Discrimination means any restriction or exclusion of human rights preventing from involvement in favourite work activity, career building, study... more
Recently society is more and more concerned about various signs of discrimination. Discrimination means any restriction or exclusion of human rights preventing from involvement in favourite work activity, career building, study opportunities, acquisition of various goods and integration in the society. During the research, 1062 teachers from 287 schools were interviewed. The Article seeks to disclose possible trends of discrimination against the teachers of comprehensive schools. According to the research, the majority of teachers (78.1 percent) feel safe in school. Teachers who know what to expect from their employers in terms of work conditions or concessions feel safer, as well as specialists providing assistance, school heads, primary school and gymnasium teachers, persons without health problems and men. Teachers do not face discrimination on the grounds of race, age, nationality, social status, convictions, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, disability, belief, languag...
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The article analyses the causes for unsuccessful learning of pupils. For the object of the analysis the 5th-10th form pupils were chosen who experience ill success in learning, i.e. those who once, twice or even more times were left in... more
The article analyses the causes for unsuccessful learning of pupils. For the object of the analysis the 5th-10th form pupils were chosen who experience ill success in learning, i.e. those who once, twice or even more times were left in the same form or have not attended school. On the basis of the findings of the analysis, the article discusses internal and external causes for under-achievement, factors behind not going to school and offers insights about prevention
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Scientific research data evidences that the number of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing in Lithuania, as general global trend, however, Lithuanian educators are still unprepared to learn students with ASD (Diržytė,... more
Scientific research data evidences that the number of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is growing in Lithuania, as general global trend, however, Lithuanian educators are still unprepared to learn students with ASD (Diržytė, Mikulėnaitė ir Kalvaitis, 2016). One of the reasons of this issue – students’ behavior problems, which significantly disturbs the process of education. The education system in Lithuania has not yet found its unified model of education for effective intervention plans for students with problem behavior, while Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is already successfully used to reduce problem behavior of children with ASD in the United States and in part of Western European countries. The purpose of this article – to explore the practice of Western countries in the application of FBA procedures for the purposes of developing interventions for students with ASD. The meta-analysis of secondary data was performed for the purposes of this research. The art...
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Podrecznik sklada sie z trzech cześci. W pierwszym rozdziale dokonano diagnozy dotyczącej osob starszych i ich kompetencji w zakresie nowych technologii. W tym rozdziale opisano takze dostepne w krajach partnerskich programy edukacyjne w... more
Podrecznik sklada sie z trzech cześci. W pierwszym rozdziale dokonano diagnozy dotyczącej osob starszych i ich kompetencji w zakresie nowych technologii. W tym rozdziale opisano takze dostepne w krajach partnerskich programy edukacyjne w zakresie ICT skierowane do osob starszych. Kolejny rozdzial zawiera opis i wyniki eksperymentu pedagogicznego, ktorego celem bylo porownanie efektywności metody uczenia seniorow uzywania smartfonow. W eksperymencie porownano metode klasowo-lekcyjną, ktora dominuje w ofercie edukacyjnej skierowanej do seniorow, z metodą zgodną ze strategiąedutainmentu – gry miejskiej. Ostatnia cześc zawiera scenariusze zajec, dedykowanych zarowno metodzie gier miejskich, jak i zajeciom klasowo-lekcyjnym. Prezentowany Czytelnikowi podrecznik moze byc interesującą pozycją dla praktykow zajmujących sie andragogiką, edukacją osob starszych czy edukacją w zakresie ICT, gdyz zawiera gotowe programy edukacyjne, ktore mozna bezpośrednio implementowac we wlasnej praktyce zwią...
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Vienas is pagrindinių svietimo sistemos tikslų – ugdyti visapusiską asmenybe, skatinti ir sudaryti sąlygas asmeniskai tobulėti. Sėkmingą mokinio dalyvavimą ugdymo procese lemia mokymosi motyvacija, kurią neretai sutrikdo nuolatinės... more
Vienas is pagrindinių svietimo sistemos tikslų – ugdyti visapusiską asmenybe, skatinti ir sudaryti sąlygas asmeniskai tobulėti. Sėkmingą mokinio dalyvavimą ugdymo procese lemia mokymosi motyvacija, kurią neretai sutrikdo nuolatinės mokymosi nesėkmės ir psichologinis diskomfortas mokykloje. Tyrimo tikslas – aptarti motyvaciją kaip sėkmingo mokymosi prielaidą ir isanalizuoti veiksnius, turincius įtakos mokinių požiūriui į mokymosi motyvaciją. Siekiant nustatyti mokinių požiūrį į jų mokymosi motyvacijos kitimo veiksnius, naudota instrumento „SMALSI“ (2006) skalė, skirta mokymosi motyvacijos silpnėjimo veiksniams nustatyti. Straipsnyje aptariami mokymosi motyvacijos veiksniai, individo poreikiai kaip pagrindiniai motyvo sudarymo elementai ir jų pastiprinimo būdai. Tyrimu siekta įvertinti veiksnius, turincius tiesioginės įtakos mokinių mokymosi motyvacijai. Nustatyta, kad didelį poveikį mokymosi motyvacijos kitimui turi mokinio nuostatos dėl mokymosi proceso. Kitas svarbus mokymosi motyv...
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To better understand and analyze the education of evidence-based practice, it is necessary to review the context and premises of the formation of evidence-based practice itself. The beginning of the evidence-based practice movement in the... more
To better understand and analyze the education of evidence-based practice, it is necessary to review the context and premises of the formation of evidence-based practice itself. The beginning of the evidence-based practice movement in the teaching of health professionals’ dates back to 1910 and looking at the health care system; first, there was evidence-based medicine. In 1990, Sackett's initiative at McMaster University in Canada, it was decided to change the term "evidence-based medicine" to "evidence-based practice" (Mackey & Bassendowski, 2017; Thom & Eaves, 2015). In nursing, the beginning of evidence-based practice is linked to the reforms of nursing science and practice by the first nursing researcher, Florence Nightingale, from 1854 to 1910, although the term of “evidence-based practice” was not yet known at the time. The professional training of nurses as one of the leading health professionals is related to health policy and the development of nurs...
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The Law on Minimal and Average Care of the Child of the Republic of Lithuania (in effect since 1 January 2008) established the procedure for provision of minimal and average care for the child having behavioural problems and susceptible... more
The Law on Minimal and Average Care of the Child of the Republic of Lithuania (in effect since 1 January 2008) established the procedure for provision of minimal and average care for the child having behavioural problems and susceptible to crime. The article analyses activities of school and municipal preventive work groups in implementing the minimal care of the child: the first part of the article provides a description of the concept of minimal care of the child and the responsibilities of implementing institutions; the second part analyses obstacles in implementing the law and envisages possible measures of a more effective activity of preventive work groups in municipalities and schools.
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Aim. The aim of this research is to examine how critical thinking is reflected in Lithuanian higher education study programmes and what conceptual model(s) of critical thinking are used by study programme makers. Methods. The subject of... more
Aim. The aim of this research is to examine how critical thinking is reflected in Lithuanian higher education study programmes and what conceptual model(s) of critical thinking are used by study programme makers. Methods. The subject of the study encompasses 8 higher education study programmes and their subjects. They are analysed based on a constructed conceptual framework, which defines 9 critical thinking skills and 18 critical thinking dispositions. Results. Analysis, evaluation and decision making are the most common critical thinking skills embedded in the goals of a study course and its learning outcomes. Explanation, interpretation and making inferences are less pronounced. Dispositions are listed rarely and in quite an indistinct way. Only open-mindedness and honesty have clear expression and statement in study programmes, though to a lesser extent. Dispositions such as concern for every person, inquisitiveness and flexibility are very fragmented. Conclusions. For the mean...
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Access to education and support for a learner is among the most important educational policy and management issues in the context of educational reform. In many European countries, both academics and practitioners are looking for optimal... more
Access to education and support for a learner is among the most important educational policy and management issues in the context of educational reform. In many European countries, both academics and practitioners are looking for optimal ways to ensure the child's well-being through the implementation of the principle of access to education, which, as it is known, contributes to reducing social exclusion and, at the same time, increasing academic success. One of the possible means to implement these goals is the idea of the all-day school. Several patterns of the implementation of this idea in Europe can be detected. However, there is often a lack of arguments about the meaningfulness and feasibility of creating such all-day school models. With a view to solving that problem from the perspective of stakeholders and applying a strategy of case study, a comprehensive analysis was carried out in order to find out the need for education, health, social and cultural services for chil...