ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY最新文献

{"title":"CHANGES IN EDUCATION POLICY: SCHOOL HEAD TRAINING, SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT PROCESSES","authors":"Vaida Padgurskytė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.09","url":null,"abstract":"Recent transformations in the education sector have been receiving considerable attention both in the pedagogical society and in the political debates. Issues related to the updating of curricula and educational programmes, teacher training and professional development, an earlier start of compulsory education and other important issues related to education are being addressed. Particular attention is being paid to the improvement of the administrative sector of education – the submission and criteria of terms of office and performance evaluation reports of the heads of educational institutions (except for higher education institutions), the formation of the Reserve of School Heads. The most important provisions of the educational documents that have an impact on the assessment of the situation in the general education school sector have also been newly adopted and the lack of heads of educational institutions has become apparent. Although the Reserve of School Heads established by the government should provisionally eliminate this problem, there have been no significant changes in recent years. A questionnaire survey of the heads of educational institutions was conducted. The study involved 11 heads of educational institutions from Vilnius, Šiauliai, Panevėžys counties, who work in general education schools and pre-school education institutions and have different managerial experience in terms of duration. The qualitative content analysis of the data suggests that some of the heads of educational institutions who participated in the study are not satisfied with their salaries, high responsibilities, work for an idea, frequent transformations in education policy. The respondents also specifically identified solutions that could help education policy strategists eliminate the problem of the shortage of heads of educational institutions – the need and opportunities for further improvement, simplified assessment of competencies, higher salaries, extension of terms of office.\u0000Keywords: changes in education policy, educational institution, head of the educational institution","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127825674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"POSSIBILITIES FOR IMPROVING THE SITUATION OF PARENTAL PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION IN PRE-SCHOOL INSTITUTIONS","authors":"Skaistė Kovienė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.26","url":null,"abstract":"Under the conditions of constant social, economic and political change, parents face new, previously unexperienced social phenomena and challenges of parenting, therefore the need for parental pedagogical education arises. Successful parental pedagogical education is one of the main educational conditions for achieving higher quality pre-school education. The aim of the research is to analyse the possibilities for improving the situation of parental pedagogical education in pre - school education institutions. The qualitative research was carried out. The applied research methods include the analysis of scientific, pedagogical, psychological literature, documents, meta-analysis (to reveal the theoretical context), semi-structured oral interview (to collect empirical research data) and content analysis (to analyse empirical data). The results of the empirical research revealed that traditional forms of individual communication are the most recognized and the most widely used by pre-school teachers as the forms of improving the situation of pedagogical parental education. The emphasis is placed on virtual communication with parents, providing information, and providing feedback through virtual means. The following possibilities for improving the situation of parental pedagogical education are highlighted: the involvement of parents in practical activities in the institution, appropriate invitation used by the teacher, demonstration of attention to parents by expressing gratitude for participation, clarification of expectations through surveys. Teachers’ personal qualities and pedagogical skills are especially important. The conditions that improve the situation of parental pedagogical education have been singled out: the development of positive relations with parents on the initiative of the institution, the search for more innovative forms of parental pedagogical education. The relevance of the parental initiative is emphasised.\u0000Keywords: parental pedagogical education, pre-school education institution, qualitative research, situation improvement.","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125851486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IMPROVEMENT OF LECTURER QUALIFICATION BY INTERNSHIPS AT VILNIUS UNIVERSITY ŠIAULIAI ACADEMY","authors":"Skaistė Kovienė, Aida Plaušinaitienė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.04","url":null,"abstract":"The editorial discusses the attention given to the development of human intellectual potential of lecturers, the strengthening of competences at Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy. The project “Optimization of the Network of Higher Education Institutions and Improvement of the Quality of Studies by Connecting Šiauliai University to Vilnius University” has been prepared and launched. The project activities aim to help lecturers acquire new pedagogical, subject, methodological, psychological knowledge, abilities and skills that are necessary for the qualitative training of future pedagogues. One of the opportunities is internship in Lithuanian and foreign education institutions. Internships for high school lecturers are essential for the development of qualification, competencies and personal development, especially for those who do not have real pedagogical practice in education institutions. Actual school situations, practical examples and various problem cases enrich the content of the subject much more than theoretical preparation alone. The internship is beneficial not only for the lecturer participating in it as an opportunity to improve qualification, to expand competencies, but also for the hosting school – the lecturer has a direct opportunity to share the results of their researches and research-based insights on certain aspects of the educational process, cooperation with parents, to give recommendations on the improvement of the educational process, the inclusion of parents in school activities. This strengthens the relationship between teacher training higher schools and practitioners, and provides further opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation.\u0000Keywords: educational process, hosting school, human intellectual potential, pedagogical practice","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115824185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CREATING A COMMON GROUND FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY (STEM) LECTURERS IN EUROPE","authors":"N. Brouwer, I. Maciejowska, Claire McDonnell, Matti E. Niemelä, B. Pirok, Ştefania Grecea, C. Femoni, J. Ortiz-Bustos, William Byers, Iring Wasser","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/22.14.45","url":null,"abstract":"Today, we are faced with immense global challenges in finding sustainable equilibria between socio-economic, political, and ecological concerns. The European Chemistry Thematic Network (ECTN), the European University Association (EUA) and the European Commission are committed to sustainable improvement of the quality of university chemistry education to cope with these challenges. In this position paper, we advocate the creation of the Eurolecturer Academy (ELA), an innovative, European state of the art higher education learning platform serving academics in their continuous professional development of teaching competences and thereby supporting academics to educate students to be successful in the changing world. Within this newly established educational entity, there will be two levels of membership, Associated membership and Full membership. The ELA will not only facilitate continuous professional development of university teaching staff but will at the same time create a structure to support recognition of teaching competences of lecturers within the European dimension in teaching and learning. The certification will profit from the new 5th European Qualification Framework for micro-credentials, providing a much needed “academic currency” for the purpose of recognition of academic credentials. The ELA micro-credentials will be issued by certifying the learning outcomes of short-term learning experiences in the field of teaching and learning in higher education. The ELA will provide a micro-credentials catalogue that will address the needs for professional development of lecturers and ensure the quality of the micro-credentials through close cooperation with the internationally operating accreditation organization ASIIN (https://www.asiin.de/en/) using quality standards and valid assessment according to international best practice.\u0000Keywords: continuous professional development, chemistry education, Eurolecturer Academy, university teaching staff","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121015059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"DISTANCE LEARNING AND PARENT INVOLVEMENT: THE CASE OF SECOND GRADE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL","authors":"Silvija Bialoglovytė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.81","url":null,"abstract":"The research analyses the models of involvement of parents of 2nd grade students in the process of children's education, creative activities based on cooperation between parents and children. The peculiarities of the development of a child aged 7-11, the significance of independence and relationship with parents in the learning process are reviewed, and the impact of parents' involvement in distance and contact learning on children is discussed. The above-mentioned issues are examined on the basis of scientific and methodological literature, the data of the survey of parents of second-graders conducted in spring 2021, and a simultaneous study of creative activity, which provided a better understanding of the child's involvement in learning and satisfaction.\u0000The analysis of the results of the research revealed that: the parents' opinion about the involvement in the child's educational process is generally positive (they see a lot of meaning and possibilities in it); the joy of learning and enjoyment of the process experienced by a child is determined by many different factors: the child's personal abilities, the level of independence and self-confidence, the degree and relationship between the child and the parents; excessive involvement of parents in creative activities has a negative impact on the child's attitude towards themselves, the learning process and the end result.\u0000Keywords: distance learning, primary school students, parental involvement","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121902612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE","authors":"Z. Makhambetova, A. Magauova","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.110","url":null,"abstract":"It is provided a panorama of comparative studies related to the education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan to compare the advantages and disadvantages of education systems in the article. The authors considered in detail the structure and current situation of the education system in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal framework of the education system, languages of instruction at schools, additional education, the system of higher education in the country, training of persons with SEN (special educational needs) as well as Kazakhstan's education system in the context of pandemic. Currently, the republic needs the development of distance learning, the training of highly qualified personnel in the education system of the Republic of Kazakhstan.\u0000Keywords: context of pandemic, distance learning, higher education, preschool education, Republic of Kazakhstan, secondary education, system of education","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"424 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114950642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES AND DISCOVERIES IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL","authors":"Paulina Šalkauskaitė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.98","url":null,"abstract":"Going deeper into the subtleties of experiential education, the aim was – to analyse teachers’ experience in organising experiential teaching/learning for primary school students and to present the discoveries of a novice teacher in conducting experiential educational activities. Five primary school teachers-experts participated in the study. Teachers define experiential learning as the application of knowledge in practice, thus creating stronger links between knowledge and skills. Experiential education is especially recommended by primary school teachers in grades 3-4, and particularly for teaching the world cognition, as students already have sufficient experience working in pairs and groups, are able to work collaboratively, and world cognition offers very diverse and interesting, complex contexts for activities. Teachers notice that preparing for experiential learning activities, it is very important for the teacher himself to have a good knowledge of the topic discussed, to have analysed the curriculum, textbooks, in order to open as many activities as possible. Educational activities involving 17 third graders enriched the beginning teacher with the new experiences and discoveries: for example: if students use all their senses while learning and seriously reflect on their experiences, it is easier for them to create individual knowledge. \u0000Keywords: interview, student’s experience, experiential education, primary education, primary school teachers, educational activities.","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"38 10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125735208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TEACHER LEADER IN PRESCHOOL INSTITUTION","authors":"D. Malinauskienė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.58","url":null,"abstract":"Research on the phenomenon of leadership in recent years has revealed that attitudes in society towards who can be a leader in education are changing. This is actualized both by the research conducted by researchers and by the Lithuanian strategic educational documents, which emphasize that anyone who ignites their ideas, is committed to change and leads others can be a leader in the organization.\u0000As a result, leadership is no longer confined to school managers. The expression of leadership becomes no less important for every participant in the educational process: teachers, parents, children and other members of the school community.\u0000Today, the school that prepares its students for the future and the entire education system can no longer function according to traditional organizational governance models that recognize one-person management and leadership. Transforming the education system to meet the demands of an ever-changing society on its future members requires not only political will but also education leaders committed to change.\u0000Promoting the leadership of pre-school teachers should be one of the strategic goals of the institution and the pursuit of educational goals and change at both the institutional and national levels. The opportunity for teachers to become involved and participate in the management and change processes of the educational institution, to develop the traits and qualities of a leader allows them to grow both as educational professionals and as personalities.","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121892776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MODELLING OF VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: PRIORITIES OF A NEW LEARNING POLICY STRATEGY","authors":"Sergejus Neifachas","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.62","url":null,"abstract":"The research explores problem contexts of the modelling of virtual learning environment. School communities are facing learning difficulties under the rapidly evolving global conditions. Considering the tendencies in changing learning processes, it is essential to reflect upon and provide a basis for the contours of the modelling of a virtual learning environment. While in search of new learning conceptualization strategies, it is very important to properly understand the inclusive and activating context of open learning space, as well as to properly assess the content elements and anticipate the possible features of expression. The process of modelling of the virtual learning environment is analysed through reflexive approaches. The contemporary school is now moving onto the logic of organizing learning services, revealing new trends of expression: skills, information, knowledge, networking relations between learners and the creation of learning values. Virtual learning environment is positioned as an inevitable vision. This vision aims for the learner to be in the centre of learning, while learning itself would be understood as a social process, where learners create a confidence-based culture, design a course of personalized learning for themselves, apply different methods and styles of learning in regard to the objective of the learning object. The goal of the new learning policy strategy is to establish learning environments that would create conditions for people of different interests and capabilities to receive customized education, adapt to various life situations and aims, as well as combine formal learning and self-education.\u0000Keywords: virtual learning environment, modelling, new learning strategies, contexts of educational content, competences, priorities of educational policy.","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116229995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"EDUCATION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: THE QUALITY ASPECT","authors":"Jūratė Ivaškienė, D. Malinauskienė","doi":"10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.48127/spvk-epmq/21.13.10","url":null,"abstract":"In the 21st century, education is identified not only as one of the fundamental human rights that ensure the quality of life, but also as a key driver for the sustainable development of society. Therefore, in modern society, the pursuit of knowledge should become a priority and a way of life for every young person. These reasons encourage the analysis and evaluation of the factors that determine the quality of education, because the context of today's Lithuanian and European dimensions of education determines the necessity of ensuring the importance of the quality of education from an early age. This situation presupposes a problematic question of the research: what factors determine the quality of primary education. That the analysis requires quality assurance issues at the primary level of education becomes clear from the analysis of scientific, methodological literature and educational documents, as issues of quality of education at this level are insufficiently researched and emphasized. More attention is paid to the analysis of quality education in the pre-school sector and basic school. On the other hand, it is a very important and timely issue, because primary education is the first stage of formal education, which has important goals and objectives related to the child's educational opportunities, challenges and further development perspectives. In order to collect the research data, a questionnaire survey was conducted, in which 110 primary education teachers working in the country's educational institutions participated. A questionnaire was prepared, in which the essential information blocks related to the quality of education of primary school students were singled out: planning and organization of the educational process, creation of the educational environment, the teacher's personality and his professionalism. During the research, the factors that determine the quality of education of primary school students were analyzed theoretically and empirically. Statistically significant differences were found in the assessment of different factors, pedagogical work experience and groups of teachers with different qualification categories.\u0000Keywords: education quality, empirical research, primary school, quality assurance","PeriodicalId":115850,"journal":{"name":"ŠVIETIMAS: POLITIKA, VADYBA, KOKYBĖ / EDUCATION POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127985914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}