Quality of education is attributed to the field of management of general education school as a priority. The article deals with manifestation peculiarities of implementing educational quality in general education schools in strategic activity plans as a priority of educational policy. According to identified features changes in significance of educational quality and in its management in general education schools are highlighted, trends of increasing effectiveness of educational quality are described, and systematic approach for improving quality of education is emphasized.
Quality of education is attributed to the field of management of general education school as a priority. The article deals with manifestation peculiarities of implementing educational quality in general education schools in strategic activity plans as a priority of educational policy. According to identified features changes in significance of educational quality and in its management in general education schools are highlighted, trends of increasing effectiveness of educational quality are described, and systematic approach for improving quality of education is emphasized.
The dissertation assesses how the state is building the relationships with the child as an individual who has rights. It obtains knowledge how children as a social group and as individuals are supported by Lithuanian social policy. The study reveals the construction of one of the main contexts of humanistic pedagogies, when in the analysis of relationships between children and adults children are in the centre. Research aim is to ground theoretically and to asses empirically the meaning of the social-educational contexts of child's rights and policy in development of understanding of Lithuanian welfare state and to demonstrate it as a paradigm of new knowledge. This is an interdisciplinary qualitative study based on a postmodern paradigm of phenomenology which analyse social educational contexts of child's policy and rights in the development of Lithuanian welfare state in the first decade of Independence 1990-2001 and compares with six OECD countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. The analysis is based on Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states. The study has reveled that the pattern of Lithuanian welfare regime does not correspond the exact regime in Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states from the perspective of children's policy. The development of Lithuanian children's policy demonstrates lack of understanding of a child as an individual and creates a weak background for child-oriented social-educational reconstructions. The study has demonstrated that the analysis of the understanding of children's rights and children's policy with the approach of a paradigm of social-educational contexts has a future perspective.
The dissertation assesses how the state is building the relationships with the child as an individual who has rights. It obtains knowledge how children as a social group and as individuals are supported by Lithuanian social policy. The study reveals the construction of one of the main contexts of humanistic pedagogies, when in the analysis of relationships between children and adults children are in the centre. Research aim is to ground theoretically and to asses empirically the meaning of the social-educational contexts of child's rights and policy in development of understanding of Lithuanian welfare state and to demonstrate it as a paradigm of new knowledge. This is an interdisciplinary qualitative study based on a postmodern paradigm of phenomenology which analyse social educational contexts of child's policy and rights in the development of Lithuanian welfare state in the first decade of Independence 1990-2001 and compares with six OECD countries: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. The analysis is based on Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states. The study has reveled that the pattern of Lithuanian welfare regime does not correspond the exact regime in Esping-Andersen's typology of welfare states from the perspective of children's policy. The development of Lithuanian children's policy demonstrates lack of understanding of a child as an individual and creates a weak background for child-oriented social-educational reconstructions. The study has demonstrated that the analysis of the understanding of children's rights and children's policy with the approach of a paradigm of social-educational contexts has a future perspective.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and restored Independence of Lithuania post-soviet countries faced with inevitable transformations in educational management. The article presents school management changes and overlooks Lithuanian school management development and its tendencies after becoming an independent state in the context of educational management paradigm shift. It also unfolds the changing roles and functions of school principals in the alternations of political ideologies. Scientific literature unfolds exclusive role of school principals in the process of educational management transformation. The article is based on the principles of paradigm shift and systematic approach on management.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and restored Independence of Lithuania post-soviet countries faced with inevitable transformations in educational management. The article presents school management changes and overlooks Lithuanian school management development and its tendencies after becoming an independent state in the context of educational management paradigm shift. It also unfolds the changing roles and functions of school principals in the alternations of political ideologies. Scientific literature unfolds exclusive role of school principals in the process of educational management transformation. The article is based on the principles of paradigm shift and systematic approach on management.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and restored Independence of Lithuania post-soviet countries faced with inevitable transformations in educational management. The article presents school management changes and overlooks Lithuanian school management development and its tendencies after becoming an independent state in the context of educational management paradigm shift. It also unfolds the changing roles and functions of school principals in the alternations of political ideologies. Scientific literature unfolds exclusive role of school principals in the process of educational management transformation. The article is based on the principles of paradigm shift and systematic approach on management.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and restored Independence of Lithuania post-soviet countries faced with inevitable transformations in educational management. The article presents school management changes and overlooks Lithuanian school management development and its tendencies after becoming an independent state in the context of educational management paradigm shift. It also unfolds the changing roles and functions of school principals in the alternations of political ideologies. Scientific literature unfolds exclusive role of school principals in the process of educational management transformation. The article is based on the principles of paradigm shift and systematic approach on management.
The article familiarizes the reader with the main goals and implementation structures of the DIALLS (Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools) three-year project (2018–2021), supported by EU Research and Innovation program HORIZON 2020. The project is coordinated by Cambridge University in partnership with 9 EU universities. In Lithuania project activities are implemented by the Institute of Educational Sciences at Vilnius University. The theoretical concept of Social Responsibility in the context of Cultural Literacy and Educating for an Active Citizenship is analysed in the theoretical part of the article. Some empirical data on addressing the concept of Social responsibility in the National Educational Policy documentation is presented and discussed from the view of DIALLS projection. Finally, some concluding points on addressing the concepts of Social responsibility, participation, cooperation and citizenship in the national educational policy documentation are drawn up.
The article familiarizes the reader with the main goals and implementation structures of the DIALLS (Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools) three-year project (2018–2021), supported by EU Research and Innovation program HORIZON 2020. The project is coordinated by Cambridge University in partnership with 9 EU universities. In Lithuania project activities are implemented by the Institute of Educational Sciences at Vilnius University. The theoretical concept of Social Responsibility in the context of Cultural Literacy and Educating for an Active Citizenship is analysed in the theoretical part of the article. Some empirical data on addressing the concept of Social responsibility in the National Educational Policy documentation is presented and discussed from the view of DIALLS projection. Finally, some concluding points on addressing the concepts of Social responsibility, participation, cooperation and citizenship in the national educational policy documentation are drawn up.
The article familiarizes the reader with the main goals and implementation structures of the DIALLS (Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools) three-year project (2018–2021), supported by EU Research and Innovation program HORIZON 2020. The project is coordinated by Cambridge University in partnership with 9 EU universities. In Lithuania project activities are implemented by the Institute of Educational Sciences at Vilnius University. The theoretical concept of Social Responsibility in the context of Cultural Literacy and Educating for an Active Citizenship is analysed in the theoretical part of the article. Some empirical data on addressing the concept of Social responsibility in the National Educational Policy documentation is presented and discussed from the view of DIALLS projection. Finally, some concluding points on addressing the concepts of Social responsibility, participation, cooperation and citizenship in the national educational policy documentation are drawn up.
The article familiarizes the reader with the main goals and implementation structures of the DIALLS (Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools) three-year project (2018–2021), supported by EU Research and Innovation program HORIZON 2020. The project is coordinated by Cambridge University in partnership with 9 EU universities. In Lithuania project activities are implemented by the Institute of Educational Sciences at Vilnius University. The theoretical concept of Social Responsibility in the context of Cultural Literacy and Educating for an Active Citizenship is analysed in the theoretical part of the article. Some empirical data on addressing the concept of Social responsibility in the National Educational Policy documentation is presented and discussed from the view of DIALLS projection. Finally, some concluding points on addressing the concepts of Social responsibility, participation, cooperation and citizenship in the national educational policy documentation are drawn up.
The aim of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of Social economy in educational context. Scientific study assumption introduced: development of social economy has an impact on safe educational development and more rapid social cohesion. In order to estimate the assumption introduced there were raised seven tasks: 1) to make a theoretical literature analysis on the concept of socio-economic; 2) to explore the socio-economic development in Canada and in other States of America; 3) to explore the importance of socio-economic aspects in the European continent and describe socio-economic development of five European countries - Belgium, Poland, France and Finland; 4) to explore the concept of corporate social responsibility and its' role in the context of social economy; 5) to examine the importance of social responsibility in society; 6) to describe and give examples of a social enterprise and concession; 7) to explore the environment of public-private partnership development. Research methods chosen for this study are analysis of documents, to in deep analyze the concept of social economy and its' role in the countries, and structured and non structured experts' interviews to explore the mechanism and impact of social economy on socioeducational environment. The analysis of the results led to the conclusion that main scientific assumption: development of social economy has an impact on safe educational development and more rapid social cohesion – is confirmed. It was determined that there is no unified definition of Social economy in international environment, that leads to the absence of common continental indicators and progress measures. The analysis of five European countries indicated that the role of government is crucial for social economic development. The term of Social economy is not widely known in Lithuania, but several social economic tools already exist: social business, non for profit organisations, volunteering, private public partnerships, conssesion cooperatives, volunteer initiatives.
The aim of this study is to analyze the phenomenon of Social economy in educational context. Scientific study assumption introduced: development of social economy has an impact on safe educational development and more rapid social cohesion. In order to estimate the assumption introduced there were raised seven tasks: 1) to make a theoretical literature analysis on the concept of socio-economic; 2) to explore the socio-economic development in Canada and in other States of America; 3) to explore the importance of socio-economic aspects in the European continent and describe socio-economic development of five European countries - Belgium, Poland, France and Finland; 4) to explore the concept of corporate social responsibility and its' role in the context of social economy; 5) to examine the importance of social responsibility in society; 6) to describe and give examples of a social enterprise and concession; 7) to explore the environment of public-private partnership development. Research methods chosen for this study are analysis of documents, to in deep analyze the concept of social economy and its' role in the countries, and structured and non structured experts' interviews to explore the mechanism and impact of social economy on socioeducational environment. The analysis of the results led to the conclusion that main scientific assumption: development of social economy has an impact on safe educational development and more rapid social cohesion – is confirmed. It was determined that there is no unified definition of Social economy in international environment, that leads to the absence of common continental indicators and progress measures. The analysis of five European countries indicated that the role of government is crucial for social economic development. The term of Social economy is not widely known in Lithuania, but several social economic tools already exist: social business, non for profit organisations, volunteering, private public partnerships, conssesion cooperatives, volunteer initiatives.
The article actualizes the system of preparatory pre-school education as a subsystem of education that lacks theoretical management and administration conceptions. It is explained that due to this reason with respect to management processes of educational reform of Lithuania the system of preparatory pre-school education becomes dysfunctional and does not respond to the general trend of changes in education. The thesis discloses theoretical-praxeological bases of management of preparatory pre-school education system, which have self-contextualised in the modern policy of education of Lithuania. With this aim the author of the thesis uses post-modern instruments of social sciences and the humanities and formulates the idea about the necessity of new type managerial knowledge, while making political decisions regarding managerial strategies of preparatory pre-school education and other subsystems of education. Based on the results of qualitative content analysis, which showed up carrying out the analysis of the most important documents on education of modern post-reform period of Lithuania, the following is concluded: to manage preparatory pre-school education system both general and special managerial principles, which are suitable for management of localized subsystems of education in policy change processes, can be applied. The thesis proves that the management of preparatory pre-school education system must be perceived through the paradigms of systemic change of its functions, orientating to societarian, systemic, institutional, interpersonal and intrapersonal levels, their inter-synergic relations, and the change of preparatory pre-school education as a subsystem and as a system of education.
