There is a lack of tolerance in post-Soviet Lithuania and it manifest itself in various spheres of social life. Tolerance is a humanistic value, closely related to the democracy, respect of the human person, human rights and freedom. The analysis of tolerance understanding of outstanding Lithuanian philosophers and pedagogues helps to reveal main elements and the structure of this important value. The urge to teach tolerance in secondary schools is evident. Some factors, important in teaching tolerance, like family, school life, and various youth organisations are discussed.
There is a lack of tolerance in post-Soviet Lithuania and it manifest itself in various spheres of social life. Tolerance is a humanistic value, closely related to the democracy, respect of the human person, human rights and freedom. The analysis of tolerance understanding of outstanding Lithuanian philosophers and pedagogues helps to reveal main elements and the structure of this important value. The urge to teach tolerance in secondary schools is evident. Some factors, important in teaching tolerance, like family, school life, and various youth organisations are discussed.
There is a lack of tolerance in post-Soviet Lithuania and it manifest itself in various spheres of social life. Tolerance is a humanistic value, closely related to the democracy, respect of the human person, human rights and freedom. The analysis of tolerance understanding of outstanding Lithuanian philosophers and pedagogues helps to reveal main elements and the structure of this important value. The urge to teach tolerance in secondary schools is evident. Some factors, important in teaching tolerance, like family, school life, and various youth organisations are discussed.
There is a lack of tolerance in post-Soviet Lithuania and it manifest itself in various spheres of social life. Tolerance is a humanistic value, closely related to the democracy, respect of the human person, human rights and freedom. The analysis of tolerance understanding of outstanding Lithuanian philosophers and pedagogues helps to reveal main elements and the structure of this important value. The urge to teach tolerance in secondary schools is evident. Some factors, important in teaching tolerance, like family, school life, and various youth organisations are discussed.
88 pages, 1 illustration, 6 dockets, 99 bibliographic recourses. In the final Master's degree thesis the main goal of this paper is art teaching of teenagers of Youth school by non-traditional lessons evaluating their efficiency. This thesis consists of three main parts: analysis of literature, analysis and results of the accomplished scientific performance research, conclusions and recommendations. Analysis made aiming to achieve the goal of the psychological, pedagogical literature and education legislation documents revealed that there is no one appropriate art teaching method at the Youth school that is efficient enough to absorb the learning material. The students of the Youth school are learning according to the General Programs and Education Standards (2003) and very often the learning material is not appropriately absorbed because of limited teaching and learning quality due to low learning motivation of the teenagers, destructive and asocial behavior during the lessons, learning gaps because of low attendance or not timely submitted pedagogical support. Practice research in the Youth school proved that in the art teaching of the teenagers is important to appropriate evaluate their capacities, abilities and interests, determine the reasons of the destructive behavior and evaluate it, organize the lessons in the way that meets the teenagers' self-expression demand and competence level in order the art learning lessons are attractive and interesting. Non-traditional art lessons organizing way proved that integrated teaching subjects and active methods, application of differentiated and individual learning styles, modern teacher's performance model during the lessons helped teenagers to acquire self-confidence, increase art learning motivation and progressiveness, change the destructive behavior and improve the attendance of the lessons. Conclusions and recommendations submitted in accordance with the analysis of the literature studied and results of the conducted performance research. According to the author of the thesis, the recommendations submitted will be helpful for the art teachers to organize the art lessons for the Youth school teenagers more efficiently: the teenagers will absorb the learning material appropriately, learning motivation and progressiveness will be improved, and ways to solve social problems will be looked for. Key words: Youth school, teenagers, art teaching, non-traditional lessons.
88 pages, 1 illustration, 6 dockets, 99 bibliographic recourses. In the final Master's degree thesis the main goal of this paper is art teaching of teenagers of Youth school by non-traditional lessons evaluating their efficiency. This thesis consists of three main parts: analysis of literature, analysis and results of the accomplished scientific performance research, conclusions and recommendations. Analysis made aiming to achieve the goal of the psychological, pedagogical literature and education legislation documents revealed that there is no one appropriate art teaching method at the Youth school that is efficient enough to absorb the learning material. The students of the Youth school are learning according to the General Programs and Education Standards (2003) and very often the learning material is not appropriately absorbed because of limited teaching and learning quality due to low learning motivation of the teenagers, destructive and asocial behavior during the lessons, learning gaps because of low attendance or not timely submitted pedagogical support. Practice research in the Youth school proved that in the art teaching of the teenagers is important to appropriate evaluate their capacities, abilities and interests, determine the reasons of the destructive behavior and evaluate it, organize the lessons in the way that meets the teenagers' self-expression demand and competence level in order the art learning lessons are attractive and interesting. Non-traditional art lessons organizing way proved that integrated teaching subjects and active methods, application of differentiated and individual learning styles, modern teacher's performance model during the lessons helped teenagers to acquire self-confidence, increase art learning motivation and progressiveness, change the destructive behavior and improve the attendance of the lessons. Conclusions and recommendations submitted in accordance with the analysis of the literature studied and results of the conducted performance research. According to the author of the thesis, the recommendations submitted will be helpful for the art teachers to organize the art lessons for the Youth school teenagers more efficiently: the teenagers will absorb the learning material appropriately, learning motivation and progressiveness will be improved, and ways to solve social problems will be looked for. Key words: Youth school, teenagers, art teaching, non-traditional lessons.
European Union language policy is developed considering a strategy point intended in the Lisbon strategy to turn the most competitive and dynamic economy of knowledge, create better work conditions for a wider social cohesion. Multilingual section of European committee implementing this point, fitted in with the open method of coordination and made ready the plan of acts for 2004-2006: "To prompt language learning and lingistic variety". This sheduled to prompt life-long language learning, improve language teaching quality, create favourable settings for language learning. This atitude of language policy is also recorded in Educational provisions of Lithuania (2003-2012). It is out for every citizen to know 2-3 foreign languages except native language consequently schoolchildren are bound to study two foreign languages. The subject of the second foreign language learning at school is very topical for all Lithuania and Europe. Nevertheless the estimation range of studying marches (at the exploratory level exactly) stays researched imperfectly. It is a new phenomenon in Lithuania. The object of this master thesis is second foreign (Russian) language learning. Schoolchildren were given the questionaires (615 respondents participated). The teachers of the second foreign language were questioned (15 respondents) from 17 schools. Quolitative analysis of the test's results showed that language gains satisfy second foreign (Russian) language demands based on Common Framework and Educational standarts. The evaluation of the schoolchildren's (from the 10th forms) atitude to second foreign (Russian) language learning estimated that a majority of schoolchildren has a high level of motivation. Schoolchildren understand the importance of Russian language learning for their future life. More than 90 percent of all schoolchildren participated in this research reached pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. The achievements of schoolchildren are influenced by the nationality of their parents, linguistic tone in the family (what languages are used for communication), and the type of school. The facts of Russian language learning experience evaluation show that more than the third of the interrogated schoolchildren got the 10th form standarts. Exploratories evaluate their learning success adequatelly enough. Connections with results of tests prove that. Teacher's forms analysis was accomplished. It must be emphasized that teachers evaluate their expertises very or quite well. The best developed abilities are to control information, to studt and tune up to new situations. More difficult is leading and enterprising, communication with specialists from other areas, care of quality. The most difficult expertise for teachers is to create projects and enterprise them.
European Union language policy is developed considering a strategy point intended in the Lisbon strategy to turn the most competitive and dynamic economy of knowledge, create better work conditions for a wider social cohesion. Multilingual section of European committee implementing this point, fitted in with the open method of coordination and made ready the plan of acts for 2004-2006: "To prompt language learning and lingistic variety". This sheduled to prompt life-long language learning, improve language teaching quality, create favourable settings for language learning. This atitude of language policy is also recorded in Educational provisions of Lithuania (2003-2012). It is out for every citizen to know 2-3 foreign languages except native language consequently schoolchildren are bound to study two foreign languages. The subject of the second foreign language learning at school is very topical for all Lithuania and Europe. Nevertheless the estimation range of studying marches (at the exploratory level exactly) stays researched imperfectly. It is a new phenomenon in Lithuania. The object of this master thesis is second foreign (Russian) language learning. Schoolchildren were given the questionaires (615 respondents participated). The teachers of the second foreign language were questioned (15 respondents) from 17 schools. Quolitative analysis of the test's results showed that language gains satisfy second foreign (Russian) language demands based on Common Framework and Educational standarts. The evaluation of the schoolchildren's (from the 10th forms) atitude to second foreign (Russian) language learning estimated that a majority of schoolchildren has a high level of motivation. Schoolchildren understand the importance of Russian language learning for their future life. More than 90 percent of all schoolchildren participated in this research reached pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper-intermediate levels. The achievements of schoolchildren are influenced by the nationality of their parents, linguistic tone in the family (what languages are used for communication), and the type of school. The facts of Russian language learning experience evaluation show that more than the third of the interrogated schoolchildren got the 10th form standarts. Exploratories evaluate their learning success adequatelly enough. Connections with results of tests prove that. Teacher's forms analysis was accomplished. It must be emphasized that teachers evaluate their expertises very or quite well. The best developed abilities are to control information, to studt and tune up to new situations. More difficult is leading and enterprising, communication with specialists from other areas, care of quality. The most difficult expertise for teachers is to create projects and enterprise them.
The Bologna declaration stresses the importance of education and educational co-operation in the development and strengthening of stable, peaceful and democratic societies. Additionally the declaration highlights the need to promote European co-operation in quality assurance with a view to develop comparable criteria and methodologies. The cooperative activity of universities created preconditions for students' mobility under the Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates programmes. Hence, a comparison of efficiency of engineering education studies at partner institutions has become a topical issue. The paper presents the problems related to engineering education quality at different universities and suggests a system of indicators that are applicable for education quality estimation. The main idea is to compare the distinguished aspects of the education process and to evaluate quality of teaching. The efficiency of different subjects (social and engineering) is estimated by applying sets of criteria, to be implemented by incorporating a proposed system of criteria into questionnaires for students at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), who participate in student mobility programmes. Processing of the received responses let the author achieve the ultimate aim, i.e. to trace differences in the quality of teaching. Policy implications in the field of engineering education quality management are seen as main outcome of presented research.
The Bologna declaration stresses the importance of education and educational co-operation in the development and strengthening of stable, peaceful and democratic societies. Additionally the declaration highlights the need to promote European co-operation in quality assurance with a view to develop comparable criteria and methodologies. The cooperative activity of universities created preconditions for students' mobility under the Leonardo da Vinci and Socrates programmes. Hence, a comparison of efficiency of engineering education studies at partner institutions has become a topical issue. The paper presents the problems related to engineering education quality at different universities and suggests a system of indicators that are applicable for education quality estimation. The main idea is to compare the distinguished aspects of the education process and to evaluate quality of teaching. The efficiency of different subjects (social and engineering) is estimated by applying sets of criteria, to be implemented by incorporating a proposed system of criteria into questionnaires for students at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU), who participate in student mobility programmes. Processing of the received responses let the author achieve the ultimate aim, i.e. to trace differences in the quality of teaching. Policy implications in the field of engineering education quality management are seen as main outcome of presented research.
Research object Competences of municipality sport departments managers (specialists). Aim of research To perform competence research and analysis of municipality sport departments managers (specialists). Tasks of research 1. To define conceptions of competence and labor market. 2. To analyze academic aspects of public officials competences. 3. To research training and development of sport managers (specialists) in Lithuania. 4. To detect main functions of municipality sport departments and identify competences, required to fulfill them. 5. To detect competence level of sport specialists. Research structure Research is structured of 4 parts, 56 pages , 6 tables, 23 pictures and 4 supplements. Main functions of municipality sport departments: personell management, koordination of sport teaching institutions, legal management, information management, buildings management, financial management, event management, high mastery sportsmen praparation. According TUNING project competences of 4 groups are referable to 8 main fumctions of municipality sport departments: instrumental, interpersonal, systemic and other competences. Key words: competence, sport management, public official.
Research object Competences of municipality sport departments managers (specialists). Aim of research To perform competence research and analysis of municipality sport departments managers (specialists). Tasks of research 1. To define conceptions of competence and labor market. 2. To analyze academic aspects of public officials competences. 3. To research training and development of sport managers (specialists) in Lithuania. 4. To detect main functions of municipality sport departments and identify competences, required to fulfill them. 5. To detect competence level of sport specialists. Research structure Research is structured of 4 parts, 56 pages , 6 tables, 23 pictures and 4 supplements. Main functions of municipality sport departments: personell management, koordination of sport teaching institutions, legal management, information management, buildings management, financial management, event management, high mastery sportsmen praparation. According TUNING project competences of 4 groups are referable to 8 main fumctions of municipality sport departments: instrumental, interpersonal, systemic and other competences. Key words: competence, sport management, public official.
Nowadays an active search for new methods and techniques of teaching foreign languages is taking place very intensively. That meets the current state of methodological science and the rapid development of the world community as a whole. Intensive technologization and computerization of all spheres of human life, which led to creation of a firm habit of young people to perceive information from the screen, led to the active penetration of audiovisual means of learning in the system of education at schools and universities. Authentic video and various videos created by methodologists specifically for educational purposes are used more and more frequently in the process of foreign language teaching. The use of video clips at the foreign language lessons perfectly suits to the tasks which foreign language teachers face in the context of the development of active multilingualism in the Lithuanian society. The article highlights the use of audiovisual method in teaching the second foreign languages at the Military Academy of Lithuania. The analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of this method is also produced as well as the requirements for authentic audiovisual materials which can be used for educational purposes and the technology of methodological development of authentic video material for its use in foreign language course. The authors emphasize that this method allows economizing learning time and intensifying the educational process
Nowadays an active search for new methods and techniques of teaching foreign languages is taking place very intensively. That meets the current state of methodological science and the rapid development of the world community as a whole. Intensive technologization and computerization of all spheres of human life, which led to creation of a firm habit of young people to perceive information from the screen, led to the active penetration of audiovisual means of learning in the system of education at schools and universities. Authentic video and various videos created by methodologists specifically for educational purposes are used more and more frequently in the process of foreign language teaching. The use of video clips at the foreign language lessons perfectly suits to the tasks which foreign language teachers face in the context of the development of active multilingualism in the Lithuanian society. The article highlights the use of audiovisual method in teaching the second foreign languages at the Military Academy of Lithuania. The analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of this method is also produced as well as the requirements for authentic audiovisual materials which can be used for educational purposes and the technology of methodological development of authentic video material for its use in foreign language course. The authors emphasize that this method allows economizing learning time and intensifying the educational process
Nowadays an active search for new methods and techniques of teaching foreign languages is taking place very intensively. That meets the current state of methodological science and the rapid development of the world community as a whole. Intensive technologization and computerization of all spheres of human life, which led to creation of a firm habit of young people to perceive information from the screen, led to the active penetration of audiovisual means of learning in the system of education at schools and universities. Authentic video and various videos created by methodologists specifically for educational purposes are used more and more frequently in the process of foreign language teaching. The use of video clips at the foreign language lessons perfectly suits to the tasks which foreign language teachers face in the context of the development of active multilingualism in the Lithuanian society. The article highlights the use of audiovisual method in teaching the second foreign languages at the Military Academy of Lithuania. The analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of this method is also produced as well as the requirements for authentic audiovisual materials which can be used for educational purposes and the technology of methodological development of authentic video material for its use in foreign language course. The authors emphasize that this method allows economizing learning time and intensifying the educational process
