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The topic of this master paper is "Content analysis of nutrition competences of Vilkaviškis district 8th-formers." Relevance of the topic. European Union documents emphasize that rapid changes in economic, political and social life depend on the development of high quality knowledge, abilities and competences on personal, local and national levels. Therefore the foci in educational system have also changed: there is transition from stressing the importance of knowledge acquisition to competence development, i.e. it is important not only what a person knows but also how and when he/she applies his/her knowledge; thus a competent personality is to be developed. The aim of the research is to perform content analysis of 8th-formers' nutrition competences. The following research methods were applied: 1. Analysis of scientific literature and documents; 2. Pupils' and teachers' questionnaire survey; 3. Statistical data analysis; 4. Qualitative data analysis. Results of the research. To learn about nutrition competences of Vilkaviškis district 8th-formers a quantitative and qualitative research was carried out. A questionnaire survey aimed at finding out teachers' opinion about their pupils' nutrition competences being developed. Quantitative data analysis has revealed that in pupils' opinion they have developed the Learning to Learn, health and life skills, as well as communication competences best. Qualitative research method was used to survey teachers' opinion about their pupils' nutrition competences being developed. It turned out that the majority of the teachers think that for the most part pupils' health and life skills are developed during nutrition classes. Research data analysis has revealed that during nutrition classes of technology lesssons teachers mostly develop their pupils' technological competences through practice saying that this is the best way to develop pupils' health and life skills. Curriculum Guidelines and Education Standards outline how pupils should be taught so that they could acquire the necessary knowledge, develop the main abilities and values. The majority of the teacher respondents strictly follow Curriculum Guidelines and Education Standards and apply various visual means and active teaching/learning methods in order to make the information conveyed easier for the learners to understand. Qualitative research data has shown that teachers do not encourage learners' independence by developing their Learning to Learn competence since they provide their pupils with the main information themselves.

The topic of this master paper is "Content analysis of nutrition competences of Vilkaviškis district 8th-formers." Relevance of the topic. European Union documents emphasize that rapid changes in economic, political and social life depend on the development of high quality knowledge, abilities and competences on personal, local and national levels. Therefore the foci in educational system have also changed: there is transition from stressing the importance of knowledge acquisition to competence development, i.e. it is important not only what a person knows but also how and when he/she applies his/her knowledge; thus a competent personality is to be developed. The aim of the research is to perform content analysis of 8th-formers' nutrition competences. The following research methods were applied: 1. Analysis of scientific literature and documents; 2. Pupils' and teachers' questionnaire survey; 3. Statistical data analysis; 4. Qualitative data analysis. Results of the research. To learn about nutrition competences of Vilkaviškis district 8th-formers a quantitative and qualitative research was carried out. A questionnaire survey aimed at finding out teachers' opinion about their pupils' nutrition competences being developed. Quantitative data analysis has revealed that in pupils' opinion they have developed the Learning to Learn, health and life skills, as well as communication competences best. Qualitative research method was used to survey teachers' opinion about their pupils' nutrition competences being developed. It turned out that the majority of the teachers think that for the most part pupils' health and life skills are developed during nutrition classes. Research data analysis has revealed that during nutrition classes of technology lesssons teachers mostly develop their pupils' technological competences through practice saying that this is the best way to develop pupils' health and life skills. Curriculum Guidelines and Education Standards outline how pupils should be taught so that they could acquire the necessary knowledge, develop the main abilities and values. The majority of the teacher respondents strictly follow Curriculum Guidelines and Education Standards and apply various visual means and active teaching/learning methods in order to make the information conveyed easier for the learners to understand. Qualitative research data has shown that teachers do not encourage learners' independence by developing their Learning to Learn competence since they provide their pupils with the main information themselves.