Learning motivation should be analysed as complex structure of personality, containing cognitive attitudes, needs, interests and motives. Any effective pedagogical correction is possible if focus is made only on the main (at that moment) structural element of learning motivation. Every student would be motivated for high-level studies if the university creates correspondent conditions of learning environment. Object of this study is learning motivation of the first year students of Master courses in the universities of Kaunas. Task of study is to analyse prevailing and dominant learning motives of students (n=142). After investigating peculiarities of learning motivation of studies of the first year Master students two main motives (future and intrinsic/ cognitive and social) were identified. Our respondents named such factors which determinate their successful studies – study tasks corresponding to interests and predispositions, stuff’s permanent stimulation for student to have in contemplation their own learning motivation Key words: learning motivation, master studies.

Magistrantūros studijose yra ugdomi pirmieji mokslinio darbo įgūdžiai ir išryškėja būsimųjų tyrėjų gebėjimai savarankiškai tęsti, gilinti bei skleisti įgytas žinias. Vienas pagrindinių antrosios studijų pakopos siekių – išugdyti kompetentingą tyrėją bei suinteresuoti jį tęsti studijas doktorantūroje, tad magistrantai – tai mokslininkų gretų papildymo rezervas. Tyrimo objektas. Edukologijos krypties Švietimo vadybos specialybės magistrantai. Tyrimo tikslas. Ištirti Edukologijos krypties Švietimo vadybos specialybės magistrantų studijų metu įgytas tyrimines kompetencijas, orientuojantis į magistro baigiamųjų darbų rengimo procesą. Tyrimo metodai. Teoriniai: su tyrimo problema susijusios literatūros analizė; empiriniai: turinio (content) analizė, anketinė apklausa; duomenų analizės metodai: programos Windows Microsoft Exel ir SPSS. 17.0 (Statistical package For Social Science). Tyrime dalyvavo 41 Edukologijos krypties Švietimo vadybos specialybės magistrantūros absolventas bei 17 pirmo kurso magistrantų iš ŠU, KU, VPU, VDU. Metodologiniu tyrimo pagrindu laikytini humanistinės filosofinės teorijos principai. Tyrimo hipotezė. Tikėtina, kad Edukologijos krypties Švietimo vadybos specialybės magistrantūros absolventai studijų metu yra įgiję tyriminių kompetencijų, būtinų baigiamojo darbo rengimui. Tyrimo rezultatai. Tyrimo rezultatai iš dalies patvirtino hipotezę – magistrantūros absolventai yra įgiję tyriminių kompetencijų, būtinų baigiamojo darbo rengimui, tačiau jos yra... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In Master's program students are developing their skills needed to continue, deepen and disseminate knowledge. One of the main aims of the second cycle - educate competent researchers, and interested them to continue his doctoral studies. Master`s is the addition of reserve armies of scientists. Object of the research. Master's students of Educational Management speciality Aim of the research. To investigate gained research competencies of Educational Management speciality on the Master's thesis preparation process. Research methods. Theory: literature analysis witch associated with research problem; empirical: content analysis, questionnaire survey, data analysis methods: programs Windows Microsoft Exel ir SPSS. 17.0 (Statistical package For Social Science). The research includes 41 Master's student of Educational Management speciality and 17 first course Master`s from ŠU, KU, VPU, VDU. Hypothesis of the research. Students of Educational Management speciality have gained research competencies necessary for the preparation of the final thesis. Results. Results of research partially confirmed the hypothesis that Master's graduates students have gained research competences, needed for the final thesis preparation, but those are not sufficiently developed. Main part in witch students lack of research competences are conclusions and recommendations.

The aim of the research work is to analyse studies for social educating in Lithuanian universities. Theoretical and analytical parts of the research includes sifting through the documentation what regulate high studies in Lithuania and comparing studies of social education in different universities of Lithuania. The results of the research improve that variority of study programmes' conditions separate skills and competences of social educators.