In order to reach national aims besides other things it is necessary to have essential knowledge and acquire appropriate skills. Improvement of those other things also requires knowledge. In modern and dynamic world knowledge and abilities should be improved permanently and quickly. They are essential for creation of more perfect products and effective technologies. They are important for better understanding and orientation of the development of the society, also for fostering of human skills and creative power that are undoubtedly crucial for the security of the country, because it is impossible to reach human spiritual wellbeing without improving the competence. The aim of this final paper is to identify the knowledge of how to learn of the students of Panevezio College as a factor of continuing learning of adults’ education. The goals of the research helped to examine the methods of learning and possibilities for realization of knowledge how to learn. The methods of the research: the analysis of scientific literature, comparison, generalization, and qualitative research, which was performed on the basis of the questionnaire and data analysis. After the research these conclusions were drawn out: continuing learning is like an umbrella, which covers various kinds of learning and teaching and this is a long lasting activity in reaching to gain and improve competencies, knowledge in personal, civic and social perspective. The students are aware of the personal and public... [to full text]

The subject of this MA thesis is “The Relation between Learning Ability and Learning Motivation in 4th – Graders”. The thesis analyses an urgent educational issue of developing learning competence in primary school, in particular learning ability and learning motivation. Learning motivation is perceived here as a set of inner (knowledge prestige, communication, self – expression, future) and outer (learning for personal benefits, out of compulsion or fear) stimuli. The thesis discusses the structure of the ability to learn as that to raise learning objectives, to plan the learning process and to act purposefully in order to achieve the learning objectives (the ability to relate the new learning material or experience to what is know; the ability to clarify misconceptions and correct them accordingly; the ability to select and apply appropriate strategies; the ability to use sources of information; the ability to cope with learning difficulties; the ability to cooperate). With a view to measuring the 4th – graders‘ level of learning ability and expression of learning motivation, a questionnaire and a situational method were constructed. The reliability of the answers was tested at interviews and with the help of a questionnaire in which some teachers evaluated their pupils’ ability to learn. The computer programmes Excel and SPSS were used to process and correlate the data about the pupils’ learning ability and learning motivation. 305 4th – graders from Vilnius schools... [to full text]