There is important to create flexible placement system in a world economic that is very variable so attention is paid to life long education. Changes in environment and activities act on permanent society. Individual should have a possibility to live in changeable political as well as economical situation, creating new democratic society. Regularly elevating science level, developing new technologies, changes requirements for employment. So continual need for improving knowledge is significant. Research object: Possibilities of continual adult education in Utena district. Aim of the research: To explore possibilities of continual adult education in Utena district. Tasks of the research: 1. To discuss conception, destination and aims of continual education. 2. To study adults’ motivation and experience in education. 3. To present institutions for adults’ education in Utena. 4. To research possibilities of continual education between inhabitants in Utena district. Used methods in the work: 1. Theoretical: analysis of scientific and methodical literature was used with the aim to ground theory of research problem. 2. Empirical: empirical research, interview of respondents and analysis of data. 3. Statistical: data of the research was analyzed using SPSS. At the theoretical part or work is reviewed education as continual process lasting all the life. At the practical part research are present. This research was competed in Utena. Respondents are adult people. Aim of research... [to full text]

Šiuolaikinė švietimo politika nukreipta į spartų žinių visuomenės kūrimą, reikšmingas požymis-nuolatinis mokymasis. / Contenporary educational is directed towards a rapid development of the knowledge society.

Over the past years, the attitude towards the disabled people in the society has been constantly changing: 2003 was announced to be the year of the Disabled. New laws are being passed to help the disabled integrate into the society and find their place in the labor market. However, not only the laws help the disabled to integrate into the society and first of all into the professional field. Nowadays economic and political situation in Lithuania is not very favorable, and it was estimated that in 2003 only 10 percent of the disabled people in Lithuania were employed. Taking into consideration that 52.2 percent of all the disabled are working-age people, this shows that unemployment within this social group reaches 78 percent. In this paper, I have been trying to show the need of disabled people with mobility problems to learn, their current possibilities of doing this, and the legal basis regulating this matter. In the changing environment, lifelong learning is becoming more and more important, but there is still too little scientific research done with regard to the disabled people. There is very little research data on the attitude of the adult disabled towards continuing learning. This data is patchy and not systematic. This is why I decided to choose and analyze this particular aspect. There are very few disabled people learning in the educational institutions for adults. In this research, it became clear that their motivation is very low and problematic... [to full text]