Inga Leonavičiūtė Paper for Master’s degree Psychological readiness of Master’s degree students for further academic career Psychological career readiness includes obtaining of personal, professional, educational and social competence, ability to assume responsibility for one’s activity and to purposefully act in changing situation, i.e. it determines the further career development. Career readiness assessment is important for a person while choosing occupational activities and making choice in favour or prejudice of a career since it allows better understanding of one’s intentions and thus facilitates the decision-making process. The aim of investigations was to analyse the psychological readiness for academic career of students doing their Master’s degree in Psychology. The objectives of the investigations were as follows: 1. To reveal the approach to studies of the students doing their Master’s degree in psychology. 2. To analyse students’ attitudes towards their professional future. 3. To compare the assessment of readiness for academic career of the students doing their Master’s degree in Vilnius Pedagogical University, Vilnius University and Mykolas Riomeris University. 4. To elucidate how the students conceive the academic career. 5. To compare the peculiarities of the approach to academic career readiness of the full-timers to that of the external students. 6. To assess the interdependence between the satisfaction from the studies and the self-assessment of the... [to full text]

The problem of research: the competence of healthy lifestyle promotion and general abilities. The aim of research: to evaluate nurses' readiness for the health promotion of patients. Tasks of research: 1. To carry out a review of human health conception and alternation of nurses' activity . 2. To find out the nurses' attitude towards importance of healthy lifestyle promotion and the level of knowledge while analyzing distinct aspects of healthy lifestyle. 3. To find out nurses' competence to promote patients' healthy lifestyle. 4. To evaluate nurses' lifestyle. 5. To foresee measures for successful promotion of healthy lifestyle. Methods of research: they are theoretical, empirical, mathematical statistical . The analysis of literature allows to state that in the Lithuanian Health Program the main attention is given to the coordination and development of health promotion activity in our community, and one of the principal activity spheres becomes the promotion of healthy lifestyle. The competence of an educator (a nurse is in this case) often determines the quality of this work (his/her knowledge, abilities, experience and value attitudes). The analysis of research data showed that 96  of respondents consider the promotion of healthy lifestyle to be necessary. They connect the importance of promoting the healthy lifestyle not only with disease prevention, i.e. help for healthy people, but also with assurance of life quality... [to full text]

SANTRAUKA Darbe atlikta analizė padėjo atskleisti pedagogo kompetencijas tenkinant mokinių specialiuosius ugdymo(si) poreikius. Iškelta hipotezė, kad kolegijos studentai nėra pakankamai pasirengę tenkinti mokinių specialiuosius ugdymo(si) poreikius. Apklausos raštu metodu nustatytas ir įvertintas kolegijos studentų pasirengimas tenkinti mokinių specialiuosius ugdymo(si) poreikius. Tyrimo duomenų statistinė analizė atlikta taikant Mann‘o ir Whitney testą, Stjudento kriterijus. Empirinėje dalyje lyginami studentų ir mokytojų apklausos duomenys, siekiant sužinoti, kaip jie vertina studentų pa(si)rengimą tenkinti mokinių specialiuosius ugdymo(si) poreikius, kokius jų gebėjimus reikėtų tobulinti. Tyrimu nustatyta, kad kolegijų realizuojamose pradinio ugdymo ir užsienio kalbų pedagogikos studijų programų bendrųjų dalykų (pedagogikos, psichologijos) moduliuose akcentuojami profesiniai gebėjimai išmanyti individualiuosius vaiko ugdymo(si) poreikius bei ugdymo specifiką, pritaikyti mokymo(si) turinį, taikant modifikuotos ir adaptuotos programos sudarymo principus, bendradarbiauti su ugdymo proceso dalyviais, tačiau pasigendama bendravimo su SUP turinčiais tėvais. Pradinio ugdymo pedagogikos studijų programos dalykų didaktikos moduliuose labiau, nei užsienio kalbų, akcentuojami gebėjimai keisti arba pritaikyti bendrąsias programas pagal mokinių poreikius, taikyti alternatyvius mokymo metodus. Studentų apklausa parodė žemą jų informuotumo lygį apie dažniausiai pasitaikančius mokymosi... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The Master‘s Degree Thesis Analysis provided in the paper helped to reveal the competences of pedagogues to satisfy special educational needs of pupils. The hypothesis is made that college students are not ready enough to satisfy special educational needs of pupils. Statistical analysis of the data was performed applying Mann and Whitney test, Student criteria. The empirical part of the paper compares the data generated from the questionnaire of students and teachers aiming to find out how they assess preparation of students to satisfy special educational needs of pupils, what skills should be improved. The investigation showed that modulus of the general subjects (pedagogy, psychology) of programs of studies of elementary education and foreign languages realized in colleges highlight professional skills in competence to know individual child‘s education needs and education specifics, to apply studying content, to cooperate with the participants of the education process, however there is a lack of communication with parents of pupils with special educational needs. The modulus of didactics of the study program of pedagogy of elementary education more than ones of foreign languages highlight abilities to change and apply general programs according to the needs of pupils and to apply alternative education methods. Student questionnaire showed low privity of theirs on the most usual education difficulties and reasons thereof. The students indicated that there is a lack of... [to full text]

In this article research work educational institutions and primary teachers`s view on children`s pre-school education is analyzed. This issue is topical as continuity of pre-school and primary school education influences the quality of education in primary classes a lot. The issue is even more topical because of the newness of a pre-school education branch in Lithuanian educational system, this fact causes a lot of problems. The object of the research - primary education. The aim of the research – to find out how administration of educational institutions and primary teachers evaluate the role of pre-school education in children`s preparation for school and which model of pre-school education they give top priority to. Tasks: To examine the problems of pre-school education in scientific literature; to find out points of view of administrators of different educational institutions on children`s preparation for school; to examine primary teachers` point of view on children`s preparation for school; to accomplish a comparative analysis of the data and give recommendations for improvement of the work. The methods of the research: Theoretical: Analysis of scientific management, psychological, pedagogic, sociological literature and the newest educational documents. Empirical: Primary teachers and school administration, pre-school administration questioning; Statistic: A quantitative analysis was accomplished, the methods of statistical and comparative analysis were described. The... [to full text]

Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti kineziterapeutų nuomonę apie profesinį pasirengimą, darbo sąlygas ir specialybės perspektyvas Lietuvos sveikatos priežiūros sistemoje. Tyrimo metodai. Naudojant anoniminę anketą, buvo apklausta 170 respondentų, baigusių kineziterapijos studijas Lietuvos aukštosiose mokyklose. Rezultatai. Studijų metu įgytų žinių, profesinės kvalifikacijos bei pasirengimo praktiniam darbui įvertinimas dažniausiai buvo „geras“ arba „vidutinis“. Šis įvertinimas kito priklausomai nuo aukštosios mokyklos, kurioje baigtos kineziterapijos studijos (p < 0,05). Studijų metu respondentams labiausiai trūko praktinių užsiėmimų (69,4 proc.), disciplinų, susijusių su būsima profesija (52,9 proc.) ir kvalifikuotų dėstytojų (32,9 proc.). 61,8 proc. respondentų trūko profesinės literatūros, 65,3 proc. respondentų pabaigus studijas reikėjo lankyti papildomus kursus. 65 proc. respondentų buvo patenkinti savo darbu. Dažniausios nepasitenkinimo darbu priežastys buvo mažas atlyginimas (40,6 proc.) bei didelis fizinis darbo krūvis (21,2 proc.). Pasitenkinimui darbu turėjo įtakos darbo vietoje esanti kineziterapijos įranga ir priemonės bei pasitenkinimas studijomis (p < 0,05). Didžioji dauguma kineziterapeutų dirba ligoninėse (32,4 proc.), sanatorijose (20,6 proc.) ir poliklinikose (11,8 proc.). Darbe respondentams dažniausiai trūko tokių galimybių kaip atlyginimo augimas (61,0 proc.), gydytojų požiūrio į kineziterapiją keitimas (38,3) bei karjeros siekimas (37,0 proc.). Užsiimant... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study was to assess the physical therapists‘ opinion about professional education, work conditions and perspectives in Lithuanian health care system. Methods. The anonymous questionnaire was used for persons who graduated Physical Therapy studies in Lithuanian universities and colleges. 170 questionnaires with answers were analyzed. Results. Knowledge, skill and practice obtained during the studies had evaluation point “good” or “moderate”. These evaluation points depend on graduated university or college (p < 0.05). Practice (69.4 %), professional subjects (52.9 %) and qualified teachers (32.9 %) were failed for respondents during the studies. 61.8 % of respondents needed proficiency literature and 65.3 % of them had additional courses after studies to improve them skill. 65 % of respondents were satisfied of their job. The reasons of the dissatisfaction were poor salary (40.6 %) and large physical work load (21.2 %). It was relation between job satisfaction and physical therapy equipment and satisfaction of the studies (p < 0.05). Most of respondents work in the hospitals (32.4 %), sanatoriums (20.6 %) and health centers (11.8 %). Such possibilities like enlargement of salary (61.0 %), changes of physicians’ professional image of physical therapists (38.3 %) and career (37.0) were failed at the work. Inflexible laws were the biggest obstacle in the private practice (47.4 %). 54.1 % of respondents don’t know what is the MN 124:2004 and 22.4 % don’t use it in... [to full text]

Šio darbo esmė – nustatyti ir pagrįsti kriterijus, pagal kuriuos galima įvertinti aukštųjų mokyklų absolventų pasirengimą profesinei veiklai darbdavių požiūriu. Teorinėje dalyje buvo išskirta kokybės dimensija, kuri aktualiausia darbdaviams – absolvento pasirengimas profesinei veiklai. Šis pasirengimas skirstomas į tokius kriterijus: bendrieji gebėjimai, praktinis pasirengimas ir teorinės žinios. Darbe akcentuojami bendrieji gebėjimai, nes darbdavių požiūrio į aukštųjų mokyklų absolventų pasirengimo profesijai tyrimui atlikti pasirinktas konkretus Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, kuris yra vienas liberaliausių universitetų Lietuvoje. Ši aukštoji mokykla yra unikali tuo, kad pirmenybė tiekiama ne siauroms ir labai specializuotoms studijoms, o plačiam, bendrauniversitetiniam išsilavinimui, tenkinančiam visapusiško asmenybės ugdymo ir šiuolaikinės visuomenės reikmes. Todėl literatūros analizės eigoje buvo išskirti 28 profesinėje veikloje svarbūs bendrieji gebėjimai, kurie sugrupuoti į tris grupes: instrumentinius, tarpasmeninius ir sisteminius. Šiuos gebėjimus VDU absolventų darbdaviai vertino 5 balų skalėje. Remiantis darbdavių VDU absolventų bendrųjų gebėjimų vertinimais galima teigti, kad Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas kokybiškai ruošia šiuos bendruosius dalykus: lietuvių kalbos kultūrą, užsienio kalbas bei informatiką. Taip pat šis universitetas sėkmingai savo dėstomoje veikloje integruoja Mokymosi Visą Gyvenimą strategijos koncepciją ir skatina studentus būti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The essence of the thesis is to define and justify the criterions, by which one can evaluate high school alumni preparation for profession – from employers viewpoint. There was quality dimension chosen in the theory part – high school alumni preparation for profession. This dimension was distributed into such criterions: general competencies, practical preparation and professional knowledge. General competencies are the basis of this thesis because Vytautas Magnus University was chosen for the research. And this university is one of the most liberal universities in Lithuania and is unique in its wide education of key competencies. The author has chosen 29 general competencies which were grouped into three parts: instrumental, interpersonal and systemic. The results of the research show that employers think that Vytautas Magnum University qualitatively educate such general competencies: native language, foreign languages and informatics. The university integrates long life learning conception into teaching activity and motivates students to become initiative and develops learning competencies. That means the university fulfils its mission to establish conditions for students to learn and improve skills for long life learning. Employers worse evaluate such key competencies: problem solving competence, planning, decision making competence. That’s why employers say that the university seniors have less project development and project management competencies. Employers do not... [to full text]

Hypothesis of our study is as follows: we assume that physical preparation of girls of the same age and their attitude towards physical education shall differ in different stages of their organism maturity. Goal of the study is to define a relation between physical preparation of girls of different ages and their attitude towards physical education and their sexual maturity. The research was performed in Vilnius Gerosios Vilties gymnasium in classes of 6-9 grade in the year 2004-2005. One hundred and forty five girls of basic health group of age 12-17 were participating in the research. Research methods applicable in the study were as follow: analysis and summary of literature recourses, testing, defining stage of sexual maturity, questionnaire filling, mathematical statistics, documentation and documentation received comparative analysis. We were examining weight, height and thorax size of schoolchildren. Tests of physical development were executed in school health care consulting room. Physical preparation of girls was being defined according to EUROFIT tests (300m running, 60m running, standing long jump; sitting and lying, trunk strength). The sexual maturity stage was defined by nurse in consulting room of Vilnius Secondary School of Gerosios Vilties according to methods by A.Stavickaja and D.Aron (in 1959), which was modified by V.Vlastovskis (in 1976). The comparative analysis of present results and results received 25 years ago was performed. ... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas: įvertinti Kauno medicinos universiteto gydytojų rezidentų pasirengimą praktiniam darbui sveikatos priežiūros įstaigose. Uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti KMU rezidentūros studijų programų aprašą; 2. Įvertinti Lietuvos medicinos normų struktūros atitikimą reikalavimams; 3. Įvertinti KMU gydytojų rezidentų nuomonę apie savo pasirengimą praktinei veiklai. Tyrimo metodika: Tyrimo objektas: KMU rezidentūros studijų programos; medicinos normos; 2006 m. KMU rezidentūros studijas baigę gydytojai rezidentai. Tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros analizė; dokumentų analizė; anketinė apklausa; statistinė duomenų analizė programa SPSS 12. Rezultatai: 1. Įvertintos 28 rezidentūros studijų programos turi aiškią ir vienodą visoms programoms struktūrą. Daugelyje programų išsamiai aprašyta jų sudėtis ir turinys, nėra bendros vidinio studijų kokybės užtikrinimo politikos. Šešiolikoje studijų programų rasta netikslumų šioje dalyje. 2. Septynios profesinės kvalifikacijos neturi patvirtintų medicinos normų. Visos medicinos normos turi vienodą ir aiškią struktūrą. Rezidentūros studijų programos parengtos remiantis šių normų reikalavimais. 3. Su medicinos norma yra susipažinę 53,8 proc. rezidentų, kurie taip pat geriau žinojo savo specialybės ligų sąrašą (p=0,029). Specialybės ligų simptomus, geriau žinojo konservatyviojo profilio rezidentai (Fišerio tiksliojo testo p=0,027). Pakankamai bendravimo su ligoniais patirties mano turintys 36,5 proc. rezidentų. Diagnozuoti ir gydyti navikus mano... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Aim of the study: to evaluate Kaunas University of Medicine residents preparation for a practical activity and work in health care institutions. Objectives: 1. the evaluation of description of residential studies programs; 2. the evaluation of structure of medical standards; 3. the evaluation of resident’s opinion of their preparation for practical activity. Methods: The object of analysis: KMU programs of residency studies; medical standards; KMU doctors graduated in 2006. Methods of analysis: the analysis of scientific literature; the analysis of documents; questionnaire; the analysis of statistical data using the program SPSS 12. Results: 1. There was 28 residency studies programs evaluated, that had clear and equal for all programs structure. The constitution and content of programs were clearly described. There was no security of common internal residency programs quality politics and procedures. Some inaccuracy was found in sixteen residency programs. 2. Seven professional qualifications did not have certified medical standards. The standards had equal and clear structure. The residency programs were organized according to these standards. 3. 53, 8 % of residents got to know the medical standards, they also better knew their specialty diseases (p=0,029). Medical residents of traditional profile better knew the symptoms of their specialty diseases (Fisher exact test p=0,027). 36, 5 % of residents assumed that they had enough experience in communication with patients... [to full text]

58 teksto puslapiai, 15 lentelių, 9 paveikslų, 52 literatūros šaltiniai, 5 priedai. Darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti žmonių gelbėjimo, įvykus nelaimingam atsitikimui, aktualumą, atskleisti problemos aktualumą žemės ūkio gamyboje, ištirti žemės ūkio darbuotojų pasirengimą gelbėti mirtinai traumuotą žmogų ir pasiūlyti priemones šiam pasirengimui gerinti. Nustatyta, kad 60-70 proc. iš visų nelaimingų atsitikimų (NA) įvyksta dėl neteisingų dirbančiojo veiksmų. Išnagrinėtos žmogaus psichofizinės savybės, dėl jų susiformuojantys veiksniai, kurie tampa NA priežastimi. Nustatytos kai kurios priemonės, mažinančios šių priežasčių pasireiškimą. Aukštesnis saugumo lygmuo gali būti pasiektas diegiant naujų, sudėtingesnių pažangios technologijos pavojų kontrolę, tam kad aukšto lygio saugumas panaikintų pažangios technologijos pavojus bei tos priemonės butų įgyvendintos. Lietuvoje žemės ūkis pagal įvykusių NA darbe skaičių yra šeštoje vietoje iš penkiolikos tarp visų ekonominės veiklos rūšių. Atlikus sociologinį tyrimą, kuriame dalyvavo 241 žemės ūkio darbuotojai iš įvairių Lietuvos regionų, buvo nustatyta, kad ūkininkai du kartus dažniau nei samdomi darbuotojai sugebėtų gaivinti staiga mirusį žmogų. Atlikus eksperimentinius tyrimus, paaiškėjo, kad pirmosios pagalbos mokymo efektyvumas priklauso nuo mokymo metodų. / Thesis of Master: 58 pages, 15 tables, 9 pictures, 52 sources of literature, 5 appendixes. Research goal – analyse people life saving urgency during accident, discover problem importance in agriculture industry, examine agriculturists preparation for life saving to man who is deadly traumatized and propose a new measures to improve this preparation. It is established, that 60-70 proc. of all accidents are occurred because of wrong worker actions. Person‘s psychophysical characteristics, factors caused by these characteristics that become the reasons of accidents werw investigated. It was foreseen some means that decrease display of these reasons. A higher level of safety may be achieved through control of the new, more complicated risks of advanced technology if high-level safety complicated risks of advanced technology if high-level safety engineering has been implemented. In Lithuania agriculture industry is the sixth from the top in the list of fifteen kinds of economical activity in means of number of work accidents. After sociological investigation among 241 agriculture workers from different regions of Lithuania, we have discovered twice more farmers, comparing with hired labour men, know, how to act, when work accident has occured. The expermental investigation results proved dependence of right training methods to higher effectiveness of first aid training.