Šiandienos pedagogui keliamas labai svarbus uždavinys - sukurti tokį mokymosi procesą, kuris skatintų moksleivių mokymąsi. Europos Sąjungos dokumentuose akcentuojamos perėjimo į mokymąsi visą gyvenimą galimybes laiduojančios kompetencijos, svarbiausia pripažįstama - mokėjimo mokytis kompetencija. Pastarųjų metų tyrimai rodo, jog besimokantieji mokymosi mokytis kompetencijos stokoja. Darbo tikslas: Ištirti Utenos vyresniojo mokyklinio amžiaus mokinių mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos tobulinimo veiksnius. Darbo uždaviniai: 1. Apibrėžti mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos vietą profesinių kompetencijų struktūroje. 2. Atskleisti pagrindinius subjektyvius mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos kaitos veiksnius. 3. Ištirti objektyvius mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos veiksnius ugdymo sistemoje. 4. Ištirti mokinių požiūrį į mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos veiksnius. 5. Atskleisti mokytojų požiūrį į mokėjimo mokytis kompetencijos veiksnius. Darbe naudoti šie tyrimo metodai: Mokslinės literatūros ir norminių aktų apžvalgos analizė; Anketinė vyresniųjų klasių mokinių ir pedagogų apklausa; Statistinė empirinių duomenų analizė. Tyrimo imtis. 204 respondentai: 54 pedagogai ir 150 vyresniųjų ( X – XII ) klasių mokinių iš trijų Utenos miesto gimnazijų. Pagrindinės išvados ir tyrimo rezultatai: 1. Profesinė kompetencija – mokėjimas mokytis priklauso kognityvinių kompetencijų grupei, kurios pagrindiniai aspektai yra savo paties mokymosi proceso organizavimas ir jo valdymas, grindžiamas žiniomis, įgūdžiais... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Nowadays a teacher faces an extremely important task to develop such learning process which should encourage the students to learn. The EU education documents emphasizes competences ensuring the possibilities for life long learning, the ability to learn is admitted to be the most important one. Recent researches show learners’ lack of competence to learn, therefore, the work analyses basic factors improving students’ competence of learning abilities to learn. The Aim: To investigate factors improving senior students’ competence of learning abilities to learn in Utena town. Objectives: 1. To define the place of competence of students’ learning abilities to learn in the structure of professional competences. 2. To reveal basic subjective factors influencing the changes in the competence of learning abilities to learn. 3. To investigate objective factors influencing the competence of learning abilities to learn in the education system. 4. To investigate students’ attitude towards the factors of competence of learning abilities to learn. Methods used: The analysis of science literature and the survey of standard acts; questionnairing teachers and senior students; statistics analysis of empiric data. Sampling. 204 respondents (54 teachers and 150 (X – XII forms) students) from three gymnasium schools in Utena town. Main results and conclusions: 1. Professional competence, the ability to learn, belongs to the group of cognitive competences whose main aspects are organization and... [to full text]

Masters of Art / Intimate partner violence (IPV) has reached epidemic proportions in South Africa, prompting the government to pass the Domestic Violence Act 116 (1998). However, numerous scholars still believe that legislation is lacking due to inadequate implementation of protocol in the healthcare sector. In the healthcare setting, nurses are usually the first people that abused women make contact with and so they are in an excellent position to identify IPV victims and prevent further abuse. Routine universal screening in the healthcare setting is recommended as a means to identify women who suffer in abusive relationships. However, several problems have been encountered with the attempts to implement screening practices. In this study the various perceived barriers to IPV screening among nursing students were examined by use of a descriptive survey approach. The research participants were 103 nursing students from the University of the Western Cape. Data were collected by means of a selfadministered questionnaire and analysed using descriptive as a means to uncover the relationship between perceived barriers and the screening practices of the participants. The aim of this study was to identify the barriers that will discourage a nurse from routinely screening for intimate partner violence in a healthcare practice. The present study’s results indicated that the majority of variance in routinely screening for IPV can be explained by barriers related to HCP knowledge of managing IPV disclosure; the perceived responses of patients to screening; the privatisation of abuse; and whether HCP regard IPV as a healthcare issue. Information, regarding the beliefs of healthcare providers (HCP) with regard to IPV as well as the barriers they perceive toward screening, will be helpful in designing curricula that will successfully teach HCP how to screen for IPV and it will also be useful in making positive changes to the screening conditions in healthcare settings.