When Lithuania became the part of the Europian Union market, it has to compete with increasing competition of the international market. The following elements: work qualification, material investment, skills of marketing and management, scientific research papers determine work productivity and competitive advantages of the country. In such conditions Lithuanian companies can compete in the international market but this depends from the company staff, how they manage to use their knowledge, qualification and creativity. If we want not to be behind with the world tendencies in the state and company level, it is important to understand human resources and to develop them. Unemployment problem is one of the biggest world economical and social problems.Increasing busyness promotes economic growth and increasing work income of people guarantees stability of the country and welfare of the people.That is why big and effective busyness is one of the most important social political aims of the state, which can be successfully solved by decreasing unemployment by creating new work places. Talking about the improvement of vocational training system it is planned to optimise vocational institutions, create training quality sponsorship system, to give the evaluation of the qualification to institutions which represent competetive employers, develop distance training, integrate into the market groups (unemployed people, young people without profession or people who only start their... [to full text]

The importance of a social pedagogic‘s activities at school and attention to these activities are increasing in nowadays life. The activities of a social pedagogic at school, in families, in village communities, his/her professional image and conduction I.Leliūgienė has analysed ( Leliūgienė, 2002), G. Kvieskienė in her works analysed qualification necessary for a social pedagogic at school, a system of social work and its problems. (Kvieskienė, 2001). L. Stašiūnaitė examined the problem solving model application in a social pedagogic’s at school activities. (Stašiūnaitė, 2001). O. Merfeldaitė analysed social – psychological problems salvation for children from risk groups. The aim of study – to explose the expetations of vocational school leaders and to identify the qualities (persona and professional) required for social pedagogics at vocational schools. The activities of a social pedagogic at a vocational school are devoted to educational process improvement, to developing students' spiritual values and positive character feature. The main goals of a social pedagigic’s professional activities at school are – early prevention and aiming at children’s well – being. The purpose of a social pedagogic’s activity at school is to advocate a child in all critical situations. Methods used in a social pedagogic’s activities at school: 1. Theoretical: comparission, analysis, synthesis, indication, deduction 2. Practical: biographic, interviewing, modeling, consulting. The study... [to full text]

Magistro darbe yra išanalizuoti ir susisteminti įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių mokslinės literatūros šaltiniai apie organizacijos įvaizdžio konstravimo problematiką: įvaizdžio esmę, jo formavimo bei kūrimo principus; organizacijos komunikacijos charakteristikos reikšmę institucijos įvaizdžiui bei organizacijos įvaizdžio formavimo strategijų aspektus. Darbe atskleidžiama Joniškio miesto ir rajonų 10 – 12 klasių mokinių bei jų mokytojų nuomonė apie visuomenėje vyraujantį Joniškio ŽŪM įvaizdį, atskleidžiamas jo turinys ir nustatomas profesinės mokyklos įvaizdžio konstravimo kryptingumas. Patvirtinamos darbo autorės suformuluotos mokslinio tyrimo hipotezės, jog profesinės mokyklos įvaizdis yra operacionalizuojamas ir identifikuojamas konstruktas; profesinės mokyklos įvaizdis yra sąlygiškai neigiamas ir tai, jog perspektyviausia Joniškio ŽŪM įvaizdžio formavimo kryptis – kurti jaukios, saugios, sudarančios galimybių kokybiškai pasirengti profesinei veiklai, laiduojančios galimybę gauti pradinį startą kvalifikuotai darbo vietai gauti, atviros aplinkai, gerai aprūpintos bei profesionalios mokyklos įvaizdį. / This paper analyses and systematises the literature of diverse Lithuanian and foreign authors who discussed the problems arising when constructing the image of an organisation: the essence of image, the principles of its formation and creation; the impact of the communicational characteristic of an organisation on the image of an institution as well as the aspects of the strategies of the organisation's image creation. The paper covers the analysis of the opinions of Joniškis town and its districts' teachers and pupils from 10 and 12 forms about Joniškis Agricultural School’s image. The content of the image is disclosed and the direction of the vocational school's image building is determined. The following hypotheses set forth by the author are substantiated: the image of the vocational school is an operationalised and identified construct; the image of the vocational school is conditionally negative; the most perspective direction for the image creation of Joniškis Agricultural School - to create the image of a cosy, safe, providing possibilities of qualitative preparation for career, ensuring a possibility to gain the start that opens the gates to a qualified job, open to the environment, fully equipped and professional school.

The change of learning motivation and achievements in general education in vocational school The objective of the research: Evaluation of changes in learning motivation and achievements in general education in vocational schools. The tarks of the research: 1. Determining the fects of studying motivation changes in vocational schools. 2. Deseribing the influence of motivation changes on learning achievements. Methods and sources of the research. The research has been fulfilled applying general and special scientific methods as literature analysis, statistical analysis, grouping of research data, generalization and comparison. The data has been processed by SPSS computer programme. The guestionnaire has been chosen as the main research method. The area of the research. The research has been carried out with 196 students and 40 teachers from vocational schools. Conclusions: · The research results showed that about 60% students decided to study in a vocational school, because their studies in a secondary school were not successful. · The research also revealed the fact that the learning achievements of most students at a vocational shool remain almost the same though motivation rises. · The students and the teachers pointed out the factors which should be important in enhancing the motivation to study. They are such as active training methods, validity of assessment system, motivating training material, interest, figurative style and relation with future profession.

Europos šalių socialinių, politinių, ekonominių ir kultūrinių pokyčių vyksmas ir orientavimasis į rinkos dėsniais pagrįstą ūkį lemia permainas ir mūsų šalies profesinio rengimo sistemoje. Lietuvoje profesinis rengimas tampa viena iš prioritetinės veiklos sričių. Siekiant pagerinti profesinio rengimo kokybę, profesinės mokyklos prestižą, būtina išspręsti vieną iš pagrindinių problemų – sukurti patrauklią aplinką, kuri laiduotų ugdymo kokybę. Šiandien profesinių mokyklų tikslas yra ne tik rengti specialistus, gebančius savarankiškai dirbti konkurencingos rinkos sąlygomis, išsiugdžiusius puikias dvasines, dorovines, kultūrines, pilietines savybes, bet ir sukurti patrauklią, saugią, modernią aplinką, geras ugdymo sąlygas, skatinančias nuoširdžius ir demokratiškus mokytojų ir mokinių santykius. Patrauklios aplinkos kūrimas profesinėje rengimo institucijoje – tai nauja, aktuali, teoriniu ir praktiniu aspektais mažai tyrinėta problema. Šiame darbe moksline prasme nauja tai, kad pateikiamas patrauklios aplinkos kūrimo ir tobulinimo modelis, skirtas profesinio ugdymo proceso įgyvendinimui. Tyrimo objektas: patrauklios profesinio ugdymo aplinkos kūrimas. Tyrimo tikslas: Parengti profesinės mokyklos patrauklios aplinkos kūrimo ir tobulinimo modelį. Tyrimo uždaviniai: išanalizuoti aktualias mokslines teorijas ugdymo ir aplinkos ryšio klausimais; aptarti profesinio ugdymo ir aplinkos sampratas; išanalizuoti profesinio ugdymo aplinką lemiančius veiksnius; ištirti pasirinktos profesinio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The process of social, political, economical, cultural changes and the orientation to the economy based on the laws of the market in European countries causes these changes in the system of the vocational training in our country too. It becomes the aprioristic educational activity in Lithuania. The restoration of the independence, the reform of the educational system in Lithuania stimulated the necessity of taking care of the attraction of our vocational training. The new reform of education, its changes reveal new problems: the interaction between training and its environment. Today it is very important to improve the system of the vocational training. It must correspond to the needs and interests of students, teachers and employers.We must create an attractive environment in order to increase the quality of the vocational training. This problem was discusssed some years ago by many scientists. Today it has become more important creating the model of attrative environment of vocational training and improvement. The goal of the vocational schools is not only to train specialists who will be able to work independently under the competitive conditions of the market having moral, cultural, civic, features, but also to create safe and modern environment, good training conditions stimulating perfect relations between students and teachers.The aim of the research is to create the model of the improvement of such environment in the vocational school. We have carried out the... [to full text]

Tinkamas karjeros pasirinkimas dažnai nulemia visapusiškai kokybišką asmens ateitį. Profesijos pasirinkimas yra daugialypis procesas, kurį lemia daugelis veiksnių, kurie skirstomi į vidinius bei išorinius. Šiame darbe apžvelgiama profesijos pasirinkimo proceso samprata, teorijos, analizuojami pagrindiniai profesinės mokyklos mokinių profesijos pasirinkimą įtakojantys veiksniai: savęs pažinimas, vertybės, interesai, gabumai, darbo rinkos tendencijos, aplinka bei joje veikiantys asmenys. Darbo tikslas – išsiaiškinti profesinės mokyklos mokinių profesijos pasirinkimo veiksnius. Siekiant išsamiai atskleisti tyrimo uždavinius, pasirinktas kiekybinis tyrimo metodas – anketinė apklausa. Tyrime iš viso dalyvavo 252 mokiniai, iš Biržų technologijų ir verslo mokymų centro. Jų amžius – 16-52 metai. Tyrimo metu stengtasi nustatyti profesijos pasirinkimo vidinius bei išorinius pasirinkimo veiksnius, profesinės mokyklos privalumus, ugdymo karjerai, profesinio informavimo veiklos mokykloje ypatumus, mokinių ateities planus. Mokslinės literatūros analizė apie profesijos pasirinkimo procesą atskleidė poreikį įvertinti savo norus, galimybes bei darbo rinkos tendencijas. Tik atsižvelgus į tris profesijos pasirinkimo kriterijus: noriu, galiu, reikia, pavyks tinkamai vystyti savo karjeros kelią. Profesiją būtina rinktis racionaliai, sistemingai – įvertinant tiek objektyvius (vidinius), tiek subjektyvius (išorinius) profesijos pasirinkimo veiksnius. / A proper carrier choice usually has an effect on a person’s stable future. A carrier choice is a multiple process, which is influenced by many factors, subdivided into internal and external. The present research paper reviews the process of carrier choice, theories, analyses the main factors influencing carrier choice of vocational school students: self-cognition, values, interests, capabilities, labour market tendencies, the atmosphere and the persons in it. The aim of the paper – to figure out the factors for carrier choice of vocational school students. In order to fulfil thoroughly the tasks of the paper, the quantitative research method was chosen, mainly – a questionnaire. The research sample consisted of 252 students from Biržai Technology and Business Training Centre. Their age is varied – 16-52 years old. The research aimed to define the internal and external carrier choice factors, the advantages the vocational school offers, the peculiarities of carrier training and professional information at the school, the future plans of students. The scientific literature analysis on the process of carrier choice, gave an impulse to evaluate oneself wishes, possibilities and labour market tendencies. Given the three carrier choice criteria – I wish, I can, I must – one will succeed in properly developing his/her carrier path. The carrier must be chosen with consideration, systematically, having evaluated both subjective (internal) and objective (external) factors of carrier... [to full text]

Master’s thesis analyzes vocational school and special vocational school teacher’s opinions about current training of the disabled in Lithuania, special help in the integrated school and the favour of the legal basis. It also tries to find out teachers’ attitudes to the following questions: are vocational school teachers prepared for work with such pupils and what requirements have to be fullfilled so that they would agree to become teachers of integrated vocational schools; what teachers of special vocational schools think about integrated vocational schools, what requirements have to be fullfilled so that general vocational schools could be turned into integrated ones. The object of the research is the attitude of vocational school and special vocational school teachers’ towards the process of integrating vocational training of the disabled into general vocational schools. The matter of the research is teachers’ opinion about possibilities of special help in integrated vocational schools. The aim of the research is to find out if the attitude of teachers towards special help is different in vocational schools and specialized vocational schools. The analysis of reference literature, the object , the subject and the aim of the research has lead to the following hypotheses: Teachers working in both vocational schools and special vocational schools are not prepared for work with disabled young people. Among teachers of special schools there is an opinion that qualitative... [to full text]

SUMMARY According to many Lithuanian teachers, the problem of dropouts is a social, cultural, economic and managerial problem. Unwilling to study juvenile and dropouts usually add to the ranks of unskilled labor force, unemployed individuals and even criminal groups. Analysis of the available literature showed that there have been no consistent researches carried out in connection to the problem of dropouts at vocational schools. The objective of this paper is to identify the reasons of dropping out at vocational school and preventive measures applied in this regard. In order to achieve this objective, the scope of dropouts at Lithuanian vocational schools, experience of EU countries in tackling the problem of dropping out of young individuals aged 18 - 24 from the education system were reviewed in addition to the analysis of preventive potential. The second part of the paper contains research results which reveal the reasons why students susceptible to dropping out do lease schools, what teachers and managers think about the problem of dropping out. Analysis of the opinions of students and teachers demonstrated that the basic reason for dropping out from vocational schools, as pointed out by one third of students at risk and teachers, i.e., nonattendance, is related to: - insufficient subsistence funds, i.e., will to work in Lithuania or abroad; - learning failures accompanying students from comprehensive schools; - selected profession, i.e., having experienced practical... [to full text]

Tyrimo problema, aktualumas ir naujumas. Gana dažnai tenka išgirsti darbdavių priekaištus švietimo organizacijoms, kad pastarosios ruošia netinkamus rinkai specialistus. Nusiskundimų sulaukia tiek aukštosios, tiek ir profesinės mokyklos. Kad pasiekti gerų rezultatų, reikia atnaujinti turimus išteklius, o tam reikia turėti pinigų. Tai – mokyklos vadovo rūpestis. Šiame darbe nagrinėjama profesinių mokyklų vadovavimo kultūra nuolat kintančioje aplinkoje. Atkūrus Lietuvos nepriklausomybę vadovo darbo pobūdis pasikeitė tiek kiekybiškai, tiek kokybiškai, ir taip atsirado naujų tyrimų poreikis. Lietuvos švietimo vadybos teoretikai gilindavosi į mokyklos, kaip organizacijos, mokslinius teorinius valdymo aspektus. Deja, realybėje sunku tiesiogiai pritaikyti bendrąsias vadybos teorijas mokyklai, todėl pastarosios vadovavimo kultūra vis dar lieka tyrimo objektu. Šiame tyrime yra palyginamas vadovo ir jo pavaldinių požiūris į jų švietimo organizacijos vadovavimo kultūrą: koks mokyklos vadovo vadovavimo stilius, kaip jis rūpinimąsi darbo rezultatais ir santykiais su pavaldiniais, kaip jis motyvuoja darbuotojus ir kuria mikroklimatą. Tyrimo tikslas – išnagrinėti vadovavimo kultūros teorinius pagrindus, atskleisti esamą vadovavimo kultūros situaciją profesinėse mokyklose, pateikti pasiūlymus bei rekomendacijas šių organizacijų veiklos gerinimui. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. remiantis įvairiomis teorijomis paaiškinti vadovavimo kultūros esmę, ypatumus dabartinėms rinkos ekonomikos sąlygoms; 2... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Research problem, relevance and novelty. You can hear quite often complaining enterpreneurs about bad training of the young specialists for labour market. They are complaining about higher schools and vocational schools, as well. If you need to reach good results you have to renew your resources. However, you have to have enought money for this. And that is the task for the head master of the school. We describe the leadership culture of vocational schools in the constantly changing surroundings in this work. When independence of Lithuania has been rebilted the head master‘s job charcter changed and we got needs for the new researches. It is hard to adapt the general management theory to some school in reality. That is why it is the research on leadership culture at the vocational schools still. The head master‘s point of view about leaderschip culture is compared with the point of view of his staff in this research. Aim of this research – to analyse theoretical basis of leadership culture; to find out the available situation about leadership culture at the vocational schools; to present recomendations about the organizations‘ activities improvement. Research hypotheses: 1. The older head masters make the negative influence to leadership culture; 2. The democratic style of head master‘s leadership does not make any negative influence to leadership culture of vacatinal schools; 3. The vocational schools‘ head masters devote a little money for their profesional competences‘... [to full text]

Lietuva vis labiau įsitraukia į daugiamatę pasaulio raidą: pasinaudodama integracijos pranašumais ji siekia ilgalaikio konkurencingumo pasaulio ir Europos erdvėje. Šalyje nėra gausių gamtinių išteklių, ji nepasižymi išskirtine geografine padėtimi, todėl žmogiškieji ištekliai tampa pagrindine valstybės vertybe. Sparčiai didėjantis žmogiškųjų išteklių poreikis – vienas dabartinio laikmečio iššūkių, kurį sukelia besiplečiančios rinkos ekonominiai dėsniai, gamybos dinamiškumas, jos struktūriniai pokyčiai, naujos technologijos, stiprėjanti konkurencija ir aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų stoka. Šiandieninis darbo pasaulis kelia iš esmės naujus reikalavimus žmogui jo karjeros kelyje. Šiuolaikiniam individui būtina karjeros kompetencija, kurią laiduoja aukšti specialieji profesiniai bei bendrieji: bendradarbiavimo bei veikimo socialinėje aplinkoje, darbo pasaulio pažinimo, sprendimų priėmimo, veiklos planavimo ir kiti gebėjimai. Dabartinėje, sparčiai besikeičiančioje, aplinkoje kiekvienam visuomenės nariui vis svarbesnė tampa galimybė mokytis ir tęsti savo žinių ir įgūdžių lavinimą visą gyvenimą. Nuošalėje atsiduria asmenys pradžioje, dažniausiai nenorintys, o vėliau ir nesugebantys prisitaikyti prie nuolat kintančių ir sudėtingėjančių gyvenimo sąlygų. Visuomenė vis labiau skirstosi į tuos, kurie turi rinkos poreikius atitinkančius įgūdžius ir kvalifikaciją, ir tuos, kurie jos neturi. Tikėtina, kad jauni žmonės, įgiję tik pagrindinį išsilavinimą, tačiau neįgiję darbinės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The greatest treasure of every country in the world is its scholastic frame quality and youth education. The efficiency of educational system is expressed through the number of inceptives in proportion to the number of students who have achieved a certain education degree. It is essential for a student to undergo success in each part of an educational chain and develop correspondent competence. There is an objective in our country to warrant compulsory primary education and apprenticeship up to 16 years of age. Recently, persons from 18 to 24 years without secondary education and who do not proceed to study are being taken into particular consideration. The weak link in Lithuanian educational system is vocational training schools. Each year approximately 7 thousand apprentices of these schools terminate their learning agreements before acquiring vocation. Therefore the aim of this investigation is to discover the reasons which prevent students from acquiring their chosen profession. The first part covers theoretical aspects of ineffectual learning, taking scientists’ researches into consideration, the extent of an unsuccessful learning and prime reasons for an early retreat from the educational system. The second section renders the reasons and assumptions for leaving vocational schools on the grounds of a particular vocational school activity analysis and unsuccessful students’ questionnaire information. The results identify difficulties of psychological, educational... [to full text]