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Šiuolaikinė mokykla prisitaiko prie vis naujų visuomenės poreikių, tampa atvira besimokančia organizacija, kurioje labai svarbus bendradarbiavimo modelis organizacijos viduje ir organizacijos ryšiai su kitomis įstaigomis. Kaimiškose vietovėse esančios ugdymo įstaigos tenkina bendruomenės narių poreikius, sprendžia socialines, edukologines visuomenės problemas, todėl norint suteikti kvalifikuotą pagalbą bendruomenės nariams, ugdymo įstaigos kuria bendradarbiavimo tinklą, į kurį turi įtraukti viešojo sektoriaus organizacijas. Šiame darbe analizuojamos kaimo mokyklos bendradarbiavimo su viešųjų įstaigų problemos. Daug dėmesio skiriama švietimo organizacijos ryšiams su visuomene taikomoms priemonėms ir jų įtakai ieškant bendradarbiavimo būdų su kitomis organizacijomis. Įvertinama mokyklos bendradarbiavimo kultūros nauda visuomenei. Teorinėje dalyje nagrinėjama švietimo organizacijos bendradarbiavimo problema, bendradarbiavimo samprata, švietimo organizacijos kultūros įtaka mokyklos viduje ir su viešosiomis organizacijomis. Daug dėmesio skiriama švietimo organizacijos ryšiams su visuomene taikomoms priemonėms ir jų įtakai ieškant bendradarbiavimo būdų su kitomis organizacijomis. Praktinėje dalyje analizuojama kaimo mokyklos bendradarbiavimo su viešosiomis ir kitomis organizacijomis situacija. Tiriama, kokie veiksniai lemia švietimo organizacijos bendradarbiavimo kultūros kūrimą ir kas įtakoja organizacijos įvaizdžio formavimą, kuris padeda bendradarbiauti su įvairiomis... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Modern school is adapting to new needs of the society, it becomes more open learning organisation, where inside cooperation model of the organisation and its relations with other institutions are very important. Educational institutions that are located in the countryside meet the needs of community members, such institutions solve social and educational problems of the society therefore to provide qualified help to the memebers of society educational institutions create cooperation net (system) which involves public institutions. Problems of cooperation between village school and public entities are analysed in this work. A lot of attention is given to means of communication between the society and educational institution, and their influence on search of ways of communication with other organisations. The use of cooperation of the school is evaluated. The problems of cooperation of educational institution, conception of cooperation, influence of the culture of educational institution inside the school and with public entities are analyzed in the theoretical part of the work. A lot of attention is given to means of communication between the society and the educational institution and their influence on search of ways of communication with other organizations. The situation of cooperation between village school and public entities and other organizations are analysed in the practical part of the work. It is analyzed what factors condition creation of culture of cooperation... [to full text]

Unincorporated areas within a regional planning context are often of an essential ‘in-between’ nature — facing unique community-specific and site-specific challenges. These challenges include: identifying appropriate growth management strategies, examining how growth containment is best effected, and determining how this is best integrated in the unincorporated rural area context — especially where these areas are adjacent to rapidly growing incorporated urban-region centres. There are also considerations around how concepts, such as Complete Communities and Agricultural Urbanism, can be applied to such contexts — and how such concepts may facilitate a tighter, and more seamless, relationship between the typically polar opposite interventions under the banners of regional planning and community design. This practicum examines how the concepts of Complete Communities and Agricultural Urbanism are and/or could be applied to unincorporated rural areas as part of an approach to a combination of planning and design — as placemaking. The Regional District of Nanaimo’s Rural Village Centre (RDN RVC) strategy provides the main case study context, along with several other ostensibly comparable BC regional district settings as potentially informative precedents. It was discovered that there are increasing linkages between regional planning and community design that may be further advanced via a placemaking perspective. Of special note are the opportunities associated with adaptations of the concepts of Complete Communities and Agricultural Urbanism in the unincorporated rural context; referencing these concepts can enhance the linkages between the ‘unincorporated rural settings’ and their ‘incorporated’ municipal neighbours. The research has helped to identify where there may be room for improvement around RDN RVC strategies, and how they may be better applied in the future.

Block 71, the location of this design thesis, is within the Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Situated on Vancouver Island and four kilometers North of the City of Courtenay. The site is 925 acres of cut-block, used for lumber, and owned by Raven Forest Products. Raven Forest Products clear-cut the site as recently as the late 1970's. Second growth has been allowed to persist on the site. In 1994, a development permit for a proposed village was submitted to the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona and is still pending. This proposed village was named 'View Ridge' and was intended to create higher densities and preserve more open space than convention subdivisions. The relevant proposed design for this property, View Ridge Revisited, endeavours to meet and surpass the intentions of the its predecessor. The View Ridge Revisited proposal allows for a minimum of eight hundred dwelling units and a maximum of one thousand and one hundred. Sustainability is the ultimate goal for View Ridge Revisited. The three parts of this goal are economic sustainability, social sustainability and ecological sustainability. As a template for the structure of the village, Transit-Oriented Developments and the principles of New Urbanism were employed. Economically, the proposed design should support a community of approximately two thousand two hundred persons. Seven hundred of these should be employed within the community itself. Appropriate retail, office and service-office space has been provided for this purpose. This assumes at least one job per household. At least seventy-five percent of all the housing units in the village are within one thousand-three hundred feet walking distance from the downtown commercial core, or a five minute walk. These two thousand and two hundred people will live in medium density (12 du/acre) and low-density (8 du/acre) areas. The latter housing type includes ancillary suites above lane-access-only garages. The higher density housing types should be at least three stories, with possible basement suites. All housing should meet some type of precedent typology. The most likely typology sources come from older parts of Courtenay and Comox. Adequate recreation space is provided for the residents. Approximately twenty acres are located adjacent to the Recreation Centre and the Schools. The schools should be adequate for the given population of the community. Additional green space is included throughout the site, in the form of neighbourhood parks. Ten percent of each block is designated to park space. These parks will also function as storm water channels and filtration areas. From an ecological perspective, the design proposal attempts to integrate the functioning, natural environment with the cultural processes of its human co-inhabitants. In general, the village is centred upon a sixty to eighty meter riparian corridor, a wetland area and a community forest. All of these features should maintain their ecological functions, as well as provide vital components to both the image of the community and its healthy existence. The riparian corridor is a diverted stream from Seal Bay Park. It should be engineered to follow its pre-logging path down into the Little River watershed Storm water is drained from the village into this stream, after being naturally treated within the previously mentioned wetland area. All water from the site is treated in this manner. Sewage is treated at a three acre solar aquatic treatment facility next to the commercial core. The community forest will allow a habitat connection to the riparian corridor as well as provide an educational component to the inhabitants. It is hoped that sustainable logging practices will become a part of this forest's character. The overall goal of sustainable community design is met at View Ridge Revisited by satisfying the economic, social and ecological requirements. The transit-oriented design of this village provides the template upon which this becomes possible.

Paper author: Vaida Radzevičienė Paper topic: Factors Influencing the Choise of Profession by Schoolchildren from Rural and Urban Areas Place of writing the paper: Lithuanian Agricultural University. The Department of Profession Education and Psychology. 2006 Size of paper: 60 pages Paper contains: 9 tables, 17 pictures, 3 supplements Literature sources: 34 Research object: Factors influencing the choice of first profession by schoolchildren from urban and rural teritories Research methods: The analyses of scientific literature; questionnaire (made by myself according to lecturer I. Maknienė test); interview with vocational teachers; the analysis of research results (PAULA). Research results: After analysing the data of questionnaire and interview it is possible to say that urban teritories schoolchildren while choosing a profession are influenced by internal interests, practical benefit and sometimes friends, and rural schoolchildren are influenced by inner interests, practical benefit and family. As there was not found very big differences among the factors influencing urban and rural schoolchildren in the research it is possible to say, that the first part of hypothesis – the first profession choise of urban and rural schoolchildren are influenced by different social factors – was not approved. The second part – rural schoolchildren are more influenced by family and urban schoolchildren are influenced by friends – was approved partialy: rural schoolchildren are... [to full text]

Atkūrusi nepriklausomybę Lietuva ryžtingai žengė demokratinės visuomenės kūrimo ir rinkos ekonomikos keliu. Buvo ypač atkreiptas dėmesys į šeimą. Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucijos, priimtos 1992 metais, 38 straipsnyje skelbiama, kad ,,Šeima yra visuomenės ir valstybės pagrindas” (Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija, 1992). Mokykla, o ypač kaimo, yra viena iš svarbiausių vaiko gyvenimo socialinių institucijų, kurioje sukuriamos sąlygos, kryptingai ir intensyviai lemiančios mokinio intelektinio ir socialinio pažinimo plėtrą. Kaimo mokyklose didžioji dalis mokinių – socialiai remtini bei pedagogiškai apleisti, dalis jų dėl objektyvi�� priežasčių negali lankyti mokyklų. Klasės auklėtojas – tai ugdymo procese centrinė figūra, kuri koordinuoja ir kontroliuoja savo klasės mokinių, toje klasėje dėstančių mokytojų ir mokinių tėvų veiklą. Šiame baigiamajame magistrantūros darbe buvo tyrinėtas klasės auklėtojo vaidmuo ugdant probleminių šeimų vaikus, besimokan��ius 5-9 klasėse Šalčininkų rajone. Pasirodo, kad namų darbų neatlikimas, neadekvatus elgesys, bėgimas iš pamokų, necenzūrinių žodžių vartojimas, mokymo priemonių bei mokyklos turto nesaugojimas ir niokojimas, sudėtingas bendravimas su tėvais, tėvų nesidomėjimas savo vaikais, žalingi tėvų įpročiai - pagrindiniai sunkumai, su kuriais susiduria klasės auklėtojas, dirbdamas su probleminių šeimų vaikais. Beveik ketvirtadalis tyrime dalyvavusiųjų probleminių šeimų tėvų apie savo vaikų sunkumus nieko nežino. Pasirodo, kad... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the present MA paper the role of a class master while bringing up 5-9 form rural children is being analyzed. School, especially rural, is one of the most important child’s social institutions, where some conditions are created in order to develop pupil’s intellectual and social recognition. The number of children from problematic families is constantly increasing in the rural areas. The effectiveness of the work with children from problematic families depends on the activities of a class master, who tries to facilitate life of children from problematic families with his/her professional efforts. The class master also helps to overcome difficulties in the class, at school and at home. That was the stimulation to investigate the present problem. There are several questions to which the present paper will try to answer: what problems does a class master have to face while working with children from problematic families; what are the causes of disagreements between a class master and children from problematic families; what is the help given by a class master; what are the corporation opportunities between a class master and parents; how do children from problematic families evaluate their class masters. The goal of the investigation is to disclose the role of a class master, who is working with 5-9 form children from problematic families. The object of the investigation is the work of a class master with the 5-9 formers from problematic families. The tasks of the... [to full text]

Kiekvieno vaiko prigimtinė teisė augti savo šeimoje – saugioje ir jo raidos poreikius atitinkančioje aplinkoje. Deja, kasmet daugėja vaikų, savo šeimose patiriančių nepriežiūrą ir apleistumą, skurdą, prievartą, tėvų piktnaudžiavimą savo valdžia ir pan. Kai biologinė vaiko šeima nebepajėgi tenkinti svarbiausių vaiko interesų, jos funkcijas perima globos institucijos. Lietuvoje vaiko teises ir apsaugą reglamentuojantys pagrindiniai įstatymai pabrėžia būtinybę padėti vaikams iš socialinės rizikos šeimų išvengti socialinės atskirties, sukurti jiems palankias gyvenimo sąlygas bei teikti ugdymo paslaugas, kad jie galėtų vystyti savo socialinius įgūdžius. Globos įstaigos mūsų šalyje − bene pagrindinės institucijos, įgaliotos padėti tėvų globos netekusiems vaikams. Kartu pabrėžiama būtinybė iš esmės keisti požiūrį į vaiko globos klausimus, remiantis pagrindinėmis JT vaiko teisių deklaracijos nuostatomis, kuriomis vadovaujantis svarbu kuo daugiau vaikų apgyvendinti globėjų šeimose, šeimynose, kur tėvų globos netekusiems vaikams pagal galimybes būtų sukurta kuo artimesnė natūraliai šeimai aplinka. Tokią aplinką siūlo nevyriausybinės organizacijos, veikiančios pagal tarptautinės organizacijos SOS–KDI modelį, kur globotiniai gyvena šeimynose su mama-auklėtoja, vaikų kaimuose. Vaikų gyvenimo uždaro tipo globos įstaigose klausimai Lietuvos mokslininkų analizuoti įvairiapusiškai, tačiau pasigendama tyrimų, vertinančių vaikų ir mamų-auklėtojų tarpusavio santykius NVO vaikų kaimų šeimynose... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Every child has a right to grow in a family. However every year, due to various reasons, children get into guardianship institutions. It is a duty of the state and society to take care of these children in order to ensure the highest quality guardianship, as close to the environment of a family as the possibilities allow. Such environment is offered to children, who lost parental care, by non-governmental organisations acting under the model of the international organisation SOS – KDI, where the foster-children live in house-families with a foster mother, in special children villages. Organising the children’s life at foster home, it is very important to ensure good intercommunication between the personnel and foster-children. However so far only a few scientific researches were performed, which analyse the feelings of children, who grow in children’s villages families, and their relationships with the personnel. The objective of the Bachelor’s Thesis was to asses the intercommunication between the children residing in the children village families of NGOs and foster mothers, who work there. The research was performed at the foster families of NGO’s children villages. 98 foster-children and six foster mothers participated in the survey. Using the method of the questionnaire survey, it was researched how did children assess the care and guardianship of their foster mothers. Also, the approach of foster mothers towards their foster-children and their motivation to work... [to full text]

Darbo tikslas - išanalizuoti kaip skatinti pažangą neurbanizuotose ir pusiau urbanizuotose vietovėse. Iškreipta neurbanizuotų vietovių plėtros galimybių samprata, primityvus šių vietovių vaidmens tapatinimas tik su agrariniu sektoriumi, ignoruojant šiuolaikines Europos Sąjungos (ES) darnios plėtros tendencijas daro esminę žalą tiek tolesnei kaimo raidai, tiek visos valstybės pažangai. Žinių visuomenėje gyvybingų kaimiškųjų vietovių ir nedidelių miestų bei miestelių ekonomikoje vyrauja paslaugų sektorius. Kaimiškųjų vietovių paskirtis – puoselėti nacionalines istorines, kultūrines ir gamtos vertybes visuomenei. / The aim – to examine how to promote progress in non-urbanized and semi-urbanized localities. Distorted non-urbanized areas, the concept of broadening possibility, a rudimentary role in identification of these areas only in agraran sector, ignoring of contemporary European Unijon the tendencies of harmonious broadening. Society of knowledge, the viability of rural areas and towns dominate the service industry. Rural areas purpose is to foster the nacional historical, cultural and natural values for society.

A major challenge facing parent educators and professionals who provide prevention and early intervention programs/services for people of colour, specifically Black families in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the lack of culturally relevant programs. An Afrocentric approach that incorporates concepts from the Empowerment and Ecological Systems theories will bridge this gap because it provides a framework for examining the impact of culture and race on Black family life and parenting. Reflecting on the African proverb, "it takes a village to raise a child", the study emphasizes the role of Black communities in supporting families for enhancing the healthy development of their children. The study examines Black parents' beliefs and goals about using racial socialization as a parenting strategy to address issues of race and discrimination that impact Black parenting. Findings indicate that parents in HRM are currently practicing some form of racial socialization, and are receptive to this model.