Šiuolaikinėje visuomenėje ryškėja sparti mokymosi paslaugų suaugusiems pasiūla, todėl svarbu nustatyti teritorinės ugdymo erdvės ypatumus, (Bitinas, 2006, p. 51) lemiančius savivaldybėje vykdomą suaugusiųjų švietimo organizavimą. Šio tyrimo problema – suaugusiųjų švietimo organizavimo atskleidimas savivaldybėje. Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti Panevėžio rajono savivaldybėje organizuojamo suaugusiųjų švietimo būklę. Siekiant realizuoti darbe užsibrėžtą tikslą ir uždavinius, taikyti šie metodai: 1. Mokslinės literatūros ir dokumentų analizė. 2. Struktūrizuotas interviu. 3. Anketin�� apklausa. 4. Duomenų apdorojimas taikant SPSS 12.0 for Windows programinę įrangą. Suaugusiųjų mokymasis yra aktyvus procesas, vykstantis tam tikroje aplinkoje; planuojamas ir reguliuojamas, kurio metu vyksta refleksija, siekiant įgyti naujų žinių, sąmoningai eksperimentuojama su savo aplinka, kurio rezultatas yra naujos žinios ir sukauptų žinių pritaikymas. / The rapidly growing supply of adult learning services evidences in the modern society, therefore it is important to identify the characteristics of the territorial education space (Bitinas, 2006, p. 51), which determine the organization of adult education executed in the municipality. The problem of this research is disclosure of adult education organization in the municipality. The objective of the research is to perform evaluation on the state of adult education organized in Panevėžys District Municipality. In order to realize the objective and tasks set in the work, the following methods were applied: 1. Analysis of scientific literature and documents. 2. Structurized interview. 3. Questionnaire survey. 4. Processing of data while using SPSS 12.0 for Windows software. Learning of adults is an active process, occurring in a certain type of environment, which is planned and regulated and involves reflection; while seeking to acquire new knowledge, the environment is consciously subjected to experiments and the result of this process encompasses new knowledge and application of the acquired knowledge.

Magistro darbe išanalizuotas suaugusiųjų profesinis rengimas, akcentuojamas naujas suaugusiųjų švietimo tikslas, išryškinamos formalaus ir savaiminio suaugusiųjų mokymosi vertinimo teorinės nuostatos. Išnagrinėti suaugusiųjų švietimo ir mokymo sistemos apibrėžiantys dokumentai, švietimo paslaugas teikiančių institucijų pasiskirstymas pagal tipus, vietoves. Išanalizuota Mažeikių rajone funkcionuojanti suaugusiųjų profesinio tęstinio mokymo sistema ir suaugusiųjų mokymu užsiimančių organizacijų veikla, trūkumai ir galimybės. Atliktas suaugusiųjų mokymosi galimybių tyrimas; pateiktos rekomendacijos dėl suaugusiųjų profesinio rengimo sistemos tobulinimo. / In this work has been analyzed professional training in the context of adults professional training, emphasized a new aim of adults education; also theoretical rules of evolution for formal, informal and spontaneous education of adults. This work analyses the dokuments defining the systems of adult's education and training, also educational institutions according to their types and localities. There has been analyzed the present systam of adults education in Mazeikiai district, its advantages, disadvantages and possibilities; also the activity of the organizations engaged in the education of adults and given the recommendations for continued educacion in the district.

Recent demographic changes in Europe (ageing, migration and others) demonstrate the importance of senior adult education – an urgent issue at both national and the European Union policy levels. Extended retirement age in the Member States of the EU is a big challenge in the process of employment of elderly people. Lifelong language learning (LLL) is equally important for both active, working-age citizens and for senior citizens of retirement age. The problem of the research is grounded in the challenges that many European societies currently face: the retirement age being extended, employees need to adapt to the changed working conditions and satisfy urgent demands of the market. One of the basic needs is to acquire or maintain multilingual skills, without which their status in the competitive market would become complicated. Thus, the main aim of this research is to examine current issues of adult education in Europe and Lithuania, focusing on senior citizens’ foreign language acquisition. Considering the main aim of this paper, the following research question has been raised: What is the situation (reasons, obstacles, motivational factors and others) of lifelong language learning in Lithuania (the case of senior citizens)? The following research methods were suggested by the above-mentioned research question: content analysis (the examination of the legislation, regulating senior adult education in the EU; the study of scholarly sources concerning the characteristics of... [to full text] / Demografiniai pokyčiai Europoje (visuomenės senėjimas, migracija ir kt.) pabrėžia pagyvenusių asmenų švietimo svarbą. Tai – aktuali problema tiek nacionaliniu, tiek Europos Sąjungos politikos lygmeniu. Pratęstas pensinis amžius ES valstybėse narėse tampa dideliu iššūkiu pagyvenusių asmenų užimtumo procese, todėl kalbų mokymasis visą gyvenimą yra svarbus tiek aktyviems, darbingo amžiaus gyventojams, tiek pensinio amžiaus žmonėms. Europos visuomenių patiriami iššūkiai: prailgintas pensinis amžius, darbuotojų adaptacija prie pasikeitusių darbo sąlygų ir šiandieninės rinkos poreikių patenkinimas, pagrindžia šio tyrimo problemą. Daugiakalbystės įgūdžių įgyjimas ir išlaikymas yra vienas iš pagrindinių poreikių ar reikalavimų, be kurio Europos gyventojų padėtis konkurencinėje darbo rinkoje tampa vis sudėtingesnė. Taigi, šio darbo tiklas – išanalizuoti suaugusiųjų švietimo problemas Europoje ir Lietuvoje, įtraukiant pagyvenusių asmenų užsienio kalbų mokymąsi. Kokia yra užsienio kalbų mokymosi visą gyvenimą situacija (priežastys, kliūtys, motyvaciniai ir kiti veiksniai) Lietuvoje (pagyvenusių asmenų atveju) – tyrimo klausimas, suformuluotas atsižvelgiant į pagrindinį šio darbo tikslą. Darbo tikslas nulėmė darbe taikytus tyrimo metodus, t.y. turinio analizę (teisinės bazės, reguliuojančios pagyvenusių asmenų švietimą Europos Sąjungos šalyse, analizę; mokslinių šaltinių, nagrinėjančių pagyvenusių besimokančiųjų savybes, apžvalgą; įstatymų, kitų dokumentų ir institucijų, reguliuojančių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

Nowadays more emphasis is made on providing learning possibilities. Every person is an equal member of society irrespective of where he/she lives or what he/she is doing. At present the re-socialisation and probation work done by the penitentiary institutions is exceptionally important. The study of this comparatively new sphere confirms that the issue of teaching/learning of women serving sentence has been hardly analysed. The study is urgent in the sense that the people have to be stimulated to seek knowledge, conditions for learning have to be created and supported irrespective where such people live at given time. It is necessary to induce women serving sentence to make best use of the learning possibilities so that they could successfully use such knowledge when they are released. The reason I chose this theme was that it had not been considered especially as far as women in penitentiary institutions were concerned. It was interesting for me to study the need of the sentenced women for learning and take a closer look at the possibilities provided at the penitentiary institution.

Gyvename tokiu laikotarpiu, kai vis sunkiau darosi suspėti žengti koja kojon su besiplėtojančiu mokslu, technika, ekonomika. Pertvarkant švietimo įstatymą vis daugiau dėmesio skiriama suaugusiųjų kvalifikacijos įgijimui bei jos tobulinimui. Dabar visi švietimo įstaigų darbuotojai tik ir kalba apie mokyklų tobulinimą ir jų kaitą. O kaip to pasiekti, jei ten dirbs nekompetentingi, nekvalifikuoti, nesitobulinantys pedagogai. Poreikį nuolat mokytis jau reikia pradėti ugdyti pradinėje bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje, o pagrindinis „...švietimo kaitos ir mokyklos tobulinimo veiksnys yra mokytojai“ (Hargeaves, 1999, p. 9). Kadangi mokytojų darbo mastas ir kokybė yra tiesiogiai susiję su profesiniu ir asmeniniu tobulėjimu, šiuo metu vis labiau švietimo reformos tobulinimo plane pirmenybė teikiama darbui su mokytojais. Juk nuolat besitobulinantis mokytojas turi didžiausią poveikį mokiniams. Tyrimo objektas – pedagogų tobulinimosi motyvacija nuolatinio mokymosi kontekste. Tyrimo tikslas – išnagrinėti Mažeikių rajono pedagogų tobulinimosi poreikius ir motyvaciją nuolatinio mokymosi kontekste. Tyrimo u����daviniai – atlikti suaugusiųjų švietimą reglamentuojančių dokumentų analizę; atskleisti suaugusiųjų mokymosi teorinius motyvus; anketinės apklausos būdu išsiaiškinti pedagogų tobulinimosi motyvus, poreikius, galimybes. Tyrimo metodai – mokslinės ir metodinės literatūros analizė; anketinė apklausa; statistinė anketos duomenų analizė. Tyrime dalyvavo 260 Mažeikių rajono pedagogų. Atlikus... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / We live in the period when it is getting more and more difficult to be in step with developing science, technique and economy. Reforming the law of education more attention is paid to the attainment and development of adults’ qualification. Now all employees of educational institutions speak about development of schools and their changes. How to achieve the aim if incompetent, unqualified pedagogues, who do not want to improve their knowledge, work there. The demand of continuous learning should be developed in primary school and the “…teachers are the main factor of education changes and schools development” (Hargeaves, 1999, p. 9). Whereas the proportion and quality of teachers’ work are closely related to professional and personal development, the priority in development plan in education reform is preferred to the teachers’ work now. The subject of the research is pedagogues’ developmental motivation in continuous learning context. The aim of the research is to analyze teachers’ developmental demands and motivation in continuous learning context in Mazeikiai district. The objectives of the work are the following: to make the analysis of adult education regulating documents; to reveal the theoretical motives of adults learning; to find out pedagogues’ developmental motives, demands and opportunities using the method of questionnaire survey. The methods of the research are: analysis of theoretical literature sources; questionnaire; statistical analysis of... [to full text]

Tobulėjant šiandieninės visuomenės naudojamoms technologijoms, vis didesnis dėmesys skiriamas mokymosi visą gyvenimą procesui. Norėdami gyventi pilnavertiškesnį gyvenimą mokytis turi ir pagyvenę žmonės. Nemaža dalis pagyvenusių žmonių gyvena senelių globos namuose. Šio darbo tikslas - išryškinti vyresniojo amžiaus žmonių mokymosi poreikių tenkinimo galimybes. Tyrimo objektas – pagyvenusių žmonių mokymosi poreikiai ir jų tenkinimo galimybės. / There is a growing attention paid to the process of lifelong learning as the technologies used by nowadays society are improving. The elderly have to learn as well if they want to lead a full-rate way of life. A fair number of the elder people live in nursing homes. The aim of this work is to show up the possibilities of the learning supply of the senior people. The object of the research is learning needs of senior people and the possibilities of their supply.

Mokytis gyvenime mus skatina ir verčia naujų poreikių, bei naujų technologijų atsiradimas, inovacijų taikymas darbe. Vykstanti švietimo reforma, įvairūs socialinio gyvenimo pokyčiai, skatina nuolat tobulintis visų pirma pedagogus, nes pagal savo profesijos ypatumą orientuotis į būsimus ateityje valstybės poreikius, jie patys pirmieji privalo kelti savo kvalifikaciją, prisitaikyti prie gyvenimo tempo ir kintančių rinkos pokyčių, atsižvelgti į darbo rinkos tendencijas ir prognozes. Žinoma, mokymasis visą gyvenimą aktualus ne tik švietimo darbuotojams tarp jų - dėstytojams, bet ir besimokančiai plačiajai visuomenei. Kadangi jauni žmonės baigę universitetus negali įsidarbinti, neretai jie savo ateitį susieja su ES daugiau išsivysčiusiomis šalimis, tokiu būdu .jų požiūris į vietinius poreikius tampa iškreiptas, o tolimesnis mokymasis – nebeaktualus. Jiems bandoma įteigti, jog pagrindinis sėkmės kliuvinys - neturimi praktiniai darbiniai įgūdžiai, tačiau tai – tik panašūs į tiesą teiginiai, beslapstantys bendrą ekonominį nuosmukį ir Valstybės bejėgišką jaunimo politiką, paverčiančią savo tėvynę pamote aktyviausiai ir perspektyviausiai tautos daliai. Darbe tirti Lietuvos Aukštųjų mokyklų dėstytojai ir studentai. Tyrimo tikslas - išanalizuoti mokymosi visą gyvenimą teorinius aspektus bei teisines prielaidas, taip pat ištirti pedagogų ir studentų požiūrį į mokymąsi visą gyvenimą bei nustatyti jo mokymosi galimybes. Teorinėje darbo dalyje apžvelgta ir apibendrinta mokslinė... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Encourages us to lifelong learning, and forces new needs, and the emergence of new technologies, innovation in the workplace. The ongoing educational reforms, social life changes, encourage to continually improve, in particular teachers, because of their profession to focus on the future needs of the future state, they themselves must first upgrade their skills and adapt to the changing pace of life and market changes, to take into account labor market trends and forecasts. Of course, lifelong learning is relevant not only to employees of education among them - teachers and learners, but the general public. As young people graduated from universities not work, they often associate their future with more advanced EU countries, in this way. Their approach to local needs become distorted, and further learning - history. They are trying to suggest that the main obstacle to success - the lack of practical working skills, The auditoria of the current study is 60 high school teachers and 300 students. Goal of the theoretical part of tiesis is- to analyze the life-long learning theoretical aspects, as well as to investigate teachers;and students; attitudes to lifelong learning and to identify the learning opportunities. The theoretical part of the work reviewed and summarized the scientific literature and take analysis of the European Union and the Lithuanian educational documents. The study was summarized questionnaire data obtained from interviews of students from Vilnius... [to full text]

This research considered the perceptions of policing students who attended a Preparing to Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) course at a Central London College for Further Education, in relation to their study needs, motivation levels, relevant support and reflective practice. This phenomenological study considered 15 students from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) employing the use of semi-structured interviews to gather data. The findings were that the students‟ perception in relation to the support offered by the MPS was insufficient and this may be due to the pedagogical approach to learning favoured by many students. Several appeared to require support with learning and writing level at three or four. The college did very well in respect of the perception of the students in relation to the support they experienced. The scarcity of time and the intensity of the course was a prominent factor, where some had underestimated how much time they would need to allocate to study. Overwhelmingly the students required support when engaging in study at level three or four and there appeared to exist very little knowledge in how to write an assignment. Some of the students appeared to favour a more pedagogical approach to study and in some cases reacted against the andragogical style employed by the college. Support from the mentor was valued considerably by most of the students and this appears to be a contributory factor in easing the students back into study. In relation to students‟ perceptions of Reflective Practice (RP) there existed three distinct groups, namely those who considered that they used reflective practice, those who considered they did on certain occasions and one who did not. In general there existed a positive attitude towards the concept of RP although none of the students kept a record of their subsequent RP following the PTLLS course. The phenomenon of Situational Reflective Practice was observed which took the form of Reflection-re-Action and Reflection-re-Inaction. This is concerned with the way in which a social group or an organisation is behaving and the impact this has upon an individual. Further research in relation to the idea of Situational Reflective Practice is called for.

The focus of this thesis is how identities are construed in adult education. According to the theoretical framework inspiring the study, identities are viewed as discursive constructions that are negotiated in social arenas. Hence, identities are considered versatile, plural and contradictory. The study has an ethnographic case study design and the field work was conducted 1998–2001. Various sources of data collection, such as interviews and participant observations were utilised. Every day practice at three different institutions of adult education in the case study municipality ”Nystad” were studied: Folk high school, Komvux and Liber Hermods flexgymnasium. Participants (27) were studied extensively, and a follow-up containing biographical interviews with the participants was also done 18 months after the main study. The result will show how the discourse of life long learning produce different technologies applying to different institutions of adult education defining what counts as knowledge, the relationships between actors and the demands participants will be posed with. Although the institutions of education are different, there are also similarities. The differences, however, are important in the recruitment of participants. The requirements of the education as to who you are supposed to be as a participant in adult education show a similar pattern, irrespective of the institution of education; the student with an interest in studying, prone to change, independent and well-behaved. Different strategies are detected when focusing the staging of participants’ identities, adaptive and defiant. An adaptive strategy means the adults meet the requirements of the education and a defiant strategy that they resist. The strategies may be applied by one and the same participant depending on the situation. Biographies show how different interpretative repertoires are used to stage different identities. The participants use four repertoires relevant to the subject: that of making a living, learning, earning credits and self realization. The repertoires applicable to the forms of teaching are teacher oriented, selfdirected and conversational. The repertoires used in relation to the teachers in adult education are expert, person, supervisor and administrator. The repertoires used by the adults in order to describe other participants are adult student, study mate and friend. The result of the study inspires the discussion of adult education in terms of social inclusion and exclusion.

在對於公務人員素質與行為的檢視標準大為提高、政府改造聲浪四起的時代，組織學習的需求迅速在公部門中蔓延，學習型組織的思維日益亦在政府組織中持續發酵，「人力資本」的培養與累積，日益受到重視。 行政院人事行政局訂定「行政院及所屬各機關公務人員終身學習護照核發及認證作業要點」，為了鼓勵公務人員主動、創新的精神，鼓勵公務人員的終身學習，充分開發公務人力資源，以因應未來強調知識與技術不斷更新發展的新世紀，提升國家行政績效及服務品質，更開始推動「公務人員終身學習計畫」，希望能利用「學習護照」登錄時數的方式，落實這樣的公務人員終身學習理念。此機制因而成為公務人員參與學習的重要推手。目前，行政院人事行政局訂定每人每年最低學習時數、數位學習時數及業務相關學習時數，並指出參加學習時數之多寡，將作為公務人員年終考績及升遷的評分參考。 本研究以公務人員的終身學習機制為核心，利用深度訪談的方法蒐集資料，探討我國公務人員在進行終身學習活動時，所面臨阻礙其學習的因素，獲得機構阻礙、意向阻礙、情境阻礙與組織阻礙四個面向的結果，並針對其中的各組礙因素，以深度訪談的方式，尋求可採行的解決策略。最後，本研究提出對公務人員終身學習的八項建議，期能以本研究提供制度修改時之參考，讓其在未來持續推行時能更符合實際施行所需，發揮更大成效。