We spend at work about one third of our life. That’s why the profession we have chosen reflects not only our duties, but the style of our life, abilities and talent. The main subject of this research work is the vocational inclination and vocational trend. The economical and political situation in our country is changing very quickly and, of course, it has influenced on the way of life in a family, children including. There are too many orphans in the country, they have no parents, they live in poverty, they are pressed by different situations, at last they get in to children’s homes. The aim of this work is to examine the vocational aptitude of the children living in Foster Homes. The following tasks are discussed: 1. To compare the vocational inclinations of the children living in Foster Homes and the children living at home. 2. To compare vocational inclination and orientation of a personality in test groups. 3. To compare vocational aptitude and inclination of girls and boys. 4. To find the linking between vocational trend, personal orientation & age. After getting the results of the research, we see the children who live in Foster Home take the decisions much more difficult. They are not sure in their decisions, they can’t come to final conclusion. This psychological stress greatly influence on their vocational aptitude.

Research: Behaviour of risk group pupils'in foster home. Purpose of research: To revel chilgren' risk group pupils' pecularities of activity and behavieour their types. Task of research: 1.To give a scientific and pedagogical literature analysis about risk group children; 2.To give choldren' survey(including foster home pupils'); 3.To formulate a typology of risk groupe infoster home; Hypothesis: The characterization of children foster home risk group pupils according, their behaviour helps to solve their education problems. Pupil of risk group in foster home are relevant today's theme. Firs of all, speakingof it,we should consider children'care and social work tendencies, the of risk group children, features of their behaviour and reasons of such behaviour. While decreasihg children' busyness more and more children don't attend school and offend. Children who are tending to offend are called children of risk group. Homeless, children who live in asocial, unharmonious families or broken home, who suffer psychical, corporal violence or sex abuse also aggressive and cotemporaries castaway children who already one some small delinquencies are referred to risk group.(R. Žukauskienė, S. Ignotavičienė,1993:3). Lately, the number of minors losing parental care is increasing. One part of the children is taken in charge by public care institutions and another part by social orginazitions and families. More and more children who are ascribable to risk group come into foster home.Each... [to full text]

The beginning of the XX century brought many changes in distinct spheres of life including the women movement which in Lithuania rezultated into the social care for children and their mothers as one of the women organizations’ work field. The notion care in this work is treated as the work done by Lithuanian women organizations to decrease the rate of infant mortality though this process in Western countries was noticed much earlier still in Lithuania this problem became serious at the examined period. The main aim of this work is to analyze the basic public social care features in the First Republic of Lithuania disclosing them trough the aspects of the social care work done by the Lithuanian women organizations. The geographical area – Lithuania without the Vilnius and Klaipeda territory, the chronology is 1918 – 1940 – the period of the First Republic of Lithuania. There are few methods used: analytical and comparison. Work deals with these problems: 1. the preconditions for the women organizations’ social work, 2. the preconditions and functioning of the social welfare centers, 3. the types and work for patronage houses, 4. relationship between the women organizations and the State, 5. education of the women in villages and towns. There are two women organizations that are being examined: “The Lithuanian Catholic Women Association” and “The Association for the care for Lithuanian Women”. These organizations belonged to the different Unions. “The Lithuanian Catholic Women... [to full text]

Švietimui kaip socialinei institucijai postmodernizme keliami uždaviniai, kurie sąlygoja esminius edukacinių procesų pokyčius. Ypatingas vaidmuo tenka mokyklos vadovui (Jucevičienė, 1996; Fullan, 1998; Kornør, Nordvik, 2004; R. H. Hofman, W. H. A. Hofman, Guldemond, 2001). Dažnas novatoriškas mokyklos vadovas stengiasi transformuoti mokyklos kultūrą (Želvys, 2003), o švietimo institucijos bendruomenė verčia jį prisitaikyti prie susiklosčiusių per dešimtmečius normų ir tradicijų (Žvirdauskas, 2006; Cibulskas, 2006; Katiliūtė, 2005; Sergiovanni, 2005). Moksliniai tyrimai atskleidė, kad mokyklos veiklos efektyvumas susijęs su švietimo subjektų – pedagogų ir ugdymo institucijos vadovų, ugdytinių ir jų tėvų / globėjų – bendravimo kultūra (Targamadzė, 2006; Hargreaves, 2000; Davies, Ellison, 2006). Atskleista, kad vadovavimas ugdymo institucijai sąlygoja mokyklos bendruomenės energiją, kai suprantama, jog organizacijos kaitą lemia ugdymo institucijoje puoselėjamos vertybės (Sergiovani, 2005), rūpinimasis asmenų tarpusavio santykiais (Kepalaitė, 2005; Kardelienė, Kardelis, 2006). Be to, nustatyta, kad vadovo nuostatos dėl elgesio su pavaldiniais (Šaparnis, 2002) ir pedagogų nuostatos dėl bendravimo organizacijoje (Fominienė, Kardelienė, Kardelis, 2006; Bagdonas, 2004; Engvik, 2006; Šaparnis, Šaparnienė, 2004; Meškinienė, Liniauskaitė, 2003) turi įtakos pedagoginio darbo rezultatams (Kepalaitė, 2005a; Rupšienė, Gustienė, 2005; Gailienė, Marozaitė, 2003), nes autoritarinis valdymas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Education as social institution is evoked in the determination of changes of essential educational practice in the post-modern epoch. The key role is devoted to a director of the school (Fullan, 1993; Juceviciene, 1996; Kornør, Nordvik, 2004; R. H. Hofman, W. H. A. Hofman, Guldemond, 2001). A innovative school director frequently attempts to transform its culture (Zelvys, 2003), as well as community of educational institution makes the director to accomodate long lasting inhabited norms and traditions of such community (Zvirdauskas, 2006; Cibulskas, 2006; Katiliute, 2005; Sergiovanni, 2005). Some studies disclosed that the efficiency of school activities is related with the communication culture of subjects of education, namely educators and directors of educational institutions as well as pupils and their parents or foster-parents (Targamadze, 2006; Hargreaves, 2000; Davies, Ellison, 2006). It was acknowledged that the impact for results of educational work could be depended (Kepalaitė, 2005; Rupšienė, Gustienė, 2005; Gailienė, Marozaitė, 2003), on the director’s approach to subordinate personnel (Saparnis, 2002) and educators‘ attitudes to organization of communication within the institution (Fominiene, Kardeliene, Kardelis, 2006; Bagdonas, 2004; Engvik, 2006; Saparnis, Saparnienė, 2004; Meskinienė, Liniauskaite, 2003). It was recognized also that autocratic style management, the centralization of decision-making, psychological freeze (Grinceviciene, 2002; Juceviciene... [to full text]

Magistro darbe yra nagrinėta Kūdikių namų veiklos krypčių kaitos tendencijos problemos, išanalizuoti palyginti ir apibendrinti įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio autorių vadybinės, socialinės, pedagoginės, istorinės, psichologinės, medicininės literatūra, pasirinktos temos aspektu, teoriniai mokslo darbai. Išsamiai analizuojami Kūdikių namų prioritetai, užtikrinantys visavertį vaiko, augančio vaiko ne šeimoje, raidą, kokia turėtų būti Kūdikių namų veiklos krypčių kaita, kaip sukurti visaverčius Kūdikių namuose augančių vaikų ir jo šeimų santykius. Išnagrinėti Lietuvos Respublikos įstatymai, nutarimai, Civilinis kodeksas, Kūdikių namų nuostatai, Europos ir pasaulio šalių gera patirtis, kuriant paslaugų sistemą ankstyvojo amžiaus vaikams ir jų šeimoms. Patvirtinta suformuota mokslinio tyrimo hipotezė, kad Šiaulių apskrities sutrikusio vystymosi Kūdikių namų veiklos krypčių pagrindinės kaitos tendencijos yra šios: Kūdikių namai iš sveikatos priežiūros įstaigos turėtų keistis į globos įstaigą, orientuotą į šeimos išsaugojimą, socioedukacinę ir vadybinę veiklą; dėl objektyvios institucinės aplinkos vaiko raidos kokybė neatitinka biologinių, psichologinių, edukologinių, socialinių ir ekonominių vaiko amžiaus charakteristikų; esant šeimyninei krizei, Kūdikių namų paslaugos galėtų keistis iš paslaugų teikimo ne tik vaikui, bet ir jo šeimai; Kūdikių namai nepakankamai dėmesio skiria socioedukaciniam darbui su tėvais, neauginančiais savo vaiko. / In the research work for Master of Arts the problems of the tendency of the change in the directions of the activity of Infant Home have been analyzed; the literature and theoretical scientific works in management, social sciences, education, history, psychology, and medicine of various Lithuanian and foreign authors in the aspect of the chosen topic have been analyzed, compared and generalized. The priorities of Infant Home that ensure full development of a child who does not grow up in a family, the questions what change the directions of the activity of Infant Home should undergo and how to create full relations between children who grow up in Infant Home and their families have been thoroughly analyzed. The analysis of the laws and resolutions of the Republic of Lithuania, the Civil Code, the rules of Infant Home, the good experience of the European and world countries in the process of the creation of the service system for young children and their families has been performed. The formulated hypothesis of the scientific research has been proved: the main tendencies of the change in the directions of the activity of Infant Home are focused on the preservation of the relationship between a child and his/her family, the solution of emerging social problems and they allow identifying the optimal possibilities of the interaction between a child and his/her family.

Vikos Švobaitės aliejinės tapybos darbų kolekciją “Buities ir kultūros dvasia“ sudaro septyni, atskiri paveikslai, kuriuos jungia bendra tema bei idėja. Modernusis žmogus šiandien į daug ką žvelgia kritiškai. Tai, kas dar prieš pusšimtį metų jo seneliams ir tėvams buvo šventa, neleistina, dabar dažnai laikoma jau nevertu dėmesio, atgyvenusiu dalyku, nors, giedodami Vinco Kudirkos mums paliktą Tautišką giesmę – Lietuvos himną, tebekartojame :“Iš praeities tavo sūnūs te stiprybę semia“. Tiktai labiau įsigilinus, susimąsčius atsiskleidžia tos tariamos archaikos giluminė prasmė, reikalinga ir šiandienos egzistencijai. Mūsų protėviams gyvenamoji namų aplinka buvo sava, rodos gerai pažįstama, bet kartu ir paslaptinga. Taigi, savo darbų kolekcija norėčiau atkreipti dėmesį į Lietuvio namus, į tuos paprastus dalykus, kurių dažnai nepastebime. Žvilgterėti į paprasto Lietuvos žemdirbio dar taip neseniai, gal tik XX a. Pirmaisiais dešimtmečiais, gal vienu kitu dešimtmečiu anksčiau buvusią aplinką, pagrindinį dėmesį sutelkiant į gyvenamojo namo, seniau vadinto troba, pirkia, gryčia, vidų, į tai, kas buvo tiesiogiai susiję su žmogumi, šeima, jos buitimi ir siekiais. Taigi, noriu pasidairyti po lietuvio namus senovėje, žvilgterėti į juos ano meto žmonių tikėjimų akimis ir vizualizuoti tai aliejinės tapybos darbų kolekcijoje. Teorinėje magstrinio darbo dalyje naudojau literatūros informacinių šaltinių analizavimo, interpratavimo metodiką. Kūrybiniame darbe naudota aliejinės tapybos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Vika Švobaitės oil paintings collection the spirit of everyday life and culture of seven, separate images connected by a common theme and idea. The modern man today in a lot of things to look at critically. This is what fifty years before his grandparents and parents had been saints, is excluded, is now often regarded as not worth attention, the subject of an obsolete, though, Vinco Kudirka singing National Song left us - the Lithuanian national anthem, repeat; In the past your sons draw strength. Only closer inspection, I became aware of the alleged archaic reveal deep meaning and need of today existence. Our ancestors have been resident in their own home environment seems familiar, but also mysterious. Thus, his collection of works I pay attention to the house to the simple things that are often missing. To see the average Lithuanian farmers more so recently, perhaps only in the twentieth century In the first decades of the decade, maybe one other previously existing environment, focusing on residential building, formerly known as farmhouse, cottage, inside of which was directly related to human , family, household and its goals. So, I want a look at the Lithuanian Hall in ancient times, to see to them at that time peoples beliefs through the eyes and visualize a collection of oil paintings. The theoretical part master used a literary analysis of information sources, interpretation methodology. Creative work used in oil painting techniques. I chose this technique because... [to full text]

Research Question: how are Lithuanian international long-haul truck drivers’ livelihoods constructed in terms of work, home, and everyday life? Research Problem and significance. The aim of this research is to look at work, home, and everyday life in the context of mobility and mobile livelihoods in Lithuanian international long-haul truckers. Portrayals of truckers in media and pop culture are often negative or sensationalized, including stories about truck accidents, smuggling, immoral behaviors, or problems with the law. This research is a response to such perceptions, motivated by the fact that there is no qualitative research on truck drivers in Lithuania. Research Tasks 1. Create a theoretical base for analyzing and interpreting mobile lives using various theoretical approaches on mobility, place, home, community, and boundaries. 2. Present and analyze empirical work from the field of Lithuanian long-haul truck drivers based on emic frameworks of ‘kasdienybė’ and ‘namai’. 3. Apply theoretical approach of mobile livelihoods along with emic frameworks of ‘kasdienybė’ and ‘namai’ from the Lithuanian case toward an analysis of Cameroon long-haul truck drivers’ work-lives. Methods. Fieldwork conducted with Lithuanian international long-haul truck drivers who spent 5-6 days or more on the road at a time, with just 2-4 days per month ‘at home’ (in Lithuania). Empirical section relies on two primary informants with whom I spent a total of 3 ½ weeks traveling. Research... [to full text] / Tyrimo klausimas. Ką reiškia namai, darbas bei kasdieniniai poreikiai Lietuvos tarptautinių tolimųjų reisų vairuotojams, „gyvenantiems ant ratų“ ? Tyrimo problema ir reikšmė. Šio tyrimo tikslas yra pažvelgti į Lietuvos tarptautinių tolimųjų reisų vairuotojų. kultūrą ir vietą mobilumo ir mobiliojo pragyvenimo kontekste. Lietuvos žiniasklaidoje tolimųjų reisų vairuotojai dažnai yra apibūdinami neigiamai arba hiperbolizuotai, įskaitant pasakojimus apie transportą, nelaimingus atsitikimus, kontrabandą, amoralų elgesį, ar problemas su įstatymu. Šis tyrimas yra atsakas į tokį suvokimą ir motyvuojama tuo, kad Lietuvoje nebuvo atlikta tolimųjų reisų vairuotojų gyvenimo kokybiško tyrimo. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Sukurti teorinį pagrindą, skirtą analizuoti ir interpretuoti mobilų gyvenimą, taikant įvairius teorinius požiūrius į mobilumą, vietą, namus, bendruomenę ir etninius skirtumus. 2. Pateikti ir išanalizuoti empirinį darbą apie Lietuvos tolimųjų reisų vairuotojus, remiantis eminiais terminais - "kasdienybė" ir "namai". 3. Pagal atliktą analizę, palyginti požiūrį į mobiliojo gyvenimo esmę kartu su eminiais terminais - "kasdienybė" ir "namai" – tarp Lietuvos ir Kamerūno tolimųjų reisų vairuotojų. Metodai. Taikytas duomenų rinkimas apie Lietuvos tolimųjų reisų vairuotojus, kurie vidutiniškai praleidžia 5-6 dienas ar daugiau kelyje, su 2-4 dienomis per mėnesį "namuose" (Lietuvoje). Empirinio skyriaus duomenys pagrįsti dviejų pagrindinių asmenų, su kuriais aš praleidau 3 ½... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the socialization processes (social skills and self –sufficiency) of the children living in child care institutions. The main task was to evaluate the process of child care, examine the attitudes of the staff towards the socialization process of the institutionalized children and to give recommendation how this process should be improved. The emphasis was made on the evaluation of the living and educational conditions of children in the institutions and their influence on the socialization and growing maturity. It is essential when the living condition of a child has been changed and is not natural as the main environment is. First of all it applies to children living in social institutions where natural environment which family is does not exist. It means that it is crucial for the child to build such living conditions which should be child-friendly and to provide him with such care, communication and assistance which could lead him to become an individual and a full member of the society. About 250 children (115 boys and 135 girls from 14 to 18 yrs of age) lining in state and municipal institutions where questioned. The answers given by the children revealed that almost all of them who were interviewed didn’t feel comfortable. In most cases the child was going to ask support not from his mentor but from his/her friends, half of children questioned where not able to solve problems they were facing independently, about one third said... [to full text]

Darbe nagrinėjami asmens tapatumo ir tapatumo su šeima jausmo formavimosi ypatumai. Asmens tapatumas yra reikšmingas, nes jis nusako žmogaus vientisumą, įprasmina jo gyvenimo tikslus, padeda suvokti savo vietą pasaulyje, užtikrina buvimą pačiu savimi. Tyrimo tikslas - įvertinti vaikų namuose, savaitinėse grupėse ir pilnose šeimose augančių vaikų (5-7 m.) tapatumo su šeima jausmo formavimosi ypatumus. Atlikus tyrimą paaiškėjo, kad tapatumo su šeima jausmo formavimąsi lemia vaiko poreikis turėti tėvus. Nustatyta, kad tapatumo su šeima jausmui formuotis reikalingas emocinių ryšių suvokimas, kad „turiu kažką, ką galiu pavadinti šeima“. / The Paper analyses peculiarities of development personal identity and a feeling of person’s familial identity. Person’s identity has a great significance, because it describes personal integrity, gives sense to purposes in life, helps to perceive a place in the World and ensures your being yourself. The purpose of this research is to estimate peculiarities of development of a feeling of familial identity among children (5-7 years), growing in children’s homes, weekly groups and full families.The analysis has shown, that development of a feeling of familial identity is determined by a need of a child – to have parents. It was found, that in order to develop a feeling of familial identity, a perception of emotional relations, that “you have something you can call a family” is needed.

Analizuojama globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių adaptyvaus elgesio ugdymo(si) problema, kaip svarbi asmens pozityvų psichologinį ir socialinį prisitaikymą lemianti sąlyga. Pristatomas teoriškai pagrįstas ir praktiškai pritaikytas globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių kompleksinis adaptyvaus elgesio ugdymo(si) modelis, apimantis santykio su savimi, santykio su kitais žmonėmis, probleminių situacijų sprendimo ir prosocialaus, save įtvirtinančio elgesio socialinėse situacijose sritis. Pateikiami konstatuojamojo ir ugdomojo eksperimento statistiniai duomenys. Remiantis diagnostinio tyrimo duomenimis, lyginamuoju aspektu analizuojami paauglių iš globos namų ir pilnų šeimų adaptyvaus elgesio ypatumai bei skirtumai. Taip pat lyginami nevienodomis sąlygomis gyvenančių paauglių adaptyvaus elgesio duomenys lyties ir amžiaus aspektu. Analizuojama, kaip kinta globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių adaptyvus elgesys, taikant pedagoginio poveikio priemones. Nustatytos bei eksperimentiškai patikrintos šių paauglių adaptyvaus elgesio ugdymo(si) galimybės. Mokslinės literatūros analizės ir disertacinio tyrimo išvadų pagrindu parengtos rekomendacijos specialistams globos namuose gyvenančių paauglių adaptyviam elgesiui ugdyti(tis). / The problem of developing adaptive behavior in teenagers living in foster care homes as an important condition, determining positive psychological and social adaptation of an individual is analyzed within the thesis. A theoretically grounded and practically applied complex model of developing adaptive behavior in teenagers living in foster care homes is presented, involving the spheres of intrapersonal relations with oneself, interpersonal relations with other people, problem situation solution and pro-social behavior anchoring oneself in social situations. The statistic data of declarative and developmental experiments are presented. On the basis of the diagnostic research, peculiarities and differences of adaptive behavior in teenagers living in foster care homes and in complete families are analyzed in the comparative aspect. The data of adaptive behavior in teenagers living under different conditions are compared in the aspects of gender and age. The change of adaptive behavior in teenagers living in foster care homes is analyzed while applying measures of pedagogical impact. The prospects for developing adaptive behavior in these teenagers are determined and tested experimentally. On the ground of scientific literature analysis and the conclusions of dissertation research, recommendations were prepared for the specialists in order to develop adaptive behavior in teenagers living in foster care homes.