Research object: parents attitudes towards vocational orientation service in the secondary school. Research aim: to discover parents attitudes towards vocational orientation service in the secondary school. Research objectives: • To define how parents who have 8th – 12th grades children are informed about vocational information sources and services lent in secondary school; • To find out expression of parents attitudes towards vocational orientation services at school; • To educe parents opinion about effectiveness of vocational orientation service at school. Research methods: • Quantitative research (questionnaire) • Statistical data analysis Conclusions: Parents’ awareness about vocational orientation services at school is not sufficient. It is a lack between supply and demand of vocational orientation services. Only half of 61 established vocational information places are allocated at schools and parents are not enough informed about such services at school. The most part of respondents have adequate understanding about vocational orientation aim, quality and timeliness. In most respondents view vocational orientation activities at school are not efficient and fall short of children requirements. According to the research data there are not enough vocational orientation activities for children and parents at school. Respondents emphasize that the most proper time to start intensive vocational orientation is 9th grade when children need to choose their study... [to full text]

Šiaučiūnienė S. Vocational Consulting and Guidance in Contemporary Vocational Training Context: Master’s Paper in Andragogic/ research mentor prof. habil. dr. M. Barkauskaitė; Vilnius Pedagogical University, Faculty of Pedagogy-Psychology, Department of Educology. – Vilnius, 2005. – 96 p. The subject of this Master’s Paper in Andragogic is talking-point. As Lithuania is integrating into the European social and economical space, vocational consulting had become an underlying field which helps people to realize vocational perfection’s solutions. This Paper was aiming to study the evolution of vocational training system in the last ten years establishing the importance of vocational consulting and guidance for the planning of professional career. The object of research was pedagogical process in vocational training. The goals of this Paper were to: 1. Analyze the variety of theories on vocational guidance in sight of pedagogical psychology. 2. Establish the requirements for the vocational guidance and consulting. 3. Evaluate Lithuanian reforming vocational training system and its alterations in the dimension of vocational consulting and career planning. 4. Study the impact of vocational teachers on the further planning process of professional career. 5. Explore relations between choice of profession and vocational consulting in the conditions of contemporary labour market’s demands. It was hypothesized: analyze of regional state demonstrates that it is possible to bargain for... [to full text]

The research aim is to theoretically and empirically ground educational preconditions of professional motivation.

Vykstant švietimo reformai, visas bendrasis ugdymas yra orientuotas į mokinį, jo poreikius ir gebėjimus. Mokiniui reikia prisitaikyti gyventi modernioje visuomenėje, kurioje būtina mokėti ieškoti žinių ir adekva��iai jas pritaikyti. Vienas svarbiausių uždavinių įgytas žinias pritaikyti pasirenkant profesinę veiklą. Šiandieninis pasaulis reikalauja lankstumo ir prisitaikymo. Mokiniams svarbiausia adekvačiai pasirinkti profesiją. Tam įtakos turi moksleivio aplinka: tėvai, mokytojai, bendraamžiai. Mokinių pasirengimas karjerai yra sudėtingas ugdymosi procesas. Pirmiausiai moksleiviai turi pažinti save, savo gebėjimus, polinkius. Mokykloje turi būti teikiamos profesinio informavimo, konsultavimo ir orientavimo paslaugos. Profesijos pasirinkimas yra viena aktualiausių problemų, nuo kurios tinkamo sprendimo priklauso žmogaus asmeninės gerovės augimas. Todėl labai svarbu, kad jau pats pirmasis mokinio apsisprendimas būtų sąmoningas, tikslingas, kad mokinys suprast, jog adaptacija darbo pasaulyje ir asmenybės vidinė harmonija priklauso nuo tinkamo apsisprendimo. Vykdant profesinį orientavimą bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose, turėtų būti siekiama padėti jaunimui pasirinkti mokymosi profilį, profesiją, darbinę veiklą. Profilinio mokymo esmė yra mokymosi organizavimas atsižvelgiant į moksleivių siekius, polinkius, gebėjimus, sudarant jiems galimybes pasirinkti mokymosi kryptį atitinkančius dalykus bei skirtingus jų kursus. Profiliavimo kaip ugdymo sistemos tikslas yra labiau... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / During the process of educational reform, the whole general education is orientated towards the student, his/her needs and abilities. The student has to adapt for living in modern society , where it is necessary to know how to look for information and to use it adequately. One of the most important goals is to use the knowledge in choosing a professional career. Today’s world requires flexibility and adaptation. The most important for students is to choose the profession adequately. The whole environment influences it: parents, teachers, friends. The preparation for the future career is a complex educational process. First the students have to know themselves, their abilities and interests. The school has to give some service of professional orientation, consultation and information. Choosing a profession is one of the most important problems and how well you choose it, your future and your personal development depend. That is why it is very important that the first choice is logical, motivated and that the student will understand that the adaptation in the working world and personal harmony depend on the right decision. During the process of professional orientation at school it has to be important to help young people to choose the learning profile, profession and practical activities. The essence of profile education is to organize it having in mind students’ objectives, interests, abilities, giving them a chance to choose the subjects and courses which are... [to full text]

In the current Final Paper Work the role of colleges in vocational counseling has been analysed. Object of the research - vocational counseling in the college. Purpose of the research - to investigate the attitude of the college executive staff towards vocational counseling. Tasks of the research: ü To investigate the importance of vocational counseling in the context of life long learning; ü To review the site of colleges in the educational system; ü To carry out the research of the attitude of the executive staff in the college; ü To summarize the results of the research and to provide with the practical recommendations for improvement of vocational counseling. In conformity with the research results it is aimed to substantiate (negate) the hypothesis that colleges largely do not use completely all opportunities of vocational counseling. In the first part of the work it is focused on the educational reforms in Lithuania and the main influencing factors. Importance of life long learning has been stressed and importance of vocational counseling within constant learning process has been substantiated. In the second part the role of colleges in vocational counseling has been reviewed. Career advising and vocational training matters have been discussed, the role of colleges in the system of higher education has been assessed. In the third part the results of empiric research have been introduced. It has been stated that colleges do not use opportunities of vocational counseling... [to full text]

Social, economic and cultural changes in the society require new professional skills and form a new approach to the phenomenon of the choice of profession, which encourages the development of professional orientation services. Choosing profession, as a social phenomenon, is becoming a stable modern state of one's life. So, today we need to speak about the phenomenon of professional orientation at school as a permanent and unavoidable process, which affects every person seeking to integrate successfully into the constantly changing world of the job market. Thus, the improvement of professional qualifications or retraining, which helps to acquire competence important for the job market, is becoming constant. It is acknowledged today that professional orientation services are one of the most important components of the whole life teaching strategy. So, the importance of the development of professional orientation services is emphasized. The aim of this thesis is to reveal opportunities for professional orientation forming a conscious and purposeful self-determination of pupils. The tasks of the thesis:  To discuss the external development of the professional orientation problem and the theoretical origin of it in Lithuania;  To analyze the aims and concept of professional orientation in the main educational documents, where the topic of the development of professional orientation is discussed;  To ground the need of pupils to use professional orientation resources and the... [to full text]

Profesijos pasirinkimas yra viena aktualiausių problemų, nuo kurios tinkamo sprendimo priklauso žmogaus asmeninė gerovė. Todėl labai svarbu, kad jau pats pirmasis moksleivio apsisprendimas būtų sąmoningas, tikslingas, kad jaunuolis suprastų, jog adaptacija darbo pasaulyje ir asmenybės vidinė harmonija priklauso nuo tinkamo apsisprendimo. Dabar, kai vis labiau integruojamės į Europos Sąjungą, jaunimui susidaro vis didesnės galimybės laisvai pasirinkti profesiją, tačiau tuo pačiu padidėja jaunimo individualios kompetencijos ir asmeninės atsakomybės reikšmė. V.Stanišauskienė, straipsnyje „ Ugdymas karjerai mokykloje: kaip padėti moksleiviui įgyti šiuolaikinę karjeros kompetenciją“ teigia, kad mokytojui reikalinga šiuolaikinė karjeros kompetencija, įgalinanti vystyti savąją karjerą, ir ugdymo karjerai kompetenciją, apibrėžiama kaip nuostatų, žinių, gebėjimų, būtinų ugdant moksleivius karjerai, sistema. Taigi, norint keisti profesinio orientavimo metodus ir formas, kurie padės moksleiviui rasti tinkamiausią profesinį apsisprendim����, reikia supažindinti mokytojus su šiuolaikiniame darbo pasaulyje teikiamomis galimybėmis, mokinių ugdymo karjerai būdais ir leisti suprasti, kad tik įgyta ugdymo karjerai kompetencija, naudojama saviugdos procese, leis pasiekti laukiamo rezultato. Šiame darbe atlikto tyrimo metu nustatyta, kad profesinis orientavimas, informavimas ir konsultavimas vidurinėje mokykloje yra aktualus ir turi didelę įtaką tolesnei mokinio profesinei karjerai, kadangi... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The choice of profession is the most topical problem, which is the key to every person’s welfare. It is very important that the first pupil’s decision would be aware and purposeful, and youngster would understand that adaptation in the world of job and individuality depends on the right decision. Nowadays, when everybody more and more integrates in European Union, the youth has larger opportunities to choose the profession, though, the individual competence and responsibility is large as well. V. Stanišauskienė in her article “Education for career at school: how to help the pupils to gain the up-to-date career competence” states, that teachers need the up-to-date career competence, which could help to develop their own career and give enough knowledge, useful to educate pupils for their career. Therefore, if we want to change the methods and forms of professional counseling, which will help to find the most suitable professional decision, the teachers must be acquainted with the possibilities of work in the nowadays world, career competences and how these competences could be used in the self-help process. In this study, using research methods was found, that professional counselling, information and consulting in the secondary school is very relevant and has great influence on pupil’s professional career, because most of them have no right decision about future profession; and teachers are not informed in this area, too. It is very important, that school would pay more... [to full text]

Sparčiai besivystant mokslui, didėjant gamtamokslinių specialybių poreikiui ir jų svarbai šiuolaikinėje visuomenėje, atsiranda spraga ieškant specialistų užpildant šios srities darbo rinką. Pastarąjį dešimtmetį pradėtas skirti nemažas dėmesys neformaliam bei ikiprofesiniam ugdymui mokyklose, kuris padeda moksleiviams sėkmingai pasirinkti tolimesnes studijas bei įsitvirtinti darbo rinkoje pasirenkant jiems tinkamas specialybes. Šiame darbe norėjome nustatyti gamtamokslinio neformalaus ugdymo ir mokinių ikprofesinio pasirinkimo sąsajas. Šiam tikslui pasiekti išsikėlėme tris uždavinius: 1) Atskleisti mokinių ikiprofesinį konsultavimą. 2) Išsiaiškinti mokinių, pasirinkusių gamtamokslinius būrelius, lankymo motyvus. 3) Išsiaiškinti mokinių ikiprofesinį konsultavimą ir lankomų gamtamokslinių būrelių sąsajas. Kadangi ikiprofesinis konsultavimas nors ir ne visose mokyklose, bet vyksta, norėdami žinoti vienos ar kitos srities įtaką profesijų pasirinkimui reikėtų atlikti tyrimus panašius kaip šis.Tuo metu turėtume pilną vaizdą apie Lietuvos ikiprofesinio ugdymo daromą įtaką, ir žinotume kokio tipo ikiprofesinam ugdymui reikėtų daugiau skirti dėmesį atsižvelgiant į jo teikiamą naudą. Šiam tikslui pasiekti ir išsikeltiems uždaviniams įgyvendinti pasirinkome anketavimo metodą kurio metu buvo apklausta 60 mokinių. Atlikus tyrimą galime pasakyti, jog vis tik toki socialiniai veiksniai kaip: draugų rekomendacijos mokytojų pasiūlymai turi nemažą įtaką būrelių lankymo pasirinkimui. Mažiausią... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / While science is going straight forward nature science specialties needs more and more specialists. But among such kind of studies are still not so popular. That’s why there is some difficulties to full fill that kind working places. In recent ten years schools started to pay more attention to informal and to vocational guidance in schools. These kind of teaching helps for school children to select further studies and profession success. In this work we wanted to test the connection ways of informal nature science education and vocational guidance in school. For this propos we hypothesize three hypotheses: 1) reveal schoolchildren vocational guidance. 2) To find out attendance motivation schoolchildren who selected nature science clusters. 3) Find out schoolchildren vocational guidance and attended nature science correlations. Vocational guidance is not at all schools. If we wanted to find out influence of some ranges to profession selection we should do some researches like that. Than we have had a full view about influence of Lithuanian vocational guidance at schools. Than we could see what type of vocational guidance needs more attention according to his offered benefit. For this purpose and huphothesis we have choose method of questionnaire. We have asked 60 persons. After research we can say that such social factors as: friend’s recommendations, offers of teachers have quite big influence for selection of nature science circles. Smallest influence for selections of such... [to full text]

Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija, įstatymai bei kiti norminiai aktai įpareigoja išskirtinį dėmesį skirti specialiųjų poreikių vaikų ir paauglių ugdymui. Todėl neįgaliesiems nuo pat vaikystės turi būti skirtas reikiamas pedagogų, medikų ir psichologų dėmesys, kad jie būtų ugdomi ir pagal savo galimybes įgytų profesijas bei adaptuotųsi darbo rinkoje. Žmogaus ugdymas darbu yra vienas svarbiausių asmenybės formavimo elementų, todėl vienas iš aktualiausių šiandieninių uždavinių tenka ir specialiųjų poreikių turinčių mokinių ugdymui, jų socializacijai ir natūraliai integracijai į visuomenę. Šiame baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjami neįgaliųjų moksleivių darbinio ugdymo pagrindai, požiūris į lygių galimybių užtikrinimą, nes kuo didesnis dėmesys bus skiriamas neįgaliųjų darbiniam ugdymui ir profesiniam orientavimui, tuo platesnės taps jų ateities galimybės sėkmingai įsilieti į visuomeninį gyvenimą. Iškelta hipotezė, kad nuolatinis dėmesys darbinei veiklai ir profesiniam orientavimui skatina specialiųjų poreikių turinčių mokinių motyvaciją ir atveria jiems naujas galimybes integruotis į darbo rinką. Anketinės apklausos ir struktūrizuoto interviu metodais buvo atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas – ištirti specialiųjų poreikių turinčių vaikų darbinį ugdymą, kaip profesinio orientavimo veiksnį. Tyrime dalyvavo 50 specialiosios mokyklos pedagogų bei 100 specialiųjų poreikių turinčių mokinių tėvų. Svarbiausios empirinio tyrimo išvados: • Tyrime pasitvirtino kelta prielaida, kad mokiniai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, legislation and other deeds oblige to impose preferential attention to the education of the children and adolescents having special needs. Therefore the disabled must receive due attention from the educators, medics and psychologists from the childhood in order to be educated, be able to acquire occupations according to their capabilities and adapt themselves in the work market. Career education is one of the most important elements of personality formation for a person, so one of the most relevant tasks today is, as well, the education of the schoolchildren having special needs, their socialization and natural integration to society. The final master paper analyses the fundamentals of the career education for the disabled schoolchildren, the approach to the security of equal opportunities, for the more attention will be paid to the career education and careers counseling of the disabled, the more wide-ranging their future possibilities to successfully accede to the public life. Hypothesis: regular attention for working activity and professional orientation motyvates the school children having special needs and opens them new opportunities integrate themselves to the job market. During investigation using questionaire request and structurical interview which goal to investigate school childrens, which having special needs, as factor of professional orientation. Into the investigation have been involved 50 special education teachers... [to full text]

Vykstant pokyčiams darbo rinkoje keičiasi ir darbo jėgos pasiūlos ir paklausos pobūdis. Nuolat mažėja nekvalifikuotos darbo jėgos paklausa ir ypač didėja kvalifikuotų specialistų poreikis: darbo jėgos pasiūlos kvalifikacija neatitinka darbo rinkos paklausos. Darbdaviams reikia aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų ir darbininkų. Siekiant kuo greičiau įsitvirtinti darbo rinkoje asmenims, baigusiems profesinio mokymo programas, būtinas geras ne tik teorinis, bet ir praktinis pasirengimas, kadangi darbdaviai dažniausiai pirmenybę įdarbinant atiduoda kandidatams į darbo vietas, turintiems profesinę patirtį arba puikius darbinius įgūdžius. Esant tokiems pokyčiams žmogus privalo būti lankstus ir prisitaikyti prie atsirandančių naujovių. Labai svarbu tampa pasinaudoti darbo rinkos teikiamomis galimybėmis - patobulinti savo profesinius įgūdžius, įgyti daugiau patirties ir tapti universalesniu darbuotoju. Darbe aptariami svarbiausi bedarbių ir nedarbo rizikos asmenų profesinio konsultavimo aspektai, skatinantys praktinių įgūdžių tobulinimą, sėkmingą įsidarbinimą. Įvairiuose žmogaus gyvenimo ir profesinės karjeros etapuose, siekiant įgyti, tobulinti kvalifikaciją, persikvalifikuoti ar pradėti individualią veiklą, svarbų vaidmenį atlieka profesinis konsultavimas. Profesinis konsultavimas tampa aiškiai suvokiama priemone, skatinančia žmogų planuoti savo profesinę veiklą, atsižvelgiant į darbo rinkos reikalavimus bei asmeninius pageidavimus. Darbas susideda iš įvado, trijų dalių, išvadų... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In the course of developments in the labour market the nature of labour force supply and demand is changing. The labour market today meets with the situation with steadily decreasing demand for unskilled labour force and the increasing demand for qualified specialists. Employers need highly skilled professionals and workers, which is reflected in the practice that employers often give preference to the recruitment of candidates for jobs with work experience or excellent working skills. This dictates high standards for vocational schools, colleges and universities’ graduates to have not only good theoretical knowledge but also the minimum standard of practical skills. In the ever changing labour market a person must be able to adapt to the new challenges and changes. One of the possibilities, offered by career consultants, is to develop new or improve the existing skills, which become of the most important prerequisites for effective employment. The work discusses the most important aspects of counselling, development of practical skills, elements of successful employment of unemployed and the persons of unemployment risk. Career counselling plays an important role to acquire, to develop skills, to retrain or to start the individual activities in career stages. Counselling is oriented towards increasing persons’ possibilities by planning professional activities taking into account labour market conditions and personal preferences. Work consists of an introduction, three... [to full text]