Changes in contemporary world raised new challenges for Lithuanian education, required new attitudes towards many fields of education. New role of the teacher, need and necessity for the teachers to acquire new competencies demand also qualitatively new attitude towards teacher education, including organizing teachers‘ in-service training. Significant role falls on the lector, as the provider of in-service training services. Problems of professional development, reforms in this area are investigated both by foreign as well as Lithuanian scientists. Though, lectors, who participate in the process of teacher‘s in-service education, was not properly explored. In this master thesis peculiarities of the lectors‘ work at regional and universities‘ Educational Centres is tackled. The object of the investigation: Work of lectors, who take part in teacher in-service at regional and universities‘ Educational Centres. The aims of the investigation: Describe and analyse work peculiarities of lectors, as in-service training service providers, at regional and universities‘ Educational Centres. The goals of the investigation: 1. Analyze scientific literature dealing with problems of in-service; documents, defining the strategies for in-service in the contemporary stage of the Education Reform. 2. Analyse requirements for lector‘s competence and data on evaluation of lectors‘ work in research on the state of education in the period of 2000-2004. 3. Single out peculiarities of lectors‘ work... [to full text]