Nowadays in Lithuania fundamental processes of social and cultural development proceed and the progressive part of the world’s society is developing the idea of lifelong learning. Lifelong learning is inevitable thing these days. It helps individuals and organizations to adjust to the changeable environment. Lithuania’s integration into the EU, changeable requirements, competition, the problems starting up at work which are necessary to solve in the labor market, these are the factors, which encourage people to learn permanently. Informal education of grown-ups involves person’s general cultural education, gaining knowledge for his professional activity and training and development of his abilities. Since last decade lifelong learning undoubtedly has taken the fundamental place in the international education policy. Economical and social changes in the society are raising new claims to some individuals, therefore the idea of lifelong learning is gradually catching on. People seek to raise their professional qualification, gain more knowledge and experience. All these form opening for a change and raise of individuals’ social status. As a result, it is very important to emphasize the role of lifelong learning in the fast-moving today’s society. The carried out research showed the attitude of the society and the employers towards the informal education of the grown-upsas well as the main problems of its development. The data, gathered on the following aspects, the number of... [to full text]

Private out-of-school centre is a new institution of education. It has occurred as an alternative to the out-of-school centers financed by the state. Such a phenomena is to be related with the extra money that can be paid by the parents for the upbringing of their offspring. The purpose of the research. To reveal the course of the activity of a private out-of-school centre as a new institution of education. The tasks of the research: to survey the psychological and educational literature on the topic; to reveal the state of a private out-of-school centre; to establish the essential features of the activities of a private out-of-school centre; to foresee the perspectives for the private out-of-school centre. There were such methods applied in the research: analysis of the nonfiction literature and generalization, documentary analysis, questionnaire, interview, conversation, observation and mathematics statistical methods SPSS ( Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) 10.0 for Windows. The manager of Riešės out-of-school centre, the teachers, parents and children were participating in the research. There are the main results and findings: • The surveys made by the foreign and Lithuanian scientists have confirmed the existence of the problem. It has got to be underlined that the surveys of the foreign scientists could be applied to this research only with the assumption that the cultural and sociological peculiarities of the country are respected. • The activity of a... [to full text]