The article deals with the results of the survey on employable age adults’ understanding of lifelong learning relevance and acquisition of the necessary learning skills (cognitive aspect); the relevance of learning for oneself and getting satisfaction from learning (emotional aspect). Data analysis is carried out while taking into account the educational background, age, and seniority factors.

Bendrojo lavinimo mokyklai XXI amžiuje keliami aukšti reikalavimai. Mokykla nuolat susiduria su įvairiais iššūkiais. Vienas iš jų - sumažinti nepritampančių bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje moksleivių skilčių ir suteikti „kitą šansą“ sugrįžti į švietimo sistemą tiems, kurie iš jos „iškrito“. Šiame spartėjančios kiltos kontekste ypatingą reikšmę įgyja moksleiviiĮ socializacijos problema. Viena iš šios problemos sprendimo galimybių, kaip rodo užsienio ir Lietuvos autorių tyrimai, yra organizacijos kultūra, įgalinanti gerinti vaikų socializaciją ir jos tobulinimo galimybes. Bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos moksleivių socializaci- jos problematikai pastaruoju metu yra skiriama daug dėmesio, socializacijos problemos yra įvairių sričių mokslininkų plačiai tyrinėjamos ir analizuojamos, tačiau tyrimų apie bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos organizacijos kultūros kaip instrumento panaudojimą moksleivių sociali- zacijai bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje tobulinti, nepavyko rasti. Šiame straipsnyje nauja tai, kad mokyklos organizacijos kultūra yra nagrinėjama kaip trijų lygmenų sistema [7], turinti sąsajas su trimis socializacijos etapais [9]. Šiame kontekste kyla klausimas, jeigu yra mokyklos organizacijos kultūros ir socializacijos sąsajos, ar galima sukonstruoti instrumentą, sudarantį galimybes mokyklos organizacijos kultūrą panaudoti moksleivių bendrojo lavinimo mokykloje socializacijos tobulinimui. Straipsnio tikslas - atskleisti bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos organizacijos kultūrą kaip galimą moksleivių socializacijos mokykloje tobulinimo instrumentą. Tyrimo objektas - bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos kultūra moksleivių socializacijos aspektu. Tyrimo metodai: literatūros analizė, atvejo studijos. Straipsnyje analizuojama bendrojo lavinimo mokyklos organizacijos kultūra, jos lygiai kaip tarpusavyje są-veikaujantys sistemos elementai. Straipsnyje analizuojama mokyklos organizacijos kultūros ir socializacijos etapų sąsajos. Pristatomi atvejo studijos tyrimo rezultatai, kurie išryškina vertybių vaidmenį ir galimybę panaudoti mokyklos organizacijos kultūrą kaip instrumentą moksleivių socializacijos gerinimui

This article is focused on investigation of professionals who work at school activity dealing with pedagogical and psychological student problems. The specialists are the following: social educators, psychologists, speech therapy people, special pedagogues as well as teacher assistants. In fact, having employed 376 replies of the mentioned ones above it turned out that there exists a team dealing with pedagogical and psychological and social matters in schools. It concentrates on solving such troubles as student reluctance to study, their interrelational conflicts, lesson skipping, etc. A prevailing phenomenon is an individual level between a pupil and a worker, though, for it to be effective eligible working conditions and means should be a must.

The article analyses the issues of students’ socialisation in schools and provides an insight into the attitudes of the respondent groups of an empirical survey (students, teachers, municipal specialists) into the most important factors of socialization as well as in the links between school culture and student socialization. The presented empirical researched allows determining the factors that make an impact on students’ socialization as viewed by the respondents in the stage of pre-socialization, encounter and change as well as identifying the relation between school culture and student socialization. During the survey it was found that the most important socialization factors indicated by the respondent groups were the same, only their significance was rated differently.

The article examines the possibilities for reducing children’s social exclusion through Children Day-Centres. It discusses the problems and opportunities related to the work of Children Day-Centres in Panevėžys, Šiauliai, and Klaipėda. Based on the data from two studies, the major problem areas related to the activities of the Children Day-Centres are brought to light and the guidelines for improving the work are presented.

Sociocultural challenges of society nowadays foster to search for solution ways associated with the welfare assurance of the most vulnerable and sensitive groups. Globalization and the changes it causes do transform the attitude towards social work, furthermore, it expands its activity spheres. Employing social partnership, diagnostic and monitoring, planning and different stage risk management, the social worker functions take a position of a manager having responsibility for multifunctional assignments. Also the latter acts in micro and macro levels. This context makes sustainable innovation in social work relevant highlighting their possibilities and bringing up challenges.

After Lithuania has become an EU member state, it has stepped into a new educational space with new problems and challenges. Objectives of Lithuanian educational system in the sphere of civic education of young generation are described in the general context of educational reform; an idea of necessity to renovate the very understanding of civic education is being formulated. The concept of civic education in this article is being analyzed trying to model a partnership network which would unite all educational and other organizations, having equivalent or correlating goals and interested in promotion of civic education in the country. The stages of co-operating network are described.

A general education school has been facing numerous problems: learning outcomes of school students have been deteriorating, the quality of its activity has been doubted, etc. It remains unclear if the school is still stuck in the past and if it is ready to answer the future needs and expectations. The changes caused by the fourth industrial revolution in the society as well as at school are inevitable. It appears that the school activity (educational in particular) may become inefficient and swampy due to external impact (anthropogenic factors). Therefore, the article analyses the school as a system revealing its similarity to the eco-system simultaneously emphasising its features. The emergence of school as a swamp (one of eco-systems) is shown. To achieve this goal the process of eutrophication is analysed. It is emphasised that eutrophication of every eco-system is unique not excluding that of school. Moreover, its results are not well-defined either: processes may change due to internal and external factors, transformations, etc. Three phases (oligotrophic, mesotrophic or eutrophic ones) distinguished in eutrophication of water bodes are analysed emphasising their similarities with the processes and transformations occurring at school. Attention is also drawn to the possibilities of managing this process (laying more emphasis on the school culture and development of school model that meets the needs and expectations of future). Taking into account the fact that all the features of eutrophication possess their certain specificities and are interrelated, it is essential to identify processes and transformations occurring at school. This will contribute to establishing the beginning of eutrophication or its certain phase already as well as reasons for eutrophication and its vectors of movement. This will make it possible to control the process targeting at the future perspective.

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas aukštojo mokslo harmonizavimas, kaip studijų kokybės tobulinimo Lietuvoje prielaida. Apžvelgiama aukštojo mokslo raida bei universitetinių ir neuniversitetinių studijų programų požymiai. Daroma prielaida, kad universitetinės ir aukštosios neuniversitetinės studijos per menkai harmonizuotos – nėra tinkamos dermės studijų įgyvendinimo strategijoje. Vertinimo kriterijų unifikavimas rodo aukštųjų neuniversitetinių ir universitetinių studijų harmonizavimo stoką ir aukštojo mokslo binarinės sistemos sandų misijos įgyvendinimo problemą.