Šiame tyrime analizuojamas ryšys tarp daugiakalbių mokinių, besimokančių prancūzų kaip papildomos kalbos, dalyvaujant pamokose elgesio ir kalbos besimokančiųjų tapatybės, susijusios su konkrečia kalbine bendruomene. Svarbiausia tyrimo sąvoka „dalyvavimas klasėje“ apibrėžiama kaip mokinio indėlio į kalbos mokymąsi žodinė forma, kuri gali apimti kalbos mokymąsi ir pakeisti kalbą besimokančiųjų tapatybę. Tyrimas atliktas vienoje Kroatijos tarptautinėje daugiakalbėje mokykloje; tyrimo dalyviai – aštuoni penktos klasės daugiakalbiai ir daugiakultūriai mokiniai, kurie mokosi prancūzų kalbos kaip papildomos. Duomenų rinkimo tikslais buvo išanalizuotos ir įrašytos prancūzų kalbos pamokos bei 12 vaizdo įrašų, kurių bendra trukmė apie 480 minučių. Atlikta kiekvieno mokinio dalyvavimo kokybinė analizė, siekiant nustatyti klasės narių statusą. Analizė parodė, jog iš pasirinktos teorinės perspektyvos, kai papildoma kalba suvokiama kaip priemonė naudoti galią ir naudotis galia, kalbą besimokančiųjų tapatybę galima apibūdinti kaip dinamišką tokių tapatybės pozicijų derinį: kalbos besimokantis galios pozicijoje; kalbos besimokantis aukštesnėje galios pozicijoje nei kiti; kalbos besimokantis žemesnėje galios pozicijoje, bet siekiantis galios pozicijos; kalbos besimokantis žemesnėje galios pozicijoje, bet nesiekiantis galios pozicijos. Šio tyrimo rezultatai sutampa su kitų socialinės krypties autorių pagrindinėmis prielaidomis apie antrosios kalbos mokymąsi (žr. Norton-Peirce, 1995; Pavlenko ir Blackledge, 2004; Darvin ir Norton, 2015), anot kurių, kalbą besimokančiųjų tapatybė yra sudėtinė, dinamiška, formuojama diskurso ir priklausanti nuo konteksto.

Insufficient analysis of green infrastructure spaces benefit to youth activity promotion in Lithuanian social sciences discourse enabled to formulate scientific problem – what can be possibilities of using green infrastructure spaces while strengthening youth integration and participation in local community? The aim of the article – after analyzing social benefit of green infrastructure spaces to youth, to determine their usage possibilities for strengthening youth integration and participation in local community. Research methods: scientific literature, document analysis and synthesis, abstraction and comparison methods. Šiauliai district Kuršėnai town environmentally directed school’s projects were analysed for the case study. For youth, green infrastructure spaces are the areas for environmental education, health improvement, strengthening of their integration and participation in local community through various activities. Youth gradually become involved into social activity where their status of a passive participant changes into the status of an active participant. Case study can be used by various local actors (other schools, community, teachers, parents etc.) strengthening integration and participation of youth in local community by using GI spaces.

How are developing and what are the promising institutions of social capital formation in rural areas? The purpose of the article is to substantiate the optimal mechanism for the development of social community capital. With the help of comparative studies, we investigated international experience and domestic practice of the formation of formal and informal institutions of communities social capital (we had structured interviews with 200 representatives of Ukrainian territorial communities from rural areas during 2013–2017). The system approach provides to develop principles to a level of a model of co-creation-participation management. Using the methods of strategic management, the authors develop alternative strategies for implementing this model for communities of varying potential. Was allowed the basic principles of the institutional arrangement of the most successful communities. It is proved that the formation of a new type communities based on participation is an innovative model of multifunctional development of society, which allows to multiply the socio-ecological and economic potential of the territories and improve the life quality of the population.

The article aims to show the influence volunteering has on strengthening social cohesion. This requires dealing with different theories and models to describe and explore the nature of volunteering. A pilot-research was carried out from the theoretical framework. The results of the research show a correlation between the important things in life and the level of influence in this field, the relevance of civic skills and competences, and the role of reflection. The study also provides insight into practice of volunteering in Lithuania.

The article provides the theoretical analysis of co-production phenomenon. The interests in co-production and related concepts are examined applying the methods of Google Trends statistical analysis and information visualization. The activity of business, government, society and research sectors during the last five years are compared, the trends of interest change and the balance of inter-sectoral interest in co-production is assessed. The relative evaluation of interest in co-production indicates that the situation in different sectors is not the same – the asymmetry in interest in co-production prevails. The article concludes that cooperation between public sector organizations with private sector organizations and society in providing public service as well as cooperation between scientific research, methods and technologies is developed at a different rate thus hindering breakthrough on a larger scale.

This paper studies employees’ willingness to participate in implementation of organizational change in 41 Estonian organizations. An explanatory, standardised questionnaire was designed on the basis of models and theories of different authors. As the result of factor analyses 2 indexes have been received: (1) participation and (2) satisfaction.

Straipsnyje pateikiamas muzikos mokytojo rengimo programos Granados universitete įvertinimas. Pirmoje dalyje aptariamos europinė, nacionalinė ir universitetinė įvertinimo sistemos, kurių pagrindu buvo atliktas įvertinimas. Įvertinimo procesas apima keturių etapų duomenų rinkimo, interpretacijų kėlimo, išorinio įvertinimo ir galutinės ataskaitos rengimas atitinka svarbiausius šios įvertinimo sistemos rezultatus. Antroje dalyje aptariami svarbiausi surinkti duomenys, siūlomos jų interpretacijos ir rekomendacijos įvairiems universiteto padaliniams bei bendruomenėms siekiant pagerinti studijų programos kokybę. Trys įvertinimui pateiktos sritys – tai dėstymas, tyrimai bei įranga ir teikiamos paslaugos. Paskutinėje dalyje pristatomi asmenine patirtimi paremti apmąstymai apie kokybę ir dalyvavimą įvertinimo procese. Tikslas, kurio siekta įvertinimu buvo labiau orientuotas į rezultatyvumą (efficiency), nei į kokybę. Nors studentų, akademinio personalo ir kitų darbuotojų dalyvavimas įvertinime nebuvo aktyvus, galima daryti išvadą, kad jis paskatino juos įsitraukti į bendrą veiklą.

The article examines what motivates people to participate in a cultural institution’s participatory interventions. In recent decades, the changing roles of cultural institutions and the concepts of defining museum audiences are brought together in the case study of the Estonian National Museum’s participatory interventions. This paper indicates that motivations for participation are emotional and personal, that social goals are often overestimated, but the wish to cooperate and gain recognition from institutions have often been underestimated as motivators. The museum’s roles to support intercultural dialogue and facilitate diverse views were not supported by the participational interventions. Analysis indicated that being a participant does not make people more critical or dialogical in a museum context, as the topics the participants chose to be involved with are appropriate to their own experiences, contexts and assumptions.