Šiame straipsnyje nagrinėjamos technologijų dalyko ištakos, siekiant atskleisti egzistavusią nuolatinę praktinio ugdymo svarbą įvairių pasaulio šalių, bendrojo lavinimo sistemoje įvairiais istoriniais laikotarpiais. Civilizuotos pasaulio šalys suprato praktinio ugdymo būtinumą jaunosios kanos bendrojo lavinimo sistemoje ir įvairiais būdais siekė jį realizuoti per rankų darbų mokymo dalykus. Atskirose šalyse kūrėsi savitos praktinio ugdymo sistemos ir formos, tenkinusios svarbiausius visuomenės reikalavimus visapusiškam jaunosios kartos ugdymui. Visapusiškumas buvo suprantamas kaip jaunosios kartos protinio ir praktinio ugdymo vienybė, tenkinanti nusistovėjusius visuomenės poreikius. Tema aktuali tuo, kad šiuolaikinė švietimo reforma, kaip rodo mokyklų patirtis ir mokytojų pasakojimai, bendraujant su jais rajoniniuose švietimo centruose, skaitant paskaitas ir atsakinėjant į laiškus elektroniniu paštu, nutolo nuo mokyklose gyvuojančių, mokinių ir mokytojų bendromis pastangomis suformuotų mokymo tradicijų, pagrįstų ilgalaike patirtimi ir atkakliu darbu. Todėl pasaulinės patirties apžvalga ir komentaras gali padėti objektyviai spręsti praktinio ugdymo uždavinius, atsižvelgiant į teisingą švietimo modernizavimo kryptį, išsaugant tai, ką mokyklos turi teigiama šioje srityje.

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos gimnazijų kultūros kaitos kryptys: gimnazijų veiklos proaktyvios kultūros formavimas, centralizuotų sprendimų įtaka gimnazijų kaitai, organizacijos kultūrą veikiantys ugdymo modeliai, kultūra, atsispindinti ugdymo procese, mikroklimatas bendruomenėse.

Straipsnyje bandomojo tyrimo lygmeniu analizuojamas jūrų lyderystės socialinio dėmens fenomenas – jūrininkų požiūris vienų į kitus. Laikantis epistemologinių principų, kuriuos nurodo Jūrininkų rengimo, atestavimo ir budėjimo normų konvencija, egzistencializmas ir visybiško ugdymo paradigma, jūrininkų požiūris vienų į kitus atskleidžiamas identifikuojant požiūrį į laivavedžius, į laivų mechanikus ir išryškinant požiūrio kaitos aspektą. Konstatuota, kad laivavedžių lyderystė yra vidutinė, o jų santykis su laivų mechanikais – problemiškas. Konstruktyviam bendradarbiavimui aktualizuojamos sąmoningos pastangos suprasti bendradarbį laivo įguloje.

In the article is presented the conceptual-empirical problem-solving about the practical competence development in the context of self-directed learning in working environment. The research results integrate the concepts of competence, development, self-directed learning and learning in working environment.[...]

Straipsnyje analizuojamas profesoriaus Bronislovo Bitino idėjų aktualumas ir tęstinumas vykstant ugdymo turinio pertvarkai, aptariama mokslinių įžvalgų svarba tolesnei ugdymo turinio kaitai ir ugdymo(si) paradigmos įsitvirtinimui ugdymo praktikoje. Autorės, remdamosi B. Bitino straipsnių moksline problematika, teikiama Rinktiniuose edukologiniuose raštuose (I–III t., 2013), išryškina ne tik teorinių idėjų tęstinumą, bet ir praktinių prielaidų pro-jektavimo inovatyvumą ir pagrįstumą, išryškina ugdymo turinio kūrimo linkmes, aktualias ir tarptautinei švietimo bendruomenei. Mokslininko idėjų aktualizavimui pasirinktos Profesoriaus mokslinės įžvalgos, atsispindinčios konkrečius ugdymo pertvarkos etapus, sistemingai kuriant ir tobulinant edukacinę sąveiką visuose lygmenyse. Be to, straipsnyje atskleidžiama profeso-riaus B. Bitino įžvalgų pozityvusis vaidmuo, rengiant naujausius švietimo dokumentus, skirtus ugdymo turinio konstravimui ir įgyvendinimui švietimo pokyčių kontekste, mokyklos veiklos tobulinimui.

The article discusses urgent problems of preschool education in Lithuania: the variety in young children education programmes and education organisation order, change in pre-school education and possibilities for its development. Having decentralised pre-school education and development of pre-school education programmes, there occur possibilities for a more intensive change in children education programmes. The article discusses the goals and content structure of programmes developed by pre-school education institutions and points out how alternative pre-school education systems and trends, children needs and priority areas of education are reflected in the programmes of different institutions. The variety in order of pre-school education organisation is also discussed and possibilities for expansion of pre-school education organisation order are discussed.

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.

Although the educational reform, which proceeds in Lithuania, applies the offers, used in all European countries, there is not enough attention towards the inner reforms of the colleges: the change of academic society and its potential. The question is: Whether the process of change, taking place in the higher school now reflects the values of the high education, based on the integration of studies and education, and on the attitudes of interaction between students and teachers? The actual problem, analyzed in this work: What this process should be like that the higher school would be able to inspire the essential changes in search of the quality of the high school? Scientific work’s object is a changing process, preparing Catholic religion teachers.The purpose of the analysis – to show the features of the higher school’s transformation into the high school (not university) through the analysis of Kaunas Higher Catechist School’s example (later in the text KHCS).The methods of analysis, used in this work: the analysis of science literature, the data analysis, the comparative analysis of programs.The analysis of science literature enables to state that in the context of the high education becoming massive, when the problem of the quality of high education occurs, non-university studies, as the stage of the high education, must seek for the common educational values of liberal high education and to follow the concept of nowadays studying paradigm. After analysis of KHCS in the context of the reform of the high education, it showed up that the main feature of the higher school’s transformation into the high school is its integration with university in order to make a binary system.The prepared system of non-university studies “Catholic religion”, has no analogies, because it accents the development of competence for the future needs, enabling the student to learn a critical analysis of professional studies and orients towards the strategy, based on the salvation of problems and individual and cooperative project of studying.

The analysis of competence conditions showed, that goals of the independent works of not traditional students are influenced by pedagogical influences and their own personal needs, purposeful self-help, as they are the subjects of education. The possibilities of applying methods are influenced by the organization of educational process, and the goals, pointed for the academic society, which are directed towards the activities compensations, towards the contextual knowledge and the construction of knowing. According to the data of the analysis, the changes, noticed in the work of teacher, allow to state that he is ready for parity cooperation, but the teacher serves for the student’s needs and the student seeks to satisfy his own needs and interests. So the principle of unity between education and studies is not realized yet. Making characteristic Religion College institution’s changing process in Lithuanian High School reform’s context we should point planned outside factors ruling process and inside factors which are made at school, positive atmosphere and collaboration culture of school community. Competence programme is prepared matching pedagogical work and learning, it realizables learning paradigm. This dimesnsion enables students to do different activity, they gets academic freedom and also responsibility for studies and learning. It formed conditions to realize structural changing, become the State College and successfully join to Lithuania High School space.

This discussion will center on the images of Shinto, the meaning of Kami, and how they are to be interpreted within the context of Zen simplicity. What must be shown is the ways that Shinto and Zen connect at a deeper – transcendental – level of “silent” and “no-self ” awareness whose presence is manifest in Shinto rituals and Zen practice. While there is a popular and pervasive assumption of the relationship between Heidegger and Japan, the claim of this essay is that there is a more fundamental awareness that belongs to the Shinto images and Zen best accessed through the transcendental domain of “non-being.” At this level, the images of Shinto and the presence of Zen might be accessible to the West without the usual claim that Japan is too enigmatic to be understood.