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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 1-2
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COVER
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Cover page, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2016, SPVK/EPMQ
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 3-3
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CONTENTS
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Contents, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2016, SPVK/EPMQ
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Author(s):
Vincentas Lamanauskas.
Page No : 4-7
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IMPROVEMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL INTERNSHIP: SOME ASPECTS
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Future teacher preparation remains a meaningful field of every country and Lithuania as well. Pedagogical internship, undoubtedly, remains a very significant element of pedagogical study structure and process. Competence, practical experience acquisition, personal improvement and all-round knowledge of educational institution are considered the most important advantages of the internship. This is not only a certain future teacher’s self-examination in a real educational environment, but also a proper way to improve. On the other hand, internship organisation is not appropriate enough. A few very important things are obvious: a short pedagogical internship time, coherence with the studies at university, and not sufficiently purposefully defined internship activities (content aspect). Mentors’ work should be improved; however, this is not treated as a very important drawback. Also, two improvement spheres have been exposed: internship content/programme improvement (to concretise, optimise, and more clearly regulate the activities) and strengthening interaction effectiveness between university and basic internship schools. Pedagogical internship effectiveness (from the point of view of pedagogical ability consolidation, improvement) remains undoubted. On the other hand, certain requirements should be raised for the institution, in which students would like and could perform pedagogical internship. Educational institution’s democracy and openness, technological supply, ecological friendliness/suitability are considered the most essential requirements. The existing pedagogical internship model in Lithuania has to be improved in two main directions – process (internship length increasing, guaranteeing the acquaintance with the variety of pedagogical institutions, interaction with the internship leaders and mentors improvement) and content (activity optimisation, innovativeness, variety increase) improvement.
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Author(s):
Vaiva Jucevičiūtė-Bartkevičienė, Rita Makarskaitė-Petkevičienė.
Page No : 8-18
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NON-FORMAL EDUCATION OF SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM PRIMARY FORMS : THE ASPECT OF ACTIVITIES’ SELECTION
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Today great educational prospects are ascribed to non-formal education (Neformaliojo vaikų švietimo koncepcija, 2012; Valstybinė švietimo 2013–2022 m. strategija, 2013). This sphere is gaining more and more significance not only in Lithuania but also in the European Union (9th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth, 2012; Rethinking Education: Investing in Skills for Better Socio-economic Outcomes, 2012). Children’s non-formal education provides opportunities for the new generation to become active members of society and to act successfully there. This form of education is particularly attractive due to the specific conditions: voluntary nature, personal initiative and self-expression. Lithuania has recently launched a new non-formal education funding model, which resulted in introduction of many innovations; therefore, it is very important to find out the latest tendencies in order to increase the efficiency of the process, which would lead to higher quality non-formal education.
The aim of the research: to analyse the situation of children’s non-formal education in the aspect of activities’ selection, revealing the attitudes of schoolchildren in regional schools in 1-4 forms. Methods of collecting the research data: the research was carried out analysing theoretical sources and employing quantitative and qualitative research methods. The questionnaire was specially designed for this research and given to children (N=225) who attend activities of non-formal education in regional schools. This research is a part of a scientific research project “Analysis of the Situation of Children’s (6–12 years) Non-formal Education in Province Schools”.
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Author(s):
Piotr Poita, Uladzimir Navaseltsau, Vitali Khaletski.
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ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: MAIN TRENDS OF ADMISSION CAMPAIGN
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The main trends of the admission campaign in engineering higher education institutions of the Republic of Belarus were analyzed in the article. The proportion of applicants admitted to the Belarusian technical universities to engineering programs is consistently high and it reaches 30% in recent years. It is shown that in planning of admission campaign the demographic situation should take into account. This is because the majority of applicants for the daily full-time education in Belarus go to universities in the year of graduation of secondary educational institutions. The high competition in the market of educational services from foreign universities, especially from the Republic of Poland and the Russian Federation was noted by the authors. The minimum value of the points of centralized testing in Belarusian or Russian language, Mathematics and Physics is also able to significantly affect the number of applicants.
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Author(s):
Vincentas Lamanauskas.
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EDUCATION IN ZIMBABWE: AN INTERVIEW WITH CATHRINE KAZUNGA
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Cathrine Kazunga is a full time student studying PhD in Mathematics Education with University of KwaZulu - Natal. University of KwaZulu-Natal is one of the most reputable institutions in South Africa, among the institutions with mathematics education as their main topics of research activity. She has twelve years of teaching experience in rural and urban secondary schools and ten years tertiary education of learning and teaching experience in Zimbabwe. She is an emerging researcher who has so many peer reviewed publication of three journal publications and four conference proceedings. It is possible to contact her via e-mail: kathytembo@gmail.com
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Author(s):
Editorial Board.
Page No : 45-46
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