Transcript Vytautas Magnus University Centre for Vocational Education and
VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESERACH
Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia;
Population
: 3,5 mln. (82 % Lithuanians, 8 % Russians, 7% Polish, 3%other);
Territory
: a little bit smaller than the Republic of Ireland (65 303 km 2 );
Climate:
average winter temperature: -5°C, average summer temperature: +17°C;
State language
: Lithuanian;
Major religion
: Roman Catholic.
• Ministry of Justice • MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE • Ministry of Health Care • Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Ministry of National Defence • Ministry of Environment • Ministry of Transport • Ministry of Finance • Ministry of the Interior • Ministry of Social Security and Labour • Ministry of Economy • Ministry of Culture • Ministry of Agriculture
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE (SMM)
(Responsible for the development of a general policy and strategy of initial vocational education and training )
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL CARE AND WORK (SADM)
(Responsible for labour market vocational training) METHODOLOGICAL CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (Guarantees didactical provision of initial vocational education)
CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (PRSC)
(Performs vocational education and training research) LITHUANIAN LABOUR MARKET TRAINING BOARD (LDRMT) (Implements the policy of labour market vocational training and counselling through territorial boards and educational centres ).
VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY
FACKULTIES
• Faculty of Economics and Management • Faculty of Natural Sciences • Faculty of Humanities • Faculty of Informatics • Faculty of Catholic Theology • FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
INSTITUTES
• Political Science and Diplomacy School • School of Law • School of Fine Arts • School of Social Work • Kaunas Botanical Garden
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENTS
• Department of Education • Department of General Psychology • Department of Theoretic Psychology • Department of Sociology
CENTRES
• Centre for Social Research • CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH • Educational study centre • Psychological Clinic
Centre for Vocational Education and Research was founded as a structural unit of Vytautas Magnus University under the initiative of Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science. The main task of the Centre is research on the VET system and its changes in the context of Lithuanian and global processes and the main tendencies of VET development, and also concern about the intellectual potential (training of teachers and specialists of management in all the levels) of the VET system. The Centre performs the research into VET and international scientific relations (by means of congresses, conferences, exchange publishing programmes, activity is etc.), the directed wide-ranging towards the development of the policy of Lithuanian education and VET and the quality of vocational education.
Credo of the activity of Centre for Vocational Education and Research is the actual interface between the science (research) and the teaching (study) in a very sensitive area of education that is a determinant factor in the field of human resource development. Autonomy, freedom of choice and possibility to avoid bureaucracy are ensured to the Centre by its academic status. The participation of students in the activities of the Centre guarantees natural links with vocational teaching institutions, enterprises, social partners, governmental and non governmental organizations and international partners.
The processes of the continuous change, competitive environment and national identity are the three main premises of the development of the Centre's activity. Responsibility for the state and its people determines the quality of our activity, whereas the changing environment and competition determine the strategy of the activity of the Centre as organization. Co-workers, experts and students are a guarantee of our intensification and "growth", as well as the main precondition of our conformity to the tasks of Lithuanian future and European integration.
Prof. habil. dr.
Rimantas Laužackas
Director of Centre
Continuous study group Steering group Project group Dissemination group
DISSEMINATION
Scientific journal ‘’Vocational education: research and reality’’
Informational publication ‘‘For change and reform in vocational education and training’’
Monographs:
Rimantas Laužackas • Systemotheoretical dimensions of the change in vocational training • Curriculum design. standards and programmes in vocational education and training • Reform of vocational education content: didactical features • Reform of vocational education in Lithuania: parameters and results
Monographs:
Kęstutis Pukelis • Teacher education and philosophical studies • Parameters of the ideal model for teacher training
Books: Sigita Grigaliūnienė Professiological management Mentor handbook Learning and counselling
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
The CENTRE FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (PRSC) at Vytautas Magnus University participates in various national and international projects in vocational education and training. At present the Centre coordinates two Leonardo da Vinci and three ESF programme projects, and also participates as a partner in one Socrates, one Equal Phare and six Leonardo da Vinci projects.
PRSC has close cooperation ties with Lithuanian and foreign education and labour market institutions and has partners in various European countries – Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, France and etc.
SOCRATES:
• “Portfolio Evaluation in Life Long Learning Improving Employability of Adult Learners”
LEONARDO DA VINCI:
• „Country specific thematic analysis of continuous vocational training on the basis of CVTS2 and modelling of CVT-structures “ • ‘’Meeting the Needs of Employment: European Curriculum Guidelines for Lifelong Vocational Counselors in the line with the Challenges of EU Enlargement“ • ‘’Overcoming Intercultural and Linguistic Barriers in Continuously Accessible Vocational Guidance and Counseling’’ • ‘’Facilitating access to lifelong learning through the recognition procedure of non-formal and informal learning’’ • ‘’Basic Skills for Work – Combined Basic Skills and Communication Training for Low-Skilled Workers in Five Different European Work Sectors’’ • ‘’Learning Empowerment - Self-directed Learning for Low-skilled Unemployed People’’ • ‘’European dictionary on skills and competencies’’ • ‘’ Retraining of Unemployed People in Resorts Regions for Self-Business Development’’ • ‘’Improvement, Introduction and harmonization of Occupational Standards in the NEU. European Qualifications in Fashion and Beauty Sector’’
ESF:
• “ Expansion of research space competencies into higher non university level” • “Expansion of vocational teacher education network to the regions of Lithuania” • ‘’Development and implementation of master degree study module for vocational counselors’’
EQUAL:
• ‘’Kaunas country partnership network for consultation, training and employment of the long-term unemployment’’
MODULAR STUDIES
1. Research of Qualifications 2. Vocational Training Curriculum Designing 3. Designing of Social Research 4. Management of Change in an Organization 5. Methodology of Career Designing 6. Effectiveness of Teaching and Learning 7. School Quality Management 8. Teaching-Learning-Studies: Paradigm Change 9. Professional Socialization 10. Methods of Personality Cognition 11. Methodology of Personnel Selection 12. Psychology of Communication and Cooperation in an Organization
STUDIES SPECIAL VOCATIONAL STUDIES: Programme for Initial Pedagogical Minimum (Vocational Pedagogics) MASTER STUDIES:
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Educational organization Management of vocational education and training
STUDENTS
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 16 23 Management..
55 35 Educational organisation Still studying Finished studies 30 Initial pedagogical