In what ways should the liberal democracy be fostered in the country in transition, which terminated with the autocratic regime only a decade ago? How to respond to the challenges of globalisation and development of European dimensions to societies, organizations and every individual life. How to avoid the problems of social exclusion? This book is searching for answers to these questions taking into account liberal education, the changing conception of learning, reforms of universities and schools as well as socio-educational work. The book is divided into four sections. The first section is designed for liberal education as a facilitator of the democratic development. The second section traces the challenges for a changing university in the aspect of globalisation. The third section deals with the problems of educational change on a way to a learning society in the aspect of management and the market. The fourth section embraces the papers on new approaches in education for social and cultural development.
Contents: Vitalija Tumeniene: The Exchange of Cultural Values as the Context of Teacher's Activity - Diana Lipinskiene: Examination of the Role of Socialization in Liberal Education - Ilona Skersiene: Examination of Some Educational Requirements for Liberal Education - Nijole Ciuciulkiene: Implications of Teaching and Schooling of a Liberal Democratic Conception of Education - Gerd-Bodo Reinert von Carlsburg: Erfahrung - Beobachtung - Bewertung. Selbstbestimmtes Lernen durch teilnehmerorientierte Seminararbeit - Aukse Markeviciene: Challenges for a Changing University in the Globalized World - Regina Novikiene: The Values of the University in a Liberal Democratic Society: Critical Exploration - Gintare Tautkeviciene: Changes in the Role of the University Library in the Context of Transformation in Educational Paradigm - Virginija Chreptaviciene: Business Communication Competence and the Landmarks for its Development in University Studies - Audrone Poskiene: Critical Pedagogy and Language Learning/Teaching in the Context of University Change - Inga Meskauskiene: Zur Einflussnahme deutsch-litauischer Handelsbeziehungen auf die litauische Sprachpolitik - Raimonda Minkute-Henricson: Testing Motivational Mechanism: The Expression of its Peculiarities at University Studies - Brigita Janiunaite: Educational Innovations as a Means of Educational Changes: Problematic Aspects of Conceptualizing, Locating and Assessing Educational Innovations - Brigita Stanikuniene: Critical Exploration of a Proper Role of Market Forces in Adult Education - Nijole Bankauskiene/Nijole Ciuciulkiene/Liuda Siauciukeniene: Verbal Communication Aspects in the Process of Educating in Philology in the Context of New Educational Mentality - Vilma Zydziunaite: Vocational Education in Post-Industrial Age: In Defense of a Broad Conception of Vocational Education? - Marija Jotautiene: Vocational Education, Market and Values: Analysis of Some Key Issues - Dalija Gudaityte: Transition from the Elite to Mass Higher Education: Problems and Perspectives - Egle Katiliute: Ethics of Social Order for Education as a Controversy in a Pluralistic Democratic Society - Palmira Juceviciene: An Integrative Approach to the Theory and Practice of Social Work - Vilija Adaskeviciene: Controversies Related to the Development of National Identity in the Curriculum of Lithuanian Common School in the Context of European Dimension - Vilma Staskeviciene: Changes in Lithuanian System of Children Care and a New Perception of Foster Care - Gediminas Merkys/Diana Saparniene: Students' Computer Literacy and Social Environment in the Context of the Society with Limited Resources - Kirsten Hoffmann/Gerd-Bodo Reinert von Carlsburg: Lernen in der Informationsgesellschaft - ein Leben lang - Irena Leliugiene/Viktorija Barsauskiene: Professionalisation of Lithuanian Socio-Educational Work in the Context of Modernisation of the Lithuanian Education System.
The Editors: Palmira Juceviciene, Professor for Educational Research at the Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), Institute of Educational Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences. Gediminas Merkys, Professor for Educational Research at the Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences. Gerd-Bodo Reinert von Carlsburg, Professor for Educational Research at the Heidelberg University of Education (Germany), Institute of Education, Faculty of Educational and Social Sciences; since 1993 several annual stays in Lithuania, Honorary doctors of the Vilnius Pedagogical University (Lithuania) and of the Tallinn Pedagogical University (Estonia).
