Aukštosios mokyklos dėstytojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo poreikiai akademinės veiklos plėtotės aspektu
Higher School Professors’ Needs for the Development of Qualification: the Facet of Academic Activity

Summary/Abstract: The professor’s academic activities remain most important in their work, but in Lithuania they acquire and develop this kind of competences in a rather spontaneous way, paying little attention to which competences should be expanded, the needs of the development of their academic work are not stressed. The aim of the research is to determine demands of professional development of higher school professors referring to their opinions about the areas they lack knowledge and skills. The following research methods have been employed: analysis of scientific sources, focus group discussion, statistical data analysis. During the research 197 university and college lecturers were interviewed. The analysis of the findings enabled to distinguish the following groups of lecturers’ andragogic skills according the areas of activities. That is: individual and group support for students, supervision; organizing lecturing activities, stimulation of students’ study activities; application of new technologies in the study process; creation and development of study programs; analysis of study programs and their revision; administrative and managerial; nurturing of personal culture and professional development.

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