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Studijų Programų Atnaujinimo Lietuvoje Apžvalga: Studijų Programos Tikslų, Studijų Rezultatų Formulavimo Problematika Ir Tobulinimo Metodiniai Aspektai
Issues in Program Aims, Learning Outcomes Formulation and Methodic Aspects of their Improvement in Lithuania

Author(s): Gintautė Žibėnienė
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education , Evaluation research
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: study program; study program objectives; study results; European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS); higher education;

Summary/Abstract: The aim – to present the study programme renewal problems in formulation of the study aims, learning outcomes on the basis of program renewal and assessment results. The main methods used in the research are: the literature, documents, study programs analysis, discussions with study program staff, expert method. Staff of renewing study programmes indicated these problems: unclear understanding about learning outcomes, linguistic and thesaurus problems, lack of information how formulate learning outcomes, differences between learning outcomes and competencies, ineffective social partners work. The recurring problems revealed during expert’s evaluation: not clear formulated learning outcomes, learning outcomes interlaced with program demand, learning outcomes unclear and not clear witch level of specialist will be, learning outcomes insufficiently linked to program demand, purpose, the competencies not so good for labour market, not clear study outcomes links with Dublin descriptions. There is analysis why for experts isn’t clear how effective work was with social partners or does the study program aims, learning outcomes formulated with social partners too.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 104
  • Page Range: 79-85
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Lithuanian