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Švietimo modeliuotos krypties ir konteksto įtampų tendencijos
Trends in Tensions between Modelled Direction and Context in Education

Author(s): Ramutė Bruzgelevičienė
Subject(s): Education, Evaluation research, Social development, Sociology of Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: transformational purpose of education; perceptions of the purpose of education and development of society; interests of an individual and the state; economic expediency; homo economicus society;

Summary/Abstract: The article continues the analysis of the problem of tensions between the modelled direction and the context in education in Lithuania in the stage of its development in the second decade of the 21st century. The selected aspect – the opportunity for the transformational purpose of education declared in documents on education while social groups assess education unfavourably. The research question – why are there tensions between the declared transformational purpose of education and the context of development of education. The research is based on the qualitative methodology of documentary analysis: purposefully selected document sources of discourse on educational matters are analysed. Data analysis and interpretation and discussion of approaches by comparing them with theoretical perceptions and insights of researchers lead to conclude the following: All approach coalitions analysed in the discourse recognise transformational impact of education as a system on an individual and society, but treat the content of the impact completely differently.

  • Issue Year: 130/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-31
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Lithuanian