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 km2);
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
CENTRES
• Department of Education
• Centre for Social Research
• Department of General
Psychology
• CENTRE FOR
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND RESEARCH
• Department of Theoretic
Psychology
• Department of Sociology
• 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 programmes, etc.), the wide-ranging
publishing activity is directed 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 nongovernmental
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
Dissemination
group
Project
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:
• Educational organization
• Management of vocational education and training
STUDENTS
55
60
Still studying
50
Finished studies
35
40
30
20
30
23
16
10
0
Management..
Educational
organisation
Initial
pedagogical
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
WWW.VDU.LT/PRSC
E-mail: prsc@fc.vdu.lt
Tel: 00 370-37-327827