Development of the Profession and Qualifications of Adult Educators in Lithuania in the Context of Reforms of Adult Education

Autor/inn/en	Gedviliene, Genute; Tutlys, Vidmantas; Lukošuniene, Vilija; Zuzeviciute, Vaiva
Titel	Development of the Profession and Qualifications of Adult Educators in Lithuania in the Context of Reforms of Adult Education
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 64 (2018) 4, S.465-487 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-018-9704-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Educators; Adult Education; Teacher Qualifications; Educational Change; Lifelong Learning; Lithuania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Lehrqualifikation; Bildungsreform; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Litauen
Abstract	The Baltic countries regained their independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and joined the European Union in 2004. This article seeks to explore institutional development and reforms of adult education and lifelong learning in Lithuania with respect to the processes, the actors and the context of socioeconomic change over the past 20 years. It also looks at the implications of these processes for the professionalisation of adult educators, referred to here as "adult learning teachers" (ALTs). The authors begin with an analysis of the historical-institutional and political-economical aspects of the development of adult education and lifelong learning by providing a retrospective of institutional change in Lithuania. They then move on to analyse the existing institutional and legal arrangements of adult education which shape and institutionalise the profession and qualifications of ALTs. Their empirical research reveals the opinions of Lithuanian ALTs on their current professional occupational profile and its future development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01