Development of the profession and qualifications of adult educators in Lithuania in the context of reforms of adult education |
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| Authors: | Genut? Gedvilien? Vidmantas Tūtlys Vilija Luko?ūnien? Vaiva Zuzevi?iūt? |
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| Institution: | 1.Institute of Education Science, Faculty of Social Sciences,Vytautas Magnus University,Kaunas,Lithuania;2.Lithuanian Association for Adult Education (LAAE),Vilnius,Lithuania;3.Mykolas Romeris University,Vilnius,Lithuania |
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| 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. |
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