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Having acknowledged the importance of leadership, it seems there is lack of research in the field of developing the leadership skills of healthcare workers. Therefore, this article aims to answer the problem question: what leadership abilities of healthcare workers are important, and what are the opportunities to develop them in healthcare institutions? Theoretical insights and quantitative research have been used to answer this question. The questionnaire survey of healthcare workers conducted confirms that the expression of leadership is inseparable from motivation, being an example, help and cooperation, the ability to mobilise the team to act in one direction and achieve the set goals. The study shows that the development of leadership skills is achieved through personal development, the formation of positive attitudes towards changes, the dissemination of leadership competence, independent activity, and mutual interaction. The study is significant in that it can help understand factors for the improvement of the subject under consideration, and make a targeted intervention in ongoing processes of the development of leadership skills, improving them and achieving better results in the development of the leadership skills of healthcare workers.

Iki mokyklos vaikas turi pasiekti optimalią fizinę, emocinę, socialinę ir pažinimo brandą, todėl emocinės sveikatos pamatai turi būti dedami jau ikimokykliniame amžiuje. Keliamas tyrimo tikslas – ištirti žaidimų terapijos taikymo galimybes ugdant vaikų emocinę sveikatą ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigoje. Taikyti tyrimo metodai: mokslinės literatūros ir dokumentų analizė, ugdomasis projektas, vaikų elgsenos stebėjimas, kokybinė duomenų analizė. Ugdomajame projekte dalyvavo 19 Klaipėdos m. X l/d ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų. Nustatyta, kad 5–6 metų vaikų gebėjimas kontroliuoti ir valdyti savo elgesį, emocijas žaidžiant pakito iš esmės. Žaidybinės veiklos pradžioje vaikai sunkiai galėjo susitvarkyti su iškilusiais sunkumais atliekant tam tikras užduotis. Išryškėjo individualūs vaikų ir lyties skirtumai. Projektui įpusėjus, jie išmoko spręsti konfliktus, prisitaikyti prie situacijos, bendrauti ir bendradarbiauti. Pastebėta, kad susilpnėjo liūdesio, baimės ir nerimo emocijos. Empirinio tyrimo rezultatai leido išryškinti žaidimų terapijos taikymo ypatumus ir galimybes ugdant vaikų emocinę sveikatą ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigoje.

The Covid-19 pandemic posed new challenges and opportunities for participants in education. The following article reveals the experiences

The article analyzes the factors that influence the quality of the study. Quality of study and its assurance are priority tasks in the European higher education area. The key provisions of the Bologna Process focus on the paradigm shift in higher education. The Berlin Communique (2003) identifies the need for quality assurance at institutional, national and European level as well as for the development of common quality assurance criteria and methodologies. The Bergen Communiqué (2005) emphasized the importance of research for the improvement of studies, and endorsed the European qualifications framework for higher education based on learning outcomes. They are defined by the Dublin Descriptors (2005), which describe knowledge and understanding specific to each cycle, the application of knowledge and understanding, as well as decision-making, communication and learning to learn skills (2014-2020 Case Study of the Suitability and Compatibility of European Union Funds Investment in Training Programs, 2018). The Leuven Communique (2009) emphasizes student-centered studies, which remain a priority in the European Higher Education Area Quality Assurance Regulations and Guidelines (2015). The article analyzes the attitude of students of pedagogical studies towards the factors that influence the quality of studies. Students from Lithuanian and Romanian regional universities (Klaipėda University and 1 Decembrie 1918 University) participated in the study, 553 persons studying in various forms, undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The study was conducted with the aim of increasing internationalization and developing partnerships with European Union universities. Close collaboration in research helps to disseminate best practice in improving the quality of studies. This international study is theoretically and empirically based on the research methodology and statistical methods have identified the most important factors that determine the quality of the study process. It is researched how students’ attitudes towards individual study process quality factors depend on their study evaluation, learning motivation, age and other parameters. The dissemination of the research results will help the academic community of the universities to carry out similar research and to improve the quality of studies on this basis.

Higher education, scientific research and innovations play a significant role in supporting social cohesion, economic growth and global competitiveness. The Bologna Process documents note the importance of the involvement of students in the quality assurance of higher education.The aim of the article is to reveal the connections between learning provisions and study quality of the Klaipėda University (hereinafter: KU) Childhood Pedagogy study programme students. 131 students of Klaipėda University Childhood Pedagogy study programme were interviewed by means of a questionnaire.The research reveals that students’ attitudes towards individual determinants of the study quality are related to the learning provisions that they follow. Students have identified most important factors affecting the quality of studies: relationship between the student and the university teacher, student motivation to learn, teaching/learning methods and university teacher competences. The results of the research can help university management team, programme curators to enhance educational processes at the university by improving the quality of studies.

The development of information technology (IT) in the process of modern primary education poses new challenges for participants in this process. Despite the fact that the development of IT enhances teaching/learning, and makes it modern and attractive, the unrestricted and irresponsible use of IT can have negative consequences for both the physical and the mental health of younger school-age children. The article analyses problems related to features of creating a healthy child-friendly teaching/learning environment in the context of the development of IT in primary education. A total of 237 primary school teachers in western Lithuania were interviewed by means of a written (questionnaire) survey research method.The research results show that a computer is the main IT tool in the primary education environment. Almost all the interviewed teachers had them in their classrooms. Teachers lack in particular interactive boards and tablets. Only a very small number of teachers had them in their classrooms. The teachers interviewed lack more diverse means of IT in their classrooms, which limits the possibilities for using IT in the education process. The results of the research reveal that although primary school students know about safe use and health-care when working with IT, they are not able to apply the available knowledge in practice. Children lack the acquisition of practical actions and skills in applying them in life situations. Only a third, and even fewer teachers, agreed that while using IT children are able to sit correctly at a desk, protect their eyesight, do eye exercises, coordinate eye and hand movements, etc. Therefore, not only are modern means of IT and their safe installation important for the creation of a healthy child-friendly primary teaching/learning environment in the context of IT, but so is the development of safe and healthy child-friendly behaviour with IT: the regulation and distribution of work time with IT at school and at home, the responsible use of IT; not only the provision of knowledge about the use of IT to students, but also the formation of practical skills and their application in life situations.

The researches justify the importance of using IT in the process. However, the use of IT in the teaching environment is a new challenge in protecting and enhancing the health of primary students. The natural tendency of children, the need of the use of IT in the process of teaching (learning) necessitates the management of this process. Research aim – to examine expanse’s tendencies of IT in primary education and to reveal the features of creating a healthy teaching (learning) environment for pupils. 237 teachers of primary school from the west of Lithuania have been surveyed. The study showed that primary school teachers and students are not yet appointed with a variety of IT tools. Although almost all of the teachers had computers in their classrooms and almost half of the respondents had a digital projector, only a very small part of the teachers had interactive whiteboards and tablets in their classrooms. Primary schools have purchased different IT tools for co-use, but only few of the teachers have those tools in their classrooms. The lack of IT tools in the classroom limits the possibilities of their use in the education process. The study revealed that the knowledge of the primary students about the safe use of IT tools, healthcare while working with IT is not related to their skills. Children lack the ability to learn practical activities, their application in life situations and healthy behaviours. Although a lot of teachers think that primary students are aware of the safe use of IT and the effect of misuse of IT, only one third or less of primary school teachers agreed that primary students are able to properly sit at the desk using IT, to do eye exercises, to protect their eyesight, to adjust eye and hand movements, etc.

Stiprinant pradinių klasių mokinių sveikatą ypatingas vaidmuo tenka tėvų vykdomai savo vaikų sveikatos elgsenos stebėsenai ir korekcijai. Straipsnyje išryškinamas tyrimo tikslas – ištirti tėvų nuomones dėl jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikų sveikatos elgsenos stebėsenos ir korekcijos šeimoje. Tyrime dalyvavo 303 tėvai, auginantys jaunesniojo mokyklinio amžiaus vaikus. Atliktas kiekybinis tyrimas, taikyta apklausa raštu. Gauti tyrimo rezultatai atskleidžia, kad beveik visi tyrime dalyvavę tėvai dažnai stebi ir koreguoja savo vaikų asmens higienos įpročius, emocinę būseną bei netinkamą elgesį. Beveik trečdalis tėvų dar nepakankamai dažnai stebi ir koreguoja savo vaikų sėdėseną, laikyseną, kuprinės svorį. Maždaug pusė apklaustų tėvų nepakankamai dažnai domisi savo vaikų mityba ne namuose. Nors didesnė tėvų dalis stebi ir koreguoja pradinių klasių mokinių dienotvarkę bei vaiko buvimo prie ekranų laiką, tačiau dar maždaug penktadalis tėvų tai daro kartais arba retai.

Policininkų psichoemocinė būsena, jų patiriamo streso darbe ypatumai, streso valdymas yra aktualios visuomenės sveikatos problemos. Darbe patiriamas stresas gali lemti pareigūnų atliekamo darbo kokybės prastėjimą, prastą darbo funkcijų atlikimą. Straipsnyje keliamas tyrimo tikslas – policijos pareigūnų darbe patiriamo streso analizė. Tyrime dalyvavo 138 Lietuvos komisariatų policijos pareigūnai. Atliktas kiekybinis tyrimas, apklausa raštu. Naudota SPSS programa, taikytas chi kvadrato kriterijus. Duomenys reikšmingi, kai p ≤0,05. Tyrimas atskleidė, kad policijos pareigūnams reikėtų kurti palankesnę, saugesnę ir sveikesnę darbo aplinką, vis dar trūksta vadovų palaikymo ir pasitikėjimo jais.