Klaipėdos universitetas

This study examined the relationship between graduate students’ attitudes towards online learning and their social anxiety levels. Our

Socialinės medijos – sociokultūriniai veiksniai, formuojantys pažinimo ir veikimo procesus, integruojantys individų socializacijos procesų vyksmą virtualioje bei realioje erdvėje. Socialinės medijos tenkina individų socialinio ryšio, savivertės diagnostikos ir savirealizacijos poreikius, kurie neatsiejami nuo tapsmo visuomenės nariu, t. y. nuo individo socializacijos proceso. Šiuolaikiniame technologijų amžiuje individo naujas patirties lygmuo siejamas su virtualiai realistine patirtimi, tampant virtualiai realistinės visuomenės nariu. Socialinių medijų pozicija socializacijos tarpsnių kontekste apima pirminės ir antrinės socializacijos periodus. Socialinių medijų poveikis individų socializacijos procese integruojasi su pagrindinių socializacijos veiksnių (šeimos, mokyklos, bendraamžių grupės) funkcijomis ir įtakomis. Socialinių medijų funkcijos individo socializacijos procese siejamos su komunikaciniais pažintiniais ir socialiniais kūrybiniais individo gebėjimais bei įgūdžiais. Socialinės medijos individų socializacijos procesus gali veikti tiek teigiamai, tiek ir neigiamai.

The article focuses on the issue of the leadership competence of the heads of progymnasiums as a factor in making schools more effective. Progymnasium is part of the Lithuanian system, an institution of general education (Forms 1 to 8), an intermediate link between an elementary school and gymnasium, which differs from basic school in higher quality of activity, the created added value, and pupils’ learning achievements. Quantitative research was conducted with the participation of 193 progymnasium teachers. The research revealed that the leadership competence of the heads of progymnasiums significantly contributed to making schools more effective in terms of participation in projects, favourable conditions for teacher initiatives, participation of community members in the self-evaluation process, creating conditions for teacher professional development, supporting and promoting initiatives, initiating the process of progress and achievement assessment, ensuring the coherence of the mission, vision, and values of the educational institution, the involvement of parents /guardians/ caregivers, promotion of communication and collaboration between community members, and the maintenance of sustainable relations with social partners. The obtained research findings are to be considered as relevant for seeking active expression of leadership of the school authorities and teachers and making progymnasiums more effective.

The subject of this study is leadership styles in educational establishments. Our tasks were as follows: to analyse leadership styles and to carry out an expert study aiming at the evaluation of leadership styles in educational establishments. The methods of investigation consisted in the analysis of scientific literature, systemisation, application of the principles of logical analysis and synthesis, generalisation, induction and deduction.

The subject of this study is to present the process of implementing the concept of e-citizen in Poland in the perspective of industry 4.0. In the global world, a significant part of public administration, including local government administration, aims to increase activity using Information and Communication Technology. This process allows introducing more efficient functioning of public administration, especially in the scope of providing services to the citizen. Changes in the functioning of public administration are forced by changes in ICT, in particular by those resulting from the current implementation of the concept of industry 4.0. The result of the research was a description not only the legal bases or development policies of public e-administration, but first and foremost to indicate its practical implementation effects. As part of the practical effects, the study will present examples of the effects of e-administration implementation in the Otwock County. In particular, the attention will be paid to the implementation of elements of computerization of administration by the local authorities, and how it affects local sustainable development.