Perkvalifikavimo studijų klausytojų mokymosi lūkesčiai

LTŠiuolaikinė mokymosi samprata siejama su holistine patirtimi, kurią asmuo įgyja per visą savo gyvenimą, nes nei viena atskira ar visos kartu formaliojo švietimo pakopos negali suteikti gebėjimų visam gyvenimui. Todėl švietimo sistema turi būti orientuota į skatinimą ir pagalbą tenkinant įvairialypius mokymosi visą gyvenimą poreikius, būti lanksti, sudaryti galimybes įvertinti, pripažinti ir tobulinti visais mokymosi būdais ir formomis įgytus asmens gebėjimus. Be to, būtini kokybiniai visos švietimo sistemos pokyčiai, lemiantys mokymosi prieinamumą ir kokybės laidavimą ir suteikiantys galimybių asmenims įgyti naujų kompetencijų, tobulinti ar įgyti naują profesinę kvalifikaciją, atsižvelgiant į besimokančiojo tikslus, poreikius ir lūkesčius. Viena iš didžiausių suaugusiųjų mokymosi praktinių problemų yra mokymosi pasiūlos ir paklausos suderinamumas, užtikrinantis besimokantiesiems mokymosi rinkoje prieinamas, tinkamas, asmeninius ir visuomeninius poreikius tenkinančias mokymosi paslaugas, suteikiančias reikalingų, pripažintų ir reikiamus gebėjimus ugdančių žinių.

ENContemporary concept of learning is linked to holistic experience, which is acquired by an individual during his/her life. Therefore, the system of education has to focus on encouragement and assistance while addressing diverse needs of lifelong learning, to become flexible and create possibilities for evaluating, acknowledging and improving of the acquired abilities of an individual employing all the forms and methods of learning. Moreover, qualitative changes to all the system of education are necessary as they predetermine accessibility of learning and quality assurance as well as provide individuals with possibilities for acquisition of new competences, improvement and obtaining of a new professional qualification, considering learner’s aims, needs and expectations. Social work requires constant professional development of social worker: to expand and deepen knowledge, to develop skills and to observe values of a social work. Therefore, it is important to involve social workers into the process of lifelong learning and to encourage their active participation. This is also necessitated by a changing society and the fact that social workers have to work with people of different races, nationalities, age, gender or orientation.Therefore, it is natural that learning needs of specialists in this sphere are linked to work and competences that are necessary to complete work-related tasks according to the established standards. These are objective requirements that are set up for an individual according to his/her duties. The research revealed that while participating in training courses, the respondents employ their acquired experience and knowledge system. Striving for better addressing of needs and expectations of participants in training courses, organisers of adult training and studies should focus on trainings of applied rather than theoretical type since the majority of learners in such courses have already acquired extensive practical experience in the area of provided studies.