Laima Tomėnienė

The article aims to reveal the context of the expression of advantages and challenges of inclusive education. The research was based on an interpretive approach to research methodology in order to find out the attitude of the research participants – teachers of general education schools – about the reality of the implementation of inclusive educati...

The article analyses the experiences of teachers in organizing assessment and self-assessment processes in natural sciences lessons. In order to compare the teacher’s assessment and the student’s self-assessment, the study relies on the concept of assessment as learning. The research participants are primary education teachers who organize natural...

Teachers’ cooperation with parents of students with special educational needs (SEN) is particularly important for students with special educational needs. Theoretical analysis has found that there are often problems of cooperation between teachers and parents of children with special educational needs. In order to clarify this, a quantitative study...

The article aims to reveal collaboration-based support provision models for a child with special educational needs and his/her family in Lithuania. The qualitative research method used was a semi-structured interview. The participants of the research were special educators and speech therapists providing support to school-age children with special...

International policy, intensively developing the ideas of inclusive education for people with disabilities, poses many questions about the survival of schools intended solely for pupils who have special educational needs and their role in the modern education system. By becoming a full member of the European Union and other international organizati...

p>The article reveals the experiences of pupils with severe special educational needs (SEN) at special education institutions, which are analyzed in the context of inclusive education approach and research conducted in foreign countries data. The study follows qualitative research methodology. The data collected employing the semi-structured pupils...

The article briefly surveys the system of special pedagogical support in Lithuania, the types of educational institutions of a specific purpose and their place in the context of comprehensive education. The research on the quality of education and educational support provided in special schools and special education centres is introduced. The resea...

Rozwój perspektyw dotyczących kształcenia ustawicznego uczniów ze specjalnymi potrzebami edukacyjnymi w szkołach specjalnych na Litwie Abstrakt Artykuł zawiera krótki przegląd systemu edukacji specjalnej na Litwie-instytucji edukacyjnych: ich celu i miejsca w edukacji powszechnej oraz wsparcia specjalistycz-nego realizowanego w szkołach i ośrod...

The strategic aims of Lithuanian education orientate towards the development of inclusive education. However, in addition to mainstream schools, special schools still exist as well. In this context, future perspectives of special schools and their role in the inclusive education system has become a particularly relevant problem; therefore, it is im...

The paper focuses on the issues of parents consulting and their involvement in an educational service process for families at schools. The quality of education and the effectiveness of provision of educational services are considered as an integral part of successful learning. To analyze parental opinion (N=530) towards their consulting and involve...

The article deals with the attitude of people with disabilities who participated in vocational rehabilitation and vocational training specialists towards the possibilities for application of vocational training models and models of workplaces for the employment of people with disabilities in Lithuania and Ukraine. The results of an on-line question...

The article analyzes vocational education teachers‘ approach to the interaction between mathematical competence and working-class career choice in the educational process of the students with mathematics learning difficulties. There are distinguished basic mathematical subjects and mathematical skills, which, according to the teachers, are importan...

The article deals with the strategies used in of mathematical education, while creating the methodology of the development of mathematical literacy in senior class students of mainstream schools having moderate special educational needs oriented towards the development of functional students’ abilities in practice. 20 pedagogues (teachers of mathem...

p class="ListParagraph1"> The article deals with the aspects of the development of functional mathematical literacy of students with moderate special educational needs. Creating the methodology of the development of functional mathematical literacy of students with moderate special educational needs the action research was organized, where 9 eighth...

The article deals with the approach of pedagogues from vocational rehabilitation centres towards the importance of the development of functional mathematical literacy for vocational training of students having moderate special educational needs. It has been attempted to reveal the expression of the abilities of functional mathematical literacy of y...

The article deals with modelling of the system of functional mathematical literacy development of eighth form pupils with moderate special educational needs, learning in mainstream schools. Applying the action research method, the measurements of the participants of the (self-)educational process are analysed and, based on them, the possibilities o...

The article deals with the research on functional mathematical literacy of pupils with moderate special educational needs (SEN) learning in eighth forms of mainstream schools. Research data were collected applying quantitative approach. The article describes aspects of research structure, material selection and received research results. The questi...

The article deals with the peculiarities of the application of the knowledge of mathematics in real life situations of students with moderate special needs who study in senior forms of mainstream schools. The research data have been collected applying quantitative approach. By the method of questionnaire survey it has been investigated how students...