| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance: Constant change and reform has created new requirements for a person and organization, so in order to remain attractive preschool educational institution it has to grow, learn constantly and become a qualitative new organization. It will help for a learning organization to survive in competitive conditions. The analysis of the expression of the features of learning organization will improve preschool activity and educational space. In addition, there are not any data which could show the investigated preschool education institutions as learning organizations, and there has not been found any research in what ways, they are distinguished. All the things conceded the research problem was raised: whether pre-primary school is a learning organization? The research object: The features of preschool education institution as learning organization. The purpose of the survey - to reveal preschool education institution as learning organization, the expression of their features: teachers’ and heads’ aspect of attitude. The methods of research - Questionnaire survey has been used to investigate the respondents. The questionnaire is based on the article „Formation tendencies of the School as a learning organization“by A. Juodaitytė, N. Kudokienė (2005, p. 38), and other ideas and theoretical material (Targamadzė, 1999; Simonaitienė, 2003, Stoll, Fink, 1998; Senge, 1990, etc.). The sample of the survey - The study included teachers and heads from fifteen pre-school institutions in Šiauliai. 199 respondents were interviewed, including 19 leaders (heads and deputy heads of education) and 180 teachers. The introduction is supported by: the importance of the topic, the problem, the object, the study of hypothesis, the aim of the study , the goals, research methodology, research methods, the sample of the survey , organization, the stages of the research, novelty / significance of the work, approbation and the structure. The theoretical part (consisting of three parts): 1. THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION - this section provides a learning organization concept, its significance in terms of rapid change and educational functions in the context of teaching (learning) paradigm. 2. THE FEATURES OF THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION - the symptoms of preschool educational institution as a learning organization has been analyzed and employees’ personality characteristics, and the expression of competencies. 3. THE MEMBERS OF THE LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEIR LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS - This chapter describes the participants in the learning organization: teachers, heads, parents, community and the members of the board of the educational institution. The practical part (chapter TEST RESULTS AND THEIR ANALYSIS) - Characteristics of the sample is analyzed, the comparative analysis of the data is presented: heads’ and teachers’ aspect of attitude (the features of preschool education institutions have been highlighted). Conclusions - summarizing the study results we can state that the most noticeable features of pre-school institution as learning organization are: development of the strategy, the formation of the policy, participation in the management of institution, information access, control systems, cooperation, employees’ initiatives, innovations, encouragement of changes, collection of the information about the external environment, inter-organization learning and training opportunities for everybody. The least visible features of preschool institution as a learning organization are: employees’ encouraging system and the climate of encouraging learning in the organization. Recommendations - On the basis of the research the recommendations are given Literature: both managerial and pedagogic literature was used analyzing the work. Supplement. Eight supplements are given at the end of the work. |
