| Abstract [eng] |
In this work the issues related to preparation of music educators have been analyzed and also the peculiarities of their professional competences and their improvement has been investigated. The problem of the preparation of teachers has been a relevant one, as not only the success of education reform course, but also the further development of our culture is mostly based on the relevant preparation of teachers. The main direction of present educational policies in Lithuania is the encouragement of professional improvement; ant is has presented wide possibilities of the professional improvement of teachers. In order to reveal the attitude of music teachers towards their professional improvement, the research has been carried out, which consisted of continuous written survey of music teachers and also the qualitative research of art school directors. In the first stage of this research 109 music teachers have been questioned, while in the second part of the research the attempts have been made to question more respondents, who had already participated in the first stage of the survey (i.e. 91 music teachers). The object of the research – the development of qualification and competences of music teachers. The following tasks have been made: 1) to review the peculiarities of professional preparation of music teachers; 2) to analyze the current requirements for the competences of music teachers; 3) to reveal the qualification improvement forms among music teachers; 4) to investigate the attitude of music teachers towards the qualification improvement, as the composite part of their professional activities; 5) to analyze the factors which make influence on the improvement motivation encouragement and limitations; 6) to determine the attitude of music and art school directors towards the possibilities of qualification development of music teachers. The results from continuous research show that the improvement of competences of music teachers and their need for self-realization is relatively high, and thus do not have limitations of formal attesting requirements. Most of respondents who have participated in this research agree with the importance of continuous learning and they also understand the relevance of learning and accept the improvement of qualification as a composite part of their professional activities. |
