| Abstract [eng] |
Individual teacher‘s activities could not guarantee a speed and complexity of pedagogical work. Significant becomes an active and cohesive team. Its members, being a different age, education, teaching experience, having various competences, acting in focused and unified way, are able to implement the set goals and objectives successfully, solve problems, make optimal decisions, i.e. guarantee the quality of educational institution. The object of research is – teachers‘ work in working groups/teams. The aim of the research is to consider and reveal the characters, advantages and disadvantages of teamwork in education, as well as determine whether the implementation of the educational teamwork improves the quality of the educational institution. The semi- structured interview method was selected for the study. 18 teachers from two primary schools in Šiauliai district (6 and 3 participants) and one of Alytus town primary school (9 participants) took part in a survey. Since teamwork is one of the opportunities to make work in education more effective, and improve its quality, this work is considered to examine the success factors in detail. It revealed the positive attitude of teachers to work in teams. It was found that the teamwork is a real form of voluntary work, but it’s still a sufficiently formal, episodic activity. A qualitative research reveals where the teamwork in educational institutions has already developed, and in what activities it doesn’t serve the purpose. The circumstances where teamwork is not effective are investigated. The reasons which affect the quality of team-working process in educational institutions are founded. The teamwork becomes more and more acceptable in many organizations, so educational institutions are not the exception. After all, the main aim is to communicate and work together, to mobilize school’s community members to successful activities, combining the management and professional competence. |
