| Abstract [eng] |
Modern concept of the career and the design of new career trends are dominating the society. Contemporary society and the labor market need innovative, proactive, creative and versatile personalities. The ability to build teachers career becomes a challenge in the society with the changing needs. Research Object. Art teachers’ opinion about professional career development conditions. Research Hypothesis. Art teachers’ professional career development is relevant to their further career development. Research Aim. To analyze art teachers’ professional career features and capabilities and to design and implement professional competencies in Alytus district. Research Objectives: 1. To analyze art teachers’ professional career peculiarities using scientific literature. 2. To perform quantitative and qualitative research in order to reveal the art teachers career planning factors and trends that change them. 3. To summarize theoretical and research results and to provide art teachers’ professional career opportunities for the realization of professional competencies. Research Methodology. Theoretical: scientific literature analysis. Empirical: quantitative and qualitative data collection methods. Statistical: processing of the research results and analysis using statistical data processing applications. Research sample. Quantitative and qualitative research conducted in Alytus district schools. In the quantitative research respondents were from different backgrounds of art: music, theatre, choreography, and art educators (N=100). Qualitative expert group consisted of art direction educators with methodologist qualification (N=3), which have been subjected to a structured interview. Thesis structure. The thesis consists of abstract, summary, introduction, list of basic definitions, 5 chapters, conclusion, recommendations, references (47 sources) and 2 appendixes. Survey data is illustrated with 10 tables and 32 figures. The total scope of work is 71 pages. Conclusion. Art educators developing their careers choose self-development and self-realization as priorities. It can be assumed that the personal use of career-related changes is not only useful for art teachers, but also the organization. Motivated and competent teachers are a key to organizations success. |
