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Critical thinking has been more than just a part of academic rhetoric and educational practice for some time now. In the rapidly changing world of information flow, critical thinking is often identified as the goal of higher education, and in the modern labour market, the importance of critical thinking to an organisation’s success is emphasised. Critical thinking is recognised as one of the tools for the formation and development of human and social capital. Nevertheless, there is a lack of evidence about the manifestation in the labour market of the critical thinking developed at institutions of higher education. This article seeks to reveal the attitude toward the importance of critical thinking in the modern labour market and toward the responsibility for developing it from the perspective of different stakeholder groups (lecturers, students, employers and employees) (the case of Lithuania). Quantitative research methodology was chosen, using a questionnaire for data collection. It was found that in both higher education and the labour market, critical thinking is treated as a developed and dynamic competence that encompasses both cognitive skills and dispositions. All of the stakeholder groups consider inference and argumentation to be the most important critical thinking skills in the modern labour market. Critical thinking dispositions such as self-confidence and fairness are the most valued. All of the stakeholder groups delegate responsibility for the development of critical thinking to the individual. In evaluating critical thinking, no divide was established between the higher education and labour market segments. The most differences in attitudes emerged in evaluating the assumption of responsibility for the development of critical thinking.
Valdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. The Value of Critical Thinking in Higher Education and the Labour Market: The Voice of Stakeholders. Social Sciences 2021, 10, 286 .
AMA StyleValdonė Indrašienė, Violeta Jegelevičienė, Odeta Merfeldaitė, Daiva Penkauskienė, Jolanta Pivorienė, Asta Railienė, Justinas Sadauskas, Natalija Valavičienė. The Value of Critical Thinking in Higher Education and the Labour Market: The Voice of Stakeholders. Social Sciences. 2021; 10 (8):286.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. 2021. "The Value of Critical Thinking in Higher Education and the Labour Market: The Voice of Stakeholders." Social Sciences 10, no. 8: 286.
Knowledge management and critical thinking are two broad and important phenomena for contemporary society. Their concepts are both well-discussed in the literature. However, the existing conceptual links between them have not been analyzed, and the role of critical thinking in the process of effective knowledge management has not been revealed. This article aims to fill this gap by presenting the conceptual connections between knowledge management and critical thinking. In order to reveal the inner structure of each concept and identify the conceptual connections, a critical review was conducted. The results showed the links between the concepts of knowledge management and critical thinking within three dimensions: relationships, process, and goals. In conclusion, each dimension is presented and described, with a special focus on the unexpected and deep intersections revealed between the two concepts on a personal, interpersonal, and societal level. This research may be regarded as providing the basis for further analysis of the links between these two phenomena. Increased awareness of the existence of critical thinking in knowledge management can forge new directions in organizational strategies and staff training programs.
Valdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. Linking Critical Thinking and Knowledge Management: A Conceptual Analysis. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1476 .
AMA StyleValdonė Indrašienė, Violeta Jegelevičienė, Odeta Merfeldaitė, Daiva Penkauskienė, Jolanta Pivorienė, Asta Railienė, Justinas Sadauskas, Natalija Valavičienė. Linking Critical Thinking and Knowledge Management: A Conceptual Analysis. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1476.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. 2021. "Linking Critical Thinking and Knowledge Management: A Conceptual Analysis." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1476.
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers and case studies
Valdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. The critically thinking employee: employers' point of view. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 2020, 7, 2590 -2603.
AMA StyleValdonė Indrašienė, Violeta Jegelevičienė, Odeta Merfeldaitė, Daiva Penkauskienė, Jolanta Pivorienė, Asta Railienė, Justinas Sadauskas, Natalija Valavičienė. The critically thinking employee: employers' point of view. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues. 2020; 7 (4):2590-2603.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdonė Indrašienė; Violeta Jegelevičienė; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskienė; Jolanta Pivorienė; Asta Railienė; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valavičienė. 2020. "The critically thinking employee: employers' point of view." Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 7, no. 4: 2590-2603.
The article discusses the construction of the critical thinking concept in higher education and its change in scientific publications between 1993 and 2017. Based on a systematic literature review, the following research questions are raised: how does construction of critical thinking concept change in the context of higher education during time? How are personal, interpersonal, and social aspects expressed in the concept of critical thinking in the context of higher education? The systematic literature review revealed significant grow of publications starting from 1998. It is also disclosed slight change in treating critical thinking as purely general or domain-specific competence. The authors of the researched articles do not make clear division between critical thinking as a general and as a domain-specific competence. Researchers in different fields tend to associate critical thinking with the development of a person’s cognitive and intellectual capacities, including skills and attitudes. However, some authors reveal also interpersonal and social aspects of critical thinking. Alas, there are not so many publications in favour of such comprehensive approach. But there is still some hope that critical thinking will be treated and nurtured as personal, interpersonal and social competence.
Valdone Indrasiene; Violeta Jegeleviciene; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskiene; Jolanta Pivoriene; Asta Railiene; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valaviciene. WHAT CRITICAL THINKING AND FOR WHAT? SOCIAL WELFARE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 2019, 1, 24 -38.
AMA StyleValdone Indrasiene, Violeta Jegeleviciene, Odeta Merfeldaitė, Daiva Penkauskiene, Jolanta Pivoriene, Asta Railiene, Justinas Sadauskas, Natalija Valaviciene. WHAT CRITICAL THINKING AND FOR WHAT? SOCIAL WELFARE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. 2019; 1 (9):24-38.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdone Indrasiene; Violeta Jegeleviciene; Odeta Merfeldaitė; Daiva Penkauskiene; Jolanta Pivoriene; Asta Railiene; Justinas Sadauskas; Natalija Valaviciene. 2019. "WHAT CRITICAL THINKING AND FOR WHAT?" SOCIAL WELFARE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1, no. 9: 24-38.
The article aims to reveal the context of occurrence of ethical dilemmas providing social in-home services. The paper analyses situations experienced by social workers that determine the occurrence of ethical dilemmas in the provision of in-home services. The study involved 6 social workers providing in-home services with the work experience in service provision from 10 to 14 years. The research data collection method is the semi-structured interview. The data obtained in the interviews were analysed using the descriptive analysis method. Analysing the situation of social in-home services recipients it was observed that social in-home services are provided to the elderly, who, because of illnesses or age, are not able to look after themselves at home, who do not get help from relatives or such help is insufficient. It is stated that not all potential clients accept or get social in-home services. The article distinguishes the following factors influencing the occurrence of ethical dilemmas: conflicts of values, the wish of clients or of their relatives to deny the significance and meaningfulness of the services provided, ill-founded requirements of clients and their relatives, derogation of the professional status of the social worker, the conflict between personal and organizational values and the capability of the social security system.
Valdone Indrasiene; Agata Katkonienė; Justinas Sadauskas. THE CONTEXT OF OCCURRENCE OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOME SERVICES: EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2017, 2, 410 .
AMA StyleValdone Indrasiene, Agata Katkonienė, Justinas Sadauskas. THE CONTEXT OF OCCURRENCE OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOME SERVICES: EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. 2017; 2 ():410.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdone Indrasiene; Agata Katkonienė; Justinas Sadauskas. 2017. "THE CONTEXT OF OCCURRENCE OF ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOME SERVICES: EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL WORKERS." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2, no. : 410.
Purpose of the research was to reveal experiences of social workers dealing with the death of palliative care patients. Based on scientific literature, the experiences of professionals who encounter the death of patients are showed in the first part of the paper. In the empirical part the qualitative investigation is presented, the purpose of which is to disclose the areas of activity of the social worker in the provision of palliative help. For data collection the semi-structured interview was selected. Five social workers who provide social services in a team of palliative care participated in the individual interviews. The data has been analysed applying the qualitative analysis of the content.
Justinas Sadauskas; S. Benošytė; A. Vetra; L. Vilka. Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress. SHS Web of Conferences 2016, 30, 22 .
AMA StyleJustinas Sadauskas, S. Benošytė, A. Vetra, L. Vilka. Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress. SHS Web of Conferences. 2016; 30 ():22.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJustinas Sadauskas; S. Benošytė; A. Vetra; L. Vilka. 2016. "Experiences of social workers providing palliative care for dying patients in the institutions of palliative care and their ways to overcome stress." SHS Web of Conferences 30, no. : 22.
Each profession and the image of its representatives are being assessed taking into consideration the specifics of the activity, the environment, the existing stereotypes and the attitudes towards it. The activity of the supervisor is a new one in Lithuania therefore a lot of stereotypic attitudes appear in respect of the supervisor‘s profession. That means it is very important to find out what supervisor’s image have the supervisors themselves, and what are the expectations of the counselled ones in respect of the professionals in this field. The goal of the research is to analyse the expectations in respect of the supervisor in Lithuania, based on insights of supervisors and of the persons with and without the experience of supervision.
Odeta Merfeldaite; Justinas Sadauskas. EXPECTATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE SUPERVISOR‘S IMAGE: THE LITHUANIAN CASE. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2016, 4, 379 .
AMA StyleOdeta Merfeldaite, Justinas Sadauskas. EXPECTATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE SUPERVISOR‘S IMAGE: THE LITHUANIAN CASE. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. 2016; 4 ():379.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOdeta Merfeldaite; Justinas Sadauskas. 2016. "EXPECTATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE SUPERVISOR‘S IMAGE: THE LITHUANIAN CASE." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 4, no. : 379.
The study analyses the role of reflection in the context of professional improvement as one of the assumptions for profession competence of the social pedagogues. It is noted that reflection of professional experience is important in the preparation of the specialists providing social pedagogic assistance and in the improvement of their competence to act in both defined and undefined professional situations. Applying the qualitative research it has been established that in order to improve the provision of social pedagogic assistance it is important to continuously reflect on own professional activity. The research has established that reflection is one of the factors of the competence of specialists of the social pedagogics, since reflection of individual experience allows to consider actions, practicable methods, to foresee the results and the impact on the situation, on other people and on the person.
Valdone Indrasiene; Justinas Sadauskas. REFLECTION AS A FACTOR OF THE ACTIVITY OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2016, 1, 102 .
AMA StyleValdone Indrasiene, Justinas Sadauskas. REFLECTION AS A FACTOR OF THE ACTIVITY OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. 2016; 1 ():102.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdone Indrasiene; Justinas Sadauskas. 2016. "REFLECTION AS A FACTOR OF THE ACTIVITY OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SOCIAL PEDAGOGUES." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 1, no. : 102.
Remiantis atlikta mokslinės literatūros analize, straipsnyje nagrinėjamos bendruomenių formavimosi kaimo vietovėse prielaidos, analizuojami socialinio darbo kaimo bendruomenėje ypatumai, pateikiama socialinių darbuotojų kompetencijos veikti kaimo bendruomenėje apibrėžtis.Esminiai žodžiai: bendruomenės vystymas, socialinis darbas bendruomenėje, bendruomenės socialinė veikla, socialinio darbuotojo kompetencijos.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/su.2015.37
Giedrė Misiūnienė; Justinas Sadauskas. Definition of the Competence of the Social Workers for Acting in a Rural Community. Socialinis ugdymas 2015, 40, 99 -117.
AMA StyleGiedrė Misiūnienė, Justinas Sadauskas. Definition of the Competence of the Social Workers for Acting in a Rural Community. Socialinis ugdymas. 2015; 40 (1):99-117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiedrė Misiūnienė; Justinas Sadauskas. 2015. "Definition of the Competence of the Social Workers for Acting in a Rural Community." Socialinis ugdymas 40, no. 1: 99-117.
The purpose of the study is to assess the organisation of assistance for children after domestic violence experience in Lithuania. The methods of scientific literature, analysis of strategic document and legal acts, synthesis and generalisation were used. The main findings:Children in Lithuanian mostly experience physical aggression, but in recent year’s case of psychological violence are becoming more and more frequent. Increase of psychological violence against children allows to believe that specialists of Child‘s Rights Protection divisions as well as other specialists more actively and successfully identify the children that experience psychological violence and manifestations of such violence and apply corresponding measures. The legal framework for prevention of violence against the child is and the child‘s health care has been created. In cases of violence against children support to the victim and his/her family is provided and coordinated systematically by specialists of various fields and institutions, according to the needs of the victim. The complex support required by the children after experienced violence and their families (psychological, social, legal and psychiatric) is basically provided by non-governmental organizations the most of which are located in the major cities. In more remote places for the suffered children and their families it is really confusing to get support, especially the lasting one
Valdone Indrasiene; Odeta Merfeldaite; Justinas Sadauskas. Assistance to Children Exposed to Domestic Violance: Situation in Lithuania. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 2015, 3, 355 -368.
AMA StyleValdone Indrasiene, Odeta Merfeldaite, Justinas Sadauskas. Assistance to Children Exposed to Domestic Violance: Situation in Lithuania. SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. 2015; 3 ():355-368.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdone Indrasiene; Odeta Merfeldaite; Justinas Sadauskas. 2015. "Assistance to Children Exposed to Domestic Violance: Situation in Lithuania." SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference 3, no. : 355-368.
Contemporary university teaching/learning paradigm highlights the importance of learning to learn competence. Hence, the article analyses the organization of social work practice in community through the aspect of developing learning to learn competence. Research objectives include:- establish the prerequisites of developing learning to learn competence during social work practice in community;- reveal students’ opinions on the organization of social work practice in community through the aspect of developing learning to learn competence.Quasi-experiment design has been chosen for the research, which focuses on one group evaluation before and after the field experiment. The research sample is 58 fourth-year Bachelor program for social work MRU students, who studied alternative optional study subject – social work practice in community. Questionnaire based survey was applied to carry out the research on the change of learning to learn competence self-assessment. Based on competence portfolio content analysis, the reasons of the change in learning to learn competence self-assessment were revealed.The research showed that the development of learning to learn competence during social work practice in community is promoted by the application of the direct experience social worker preparation model, the main accent of which is student life experience or direct work experience, based on which competences and knowledge necessary for work in community could bedeveloped.Future social workers’ learning to learn competence development is mostly influenced by purposefully selected practice tasks, which are focused on learning through active participation, seeking to take into account the foreseen study results and real community needs. Tasks focused on learning through active participation and community problem solving give the basis for the development of student learn to learn competence.Possibility to constantly reflect personal activity is important in seeking effective organization of social work practice in community and the development of learning to learn competences necessary for this work.
Valdonė Indrašienė; Justinas Sadauskas. II. Socialinio darbo teorija ir praktika. Socialinio darbo praktikos bendruomenėje organizavimas mokymosi mokytis kompetencijos ugdymo aspektu: Studentų požiūris. Social Work 2013, 12, 261 -272.
AMA StyleValdonė Indrašienė, Justinas Sadauskas. II. Socialinio darbo teorija ir praktika. Socialinio darbo praktikos bendruomenėje organizavimas mokymosi mokytis kompetencijos ugdymo aspektu: Studentų požiūris. Social Work. 2013; 12 (2):261-272.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValdonė Indrašienė; Justinas Sadauskas. 2013. "II. Socialinio darbo teorija ir praktika. Socialinio darbo praktikos bendruomenėje organizavimas mokymosi mokytis kompetencijos ugdymo aspektu: Studentų požiūris." Social Work 12, no. 2: 261-272.