University and school didactics : training of teachers and Lithuanian language teaching

Educology attempts to define various problems as precisely as possible, even though it is not always easy to suggest specific solutions. When considering teaching and learning at secondary and higher schools, mutual dissatisfaction is often expressed. Universities that pro-duce teachers should relate the academic discipline teaching methods with secondary school didactics requirements: we should produce teachers who are able not only to deliver knowledge about an academic discipline but also able to develop certain abilities and values of pupils, and to modernize and properly deliver the contents. In order to be able to aim at the said things, future teachers have to develop their skills, opinions, their ability to analyze, change and interpret teaching aids. The objective of the article is to analyze the meaning aspects of university and school didactics, and to define possible teaching and learning interrelations at universities and schools. The subject of the work covers education documents such as programs, education standards, and publications about educological and academic discipline teaching. Methods of the work include analysis, comparison and consolidation of educological and methodological publications. The article deals with the following meaning aspects of university and school didactics: 1) How are teaching and learning understood at higher and secondary schools? The set teaching and learning objectives have to be of several levels: general teaching and... [to full text]