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Vilija Targamadzė, Egle Celiešienė

Abstract

Socio-economic, cultural, political and other changes, the trends of globalisation presupposed the necessity of continuous changes in education. The rate of formation of the knowledge society, ensuring dissemination of information and its accessibility raises significant questions for politicians, practitioners and scientists in education, relating to migration and demographical changes, understanding of the identity of the individual and the public spirit, reciprocal understanding and tolerance towards diversity and other. In response to the mentioned challenges legal acts and other documents of Lithuania and of the European Union are being improved, where special attention can be noticed to innovations in educational environment. However it is important to underline that innovation have become important drivers of economic growth and social improvement, especially in educational environment.

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Daugiakultūrinėje visuomenėje, kurioje globalizacijos tendencijos apima nuolatinę informacijos kaitą, skirtingų kultūrų ir subkultūrų sanglaudoje atsiranda palankios prielaidos rastis edukacinėms inovacijoms, užtikrinančioms pozityvias galimybes atsirasti naujų kompetencijų poreikiui bei jas ugdyti. The changes taking place in rapidly changing society, very often described as alternations, reforms or innovations, presume the necessity of a more specific description of the educational innovation content. In Lithuania educational changes were analysed by Aramavičiūtė, V. Martišauskienė, E. 2009; Barkauskaitė, M. 2009; Janiūnaitė, B. Kliminskas, R. 2009; Motiejūnienė, E. Žadeikaitė, L. 2009; Rutkienė, A. Zuzevičiūtė, V. 2009; Targamadzė, V. 2009; Želvys, R....