Lithuanian universities have a long standing practice of doctoral studies in Educational Sciences. Local doctoral study programs and supervision of doctoral students are generally of high quality. The present Vilnius university Doctoral School focuses on international cooperation and seeks to enrich and extend existing practices. By bringing together relevant research groups in the Educational Sciences, the Doctoral School promotes and supports (inter)national collaboration in educational research with the aim of creating mass, building connections within the field, and making the research more competitive in the European and global context.
The Doctoral School is being established in doctoral studies in Educational Sciences at Vilnius University by drawing on the expertise from experienced researchers at Vilnius University and recently integrated Šiauliai Academy. It is also open for doctoral students and their scientific supervisors from the Educational Sciences consortium. The Doctoral School can also be attended by doctoral students from other fields of science if their research topics are related to educational sciences, or their topics are interdisciplinary. Strategy of Doctoral school was approved by Philosophy Faculty Board on 2022 10 19.
The Doctoral School provide doctoral students in Educational Sciences with the opportunity to become highly qualified researchers and leaders, able to focus their research on current and future European and global challenges and to engage in continual transformative professional learning.
The Vilnius University Doctoral School of Educational Sciences will act as an innovative environment for doctoral research that addresses several of the Salzburg Principles for the third cycle, which is an important step towards meeting international European standards. At the same time, the Doctoral School will be compatible with existing doctoral degree programs and structures.
Leader of the Doctoral School - prof. dr. Lilija Duoblienė.
Activities
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Druskininkai International Seminar on Education Research
Vilnius University Institute of Educational Sciences together with Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies organize an International Seminar on December 4-8, 2023, in Druskininkai, Lithuania.
General chairs: prof. dr. Lilija Duoblienė, prof. dr. Valentina Dagienė
Program chairs: prof. dr. Erik Barendsen, dr. Ineke Henze
Aims
The International Seminar intends to contribute to the following general aims:
· Collaboration: bringing together international expert researchers and doctoral students, fostering continuous updating of the academic content, reflection, and sharing of expertise in research;
· Communication: establishing dialogue and communication between doctoral students, researchers and educational stakeholders, thus generating questions and co-creating knowledge;
· Competence development: providing its participants access to innovative scientific ideas and research methodologies in the field of education, aligning scientific schooling with the doctoral students’ needs for professional development – in this way, doctoral students improve their content related and methodological competencies as well as various transferable skills.
To this end, the International Seminar
· establishes a friendly forum for doctoral students to discuss their research topics, research questions and research design;
· provides constructive feedback and help from peers and international senior researchers;
· offers a rich activity program with lectures, workshops, and intervision and reflection sessions.
Participants
The seminar is designed primarily for students who are currently enrolled in any stage of doctoral studies with a focus on education research (pedagogy, didactics, teacher training, formal and non-formal education, higher education, educational technology, computational thinking, STEM) or with a focus on educational aspects of globalization and modern technologies, as well as their supervisors.
All participated doctoral students will be granted 3 ETCS credits from Vilnius University, with certificates of participation.
Activities will be led by a team of international scientists:
Erik Barendsen, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Lidia Feklistova, Tartu University, Estonia
Ineke Henze, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Mikko-Jussi Laakso, University of Turku, Finland
Kati Mäkitalo, Oulu University, Finland
Jean-Philippe Pellet, University of Teacher Education, Lausanne, Switzerland
Heike Wendt, University of Graz, Austria
Valentina Dagienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Lilija Duoblienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Sandra Kairė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Natalija Mažeikienė Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Irena Stonkuvienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Jogaila Vaitekaitis, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Preparation by participants
The doctoral student:
● prepares a short personal introduction;
● prepares and submits a research plan on their thesis project, in particular the study they are working on (or planning to work on);
● prepares a poster on their research; is prepared to briefly explain the poster to fellow participants (5 minutes);
● contributes to reviewing research plans and giving feedback to fellow doctoral students;
● formulates questions, research dilemmas and learning goals for the International Seminar.
Requirements for the research plan and the poster are described in a separate document. An online review environment will be available before the seminar.
Please bring your poster to the venue.
Important dates
● Wednesday, 15 November: Registration deadline.
● Monday, 20 November: Deadline for submitting research plan (doctoral students).
● Monday, 27 November: Reviewer assignment; start of reviewing process (doctoral students and senior researchers).
Optimization of the network of higher education institutions and improvement of the quality of studies by merging ŠiauliaiUniversity and Vilnius University’ No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-738-03-0001. The project is co-funded by the European Social Fund.