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About us

Modern Didactics Centre (MDC) is public non-governmental, non-profit organization for non-formal adult education and in-service training. MDC was established in 1999 by initiative of Vilnius Pedagogical University and Open Society Fund-Lithuania as inter-university centre.
 
Mission

Our mission - to initiate the process of looking for and carrying out innovations, to support education reform and the process of integration into European Union by continual monitoring, studying and analyzing the situation in general education, needs of Lithuanian schools for change and innovations.

 
Aims
  • To encourage and to support the initiative of academic community to bring changes in higher education and pre-service training and get open for democracy and cooperation.
  • To encourage and to support communication and cooperation between institutions of higher education and secondary schools.
  • To develop inter-university links, encouraging openness, tolerance and collegial communication between educators.
Activities
  • Planning and implementation of local and international projects
  • In-service training of adults
  • Preparation and dissemination of in-service training programs for adults in various professions
  • Organization of national and international workshops and conferences on pressing educational problems
  • Organization of study visits
  • Consultation and expertise services
  • Research
  • Publishing
Board for 2011-2015

Head of the board
Prof. Dr. Valdone INDRASIENE
Mykolas Romeris University, Head of Department of Social Work

Members of the board
dr. Kęstutis KAMINSKAS
Office of the Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Head

Gintas RUIBYS
Baltic Legal Solutions, Head of administration

Doc. Dr. Algirdas MONKEVICIUS
Mykolas Romeris University, Dean of Faculty of Politics and Management

Nijole LISEVICIENE
Trakai Education Centre, Director


Membership
Association LITDEA - Lithuanian NGOs Network of Development Education and Cooperation (since 2010)
National network of Anna Lindh Foundation (since 2009)
International RWCT Consortium (since 2004)
Association „New Connections“ (2003-2009)
Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (since 2000)

Association of Teacher Education in Europe, ATEE (since 2000)

 

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