Address:
Studentu St. 39, Room 236
LT-08106 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone:
+370 5 275 70 96
E-mail:
menas@vpu.lt
The staff
Timeworker staff
Overview
The department was established in 1993. It maintains well-established relations with Teacher Competence Centre and Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (CQAHE) under the Ministry of Education and Science: teachers of the Department participate in expert activities, preparation of education documents of national importance; they are the first ones who know and implement numerous education innovations in practice. The Department is in constant contact with members of Lithuanian Choreographer Association, Lithuanian Folk Culture Centre, Department of Choreography, University of Klaipėda and the Department of Choreography. Since 2006, the Department of Arts Education has cooperated with the Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, Press of Arts and Contemporary Dance Association.
The Department of Arts Education and teachers of Dance Education maintain relations with the Fund of Lithuanians in Canada, Lithuanian communities of Canada and the USA. The connections are made with University of Flensburg (Germany), BaltArt- fine art and arts education specialist group from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which analyses relevant questions and social application problems of arts education. The department also cooperates with the University of Flensburg (Germany), University of Bergen (Norway), University of Helsinki (Finland), Konservatorium Wien University (Austria), Daugavpils University (Latvia), Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia) others. There are currently 163 undergraduate, 65 master and 3 doctorate students studying in the department.
Offered study programmes
Undergraduate
Dance Education. Full-time (4 years) and part-time (5.5 years) studies, 240 credits. Programme is accredited until June 30, 2017.
Theatre Education. Full-time (4 years) and part-time (5.5 years) studies, 240 credits. Programme is accredited until June 30, 2017.
Master
Music Education (Specialisations: Music Education, Special Music Education). Full-time (2 years) and part-time (3 years) studies, 120 credits. Programme is accredited until December 31, 2014.
Fine Arts Education (Specialisations: Fine Arts Education, Fine Arts History Education). Full-time (2 years) and part-time (3 years) studies, 120 credits. Programme is accredited until June 30, 2014.
Dance Education. Full-time (2 years) and part-time (3 years) studies, 120 credits. Programme is accredited until January 14, 2013.
Offered subjects
Undergraduate. Aesthetics, Application of Information and Communication Technologies in Dance Education, Application of Information and Communication Technologies in Theatre Education, Arts Education of Children with Special Needs, Ballroom Dance Basics, Body Relaxation Techniques, Children’s Puppet Theatre, Country Dancing Composition, Dance Composition, Dance Expression and its Education, Dance Recording System, Direction of Educational Theatre, Education of Classical Dance, Education of Creative Dance Expression, Education of Historical Dance, Education of Lithuanian Stage Dancing and Author Study, Education of Visual Stage Expression, Education of World Nation Dances, Educational Creativity Projects, Educational Physical Theatre, Educational Speech Theatre, Expression and its Education, Film Making at School, Forum Theatre, History of Contemporary Dance, Improvisation and Composition of Modern Dance, Informal Theatre Education, Integrated Arts Education, Introduction to Studies, Jazz Dance, Kinesiology and of Dance and Prevention of Traumas, Lithuanian Country Dancing Basics and Study of Dance, Lithuanian Ethnic Culture and Dance Folklore, Musicality Education, New Technologies in Modern Dance, Physical Expression Education, Principles of Education Research, Principles of Modern Dance, Relevant Youth Dances, Skill Studies (Dance), Stage Speech Education, Subject (Dance, Theatre) Didactics, The Principles of Group Dance Composition in “Dainų šventė” (“Lithuanian Song and Dance Celebration), Theatre Comprehension Basics, Theatre Expression Education, Theatre Schools, Theatrical and Media Education. Optional subjects: Layout and Preparation of Methodical, Educational Books, and Educational Visual Materials; Layout Basics.
Master. Analysis of a piece of Fine Arts, Arts Education of Children with Special Needs, Creative (Dance, Theatre) Education, Culture Studies and Education, Dance Education Theory and Practice, Development of Arts Education Ideas, Education and Artistic Activity Management, Educational (Theatre, Dance) Performance Variety, Educational Research Data Analysis, Educational Research Methodology, Educational Research Organising, Fine Arts History Education Theory and Practice, Kinaesthetic Education, Methods for Art Criticism, Music Band Management, Musical Education theory and Practice, Musicality Education, Ontology and Education of Art, Project Visual Expression, Systemic Research of Visual Expression, Theatre Education Theory and Practice, Trends in the Change of Artistic Education, Visual Expression Morphology, World Music.
All the subjects are delivered in Lithuanian except these delivered in other English and Russian:
English: Arts education of children with special needs, Contemporary dance analysis, Dance didactics, practice and course paper, Educational physical theatre, Film Making at School, History of contemporary dance, Principles of modern dance, Theatre Expression Education.
Russian: Культурология и воспитание, Методология педагогических исследований, Обзор Литовского искусства (развитие архитектуры: от готики до постмодернизма; городская скульптура; взгляд на литовскую живопись), Онтология искусства и воспитание, Педагогика искусства и терапия для учеников со специальными нуждами, Развитие идей художественного воспитания в контексте культуры, Театральное воспитание дошкольников (5-7 год).
Research topics
Theoretical and historical aspects of arts education; Arts education research traditions and perspective; Arts subject teacher training models; Arts subject teacher competence development in the education process.
Research team: Prof. Dr. Habil. V. Matonis, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Kazragytė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Kudinovienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Karatajienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Vilkelienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Kaluinaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. B. Banevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Sakadolskienė, Assoc. Prof. L. Kisielienė and others.
The researchers have published 1 encyclopaedia and 11 educational books.
Ongoing projects
Project of EU Structural Funds "Quality Improvement of Teacher Training by Updating First Study Cycle Programmes in Vilnius Pedagogical University". No. VP1-2.2-ŠMM-07-K-01-062.
Project led by Prof. Dr. Aivas Ragauskas.
Duration of the project: 01-04-2010–30-09-2012.