Htqe.2023.27

https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2023.27 | 341-353 | PDF

Experiences of Meeting the Cultural Education Needs of University Students

Reda Jacynė, Aida Norvilienė, Meda Gabrielė Vismantaitė
Klaipėda University, Lithuania

Abstract. The purpose of the research is to analyse the experiences of meeting cultural education needs of students who had studied at universities of Lithuania and the United Kingdom. In the course of the study, the qualitative research has been conducted. The results of the research on students’ experiences in meeting their cultural education needs at Lithuanian universities have revealed that the students who had studied in Lithuania describe their cultural life as insufficient, poor; the reasons for the choice of cultural life are: the desire to do what they like, lack of time due to busyness, low finances. The study participants describe the supply of cultural education at Lithuanian universities as insufficient. They believe that Lithuanian universities need a greater variety of cultural education activities, more attention to artistic and other cultural activities as well as better communication and dissemination of information about the availability of cultural education activities. The results of the research on students’ experiences in meeting their needs of cultural education at universities of the United Kingdom have revealed that these participants describe their cultural life as active, driven by their living environment and desire to improve. Research participants, who had chosen cultural education activities, indicated this as an opportunity for self-expression, improvement of competences, acquisition of skills necessary for professional development, finding friends and like-minded people, an opportunity to look for a job, etc.

Keywords: cultural education, cultural experiences, cultural life, meeting of needs, students, self-expression, university.

Reda Jacynė is PhD of Social Science, Education Science and an associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy and Vice-Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty, Klaipėda University. Field of research: creativity and its development in childhood, artistic education for children, changing and developing teachers’ competences, quality of childhood education.

Aida Norvilienė is PhD of Social Science, Education Science and an associate professor at the Department of Pedagogy, Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty, Klaipėda University. Field of research: education of intercultural competencies, management of pre-school education institution.

Meda Gabrielė Vismantaitė is master’s graduate in Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty, Klaipėda University.

In: Human, Technologies and Quality of Education, 2023. Proceedings of Scientific Papers = Cilvēks, tehnoloģijas un izglītības kvalitāte, 2023. Rakstu krājums
Riga, University of Latvia, 2023. 796 p. Ed. L. Daniela
https://doi.org/10.22364/htqe.2023
ISBN 978-9934-36-116-6