Etninė kultūra ir neformalus ugdymas : mokytojų patirties tyrimas

Abstract

The work presents a part of the research made by the author about the position of ethnic culture in Lithuanian schools. The research was aimed to make an analysis of the experience of ethnic culture teachers in the aspect of the relation between the ethnic culture teaching and practical activities. Also, to determine factors which have influence to the formation of students' attitudes towards ethnic culture and to reveal the nature of ethnic culture spread in schools. In this article, the main focus is on the attitude of teachers–experts to the non-formal education and its forms in schools A survey revealed that, according to teachers–experts, the most important form of non-formal education of ethnic culture is the celebration of calendar events in schools. It is noticed that usually events which take place during a school year but not during holiday are celebrated. The most popular and celebrated event in schools is Shrove Tuesday. Another quite popular event in schools is an Advent dinner which marks Christmas. Half of respondents mentioned that All Soul’s Day is also organised in schools. On the opinion of teachers–experts, the second form of non-formal ethnocultural education according to its influence is the activity of schools' folk ensembles. Moreover, usually folk ensembles are the most active helpers and participators of organised celebrations of calendar events. Research results also reveal that teachers do not treat ethnic culture as a museum-piece, they treat it as an object that is able to form positive attitudes towards national culture.