Teaching in higher education teacher as learning

Šiandieninėje visuomenėje dėstytojas turi būti šiuolaikinis besimokantysis. Jis turi gebėti mokytis iš savo patirties, savo ir kitų veiklos, taip pat – ir pačioje veikloje. Šio straipsnio tikslas – nustatyti dėstytojo inovacijų mokymąsi įvairiose jo mokymosi aplinkose. Tyrimo esmė remiasi dviem mokymosi rūšimis – įtvirtinančiu ir inovatyviu.The focus of this article is teacher as a learner in higher education. Scholars have distinguished two kinds of learning: maintenance learning and innovative learning. Maintenance learning is employed to maintain, stabilise and improve the system without changing its essence. Innovative learning questions the essence of the system and may determine radical change. These kinds of learning may be distinguished according to the levels of reflection that individuals are involved in when they are learning. A meta analysis of data on reflection that Lithuanian teachers in higher education are involved in has shown that the majority of teachers could be treated as innovative learners