National and Supranational Education Policy from a Lithuanian Perspective

This article deals with the problem of national education policy, which subject to the recommendations of international organizations and supranational powers that observes and control the development of democracy and social movements world-wide, so consequently it is perceived as a new regime. Lithuanian educational changes are discussed using scientific literature interpretation, educational document analysis and meta-analysis of empirical research and applying critical theory instruments for recognition of supranational and local power constructs, identifying the methods of social reproduction in Lithuanian education. The main focus is done on the analysis of contemporary Lithuanian education, which has to survive in the conditions of regimes, when new one is built on the relicts of the Soviet, the old one. Explication of the right wing direction in Lithuanian education policy declaring the progressive tasks, with a fear of the leftist position, especially critical pedagogy, is given. The value of critical pedagogy theory from the perspective of a country experienced in the soviet regime is discussed