Education of gymnasium student leadership as the strategy of creating favourable socio-educational environment

Į mokinį orientuotų mokymo(si) strategijų įgyvendinimas bendrojo ugdymo mokykloje tebėra aktuali problema. Lyderystės plėtotė mokyklos lygiu siejama ne tik su mokinių, mokytojų, mokyklų vadovų veiklos efektyvumu, jų iniciatyvumo ugdymo kokybe, geresniais ugdymo(si) rezultatais, mokyklos tobulinimu, intensyvesniais švietimo sistemos bei visuomenės pokyčiais, bet ir su mokinių lyderyste. Pastarosios ugdymas yra palankios socioedukacinės aplinkos kūrimo strategija, kuri yra reikšminga lėtai kintančiam tradicinio mokymo modeliui ugdymo praktikoje.Today leadership development at all school levels is related not only to students, teachers and school leaders’ performance efficiency, their initiative, creativity, innovation and expression of other abilities, quality of education, better education results, school development, more intensive changes in education system and society, but also to student leadership. An empirical research (N = 111), conducted in 2013, revealed afflictive gymnasium students’ personal and learning oriented attitudes towards leadership as well as positive evaluation of leadership expression opportunities at school. Gymnasium students tend to think that school provides possibilities for their leadership expression; students see themselves as self-sufficient, self- confident, taking responsibility for their actions, being not afraid of unfounded critics, finding out solutions to tricky situations; however, they admit that they lack initiative and clearer vision of their life. Though, according to students, democratic relationships, positive administration and teachers’ attitude towards students’ initiatives, ambition to implement innovations prevail at school, the demand for motivation system on leadership teaching and learning at school has emerged. The scores on gymnasium students‘ initiative, enterprise, and creativity are lower than the scores on self - confidence, responsibility for their actions, and self-sufficiency