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Makale Özeti:
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This is the third edition of a new scientific collection Problems of Education in the 21st Century. The articles included in the publication discuss the issues of modern education. It is a great responsibility for writing such an editorial, because it should correspond to the ideas and conclusions expressed by the authors and highlight them from some other points of view of potential readers. On the other hand, it is very important to express the view of editorial board, try to discern certain research trends of modern education and its spheres. The purpose of this publication is unique, that is, try not only to convey, but also synthesize educational experience of East and West. This is a complex and ambitious task, but necessary, trying to perceive similarities as well as differences and also expectable development perspectives. The advance of IT has never been as rapid as nowadays. The influence of globalization on ICT expansion is incontestable. However, it is a tremendous challenge to education. The implementation of technologies in education does not mean that they will have only positive influence. For that purpose consistent educational, ergonomic, valeological and other research is necessary, constantly giving information not only to users, but also to ICT producers. We can assert that in Lithuania, as well as in other Central and East European countries, observation of ICT application in education is still carried out episodically. As it was already mentioned, the process of ICT development is so rapid and so socially important that monitoring technologies, having earlier been created in other countries (especially West European), eventually occur to be not full and not compatible with ever changing realities. Thus, as a matter of fact, it is impossible to prepare standard, constant methodology. In Lisbon strategy 2000, it was foreseen to seek that Europe would become the most competitive knowledge-based economics in the world. No doubt, to achieve this aim, ICT influence really should be great. Such international organizations as IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement), UNESCO, OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) organized fairly comprehensive research in the application of ICT in educational system.
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