Congratulations to dr. Du Yadian after successfully defended doctoral thesis  The Ways  of Interpersonal Communication Between Primary School Teachers and  Students  in Musical Activities (Educational Science, (S 007), scientific supervisors – 2015 – assoc. prof. Sigita Montvilaitė, since 2017  assoc. prof. Asta Rauduvaitė, 2018-2019 scientific consultant – prof. dr. Palmyra Pečiuliauskienė).

The dissertation is available  at Vytautas Magnus University, Klaipėda University, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius University, Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library

The dissertation is available at 11 Studentų  St, Academy, Kaunas district.

A brief summary  is presented below:

The dissertation The Ways of Interpersonal Communication Between Primary School TeacherS and Students in Music Activities aims to theoretically and empirically reveal the ways of interpersonal communication between primary school teacherS and students in music activities, explaining how the process of interpersonal communication between primary school teacher and students takes place in the music classroom, and which interpersonal communication methods help the teacher to involve students in music activities. The qualitative study revealed that in music education, learning takes place in the form of communication between the primary music teacher and the pupils in the form of a dialogue, and that this process involves the construction of knowledge and the reconstruction of interpersonal relations. In the process of teacher-student interaction, information is encoded and reconstructed by means of interpersonal communication in accordance with the criteria of dialogic teaching. In a purposeful, dialogic educational process, music teachers encourage pupils to be involved and actively participate in the activities in every possible way.

Dissertation Defense Council:

Chair – prof. dr. Vilma Žydžiūnaitė (Vytautas   Magnus University, Social Sciences, Education S 007)
prof. dr. Ona Monkevičienė (Vytautas Magnus University, Social Sciences, Education, S 007)
prof. dr. Rūta Girdzijauskienė (Klaipėda University , Social Sciences, Education S 007)
prof. dr. Diana Strakšienė (Vilnius University, Social Sciences, Education S 007)
prof. dr. Jelena Davidova (University of Daugavpils, Social Sciences, Education S 007).