We are kindly remind you that tomorrow, 28 February, the Education Forum “How to Use Educational Research More Effectively?” will be held . We invite you to participate!
On the 28 th of February the XXII Education Forum “How to Use Educational Research More Effectively?” will be held. We are kindly invite education and training researchers, PhD students, lecturers, education and social policy makers, school administrators, representatives of teachers’ associations and NGOs, and all those who are interested in the research on education policy and education and the use of the results.
Key-note speaker Mykolas Steponavičius
Mykolas Steponavičius is an education policy consultant at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), focusing on the use of educational research in education policy and practice. Together with his colleagues, he works on issues such as quality assurance of research, the involvement of the education community in research, and the role of knowledge brokers in education systems. He graduated from the interdisciplinary Bachelor’s degree programme in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics at the University of Amsterdam in 2018 and graduated from the Master’s degree programme in Public Policy at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (“Sciences Po”)in 2020. Prior to joining the OECD Education Division, he worked as an assistant to a Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, as an editor and analyst for the international magazine ”Europe & Me”, and as a research assistant at the consulting firm Visionary Analytics.
Research and presentation:
Master’s thesis: External Evaluation of Lithuanian General Education Schools: theoretical model and expectations of the education community (2022).
Report on knowledge brokers in the education sector: Torres, J. M., & Steponavičius, M. (2022). More than just a go-between: The role of intermediaries in knowledge mobilization.
Access the report of the OECD CERI study “Strenghtening the Impact of Education Research”:
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/who-cares-about-using-education-research-in-policy-and-practice_d7ff793d-en
| Date | 28 th of February, 2023 |
| Time | 3.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. |
| Connecting links | https://zoom.us/j/82685018562?pwd=eFhSTC9JSHUyWDhrRTFHYVVZcTBpUT09 (tiesioginė transliacija) https://www.youtube.com/@svietimomoksloirsportomini7540 |
| Moderators | dr. Rita Dukynaitė, Chief Advisor of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. dr. Daiva Penkauskienė, associate professor of Mykolas Romeris University, member of the LERA board |
| Forum programmes | |
| Key-note | Theme “The Use of Educational Research: Present and Future Perspectives” Mykolas Steponavičius, Education Policy Consultant of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report is based on the report “Strengthening the Impact of Education Research” conducted by OECD CERI “Who Cares About the Use of Educational Research in Education Policy and Practice?”. Research team members: Nóra Révai, José Manuel Torres, Jordan Hill, Mykolas Steponavičius, Melissa Mouthaan and Aurelija Masiulytė |
| Participants of the discussion dr. Jolanta Navickaitė, Director of the Department of General Education, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport dr. Saulė Mačiukaitė-Žvinienė, Professor, Vilnius University Business School, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Education Council Jurgita Petrauskienė, Education and Science Attaché to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) prof. dr. Jolanta Urbanovič, Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania dr. Eugenijus Stumbrys, Head of the Science Policy and Analysis Division of the Lithuanian Science Council dr. Laima Taparauskienė, Director of the Department of Studies, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport habil. dr. Rimantas Želvys, Professor, Vilnius University |
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| Conclusion | dr. Rita Dukynaitė, Chief Advisor of the Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport dr. Daiva Penkauskienė, associate professor of Mykolas Romeris University, member of the LERA board |
| Contact information | e-mail: [email protected], tel. 8 686 39 529 |
The Forum will be filmed and photographed. The material will be posted on the Yuotube SMSM channel, LETA website, Education News and other channels.