Berita Simonaitienė

Berita Simonaitienė has been working in the KTU Educational Research Group since 2001. She is one of the authors of the landmark document “Good School Concept”, approved by the Minister of Education and Science in Lithuanian (2015), an expert in teacher education and external evaluator of study programmes in the field of education and teacher training. Her research interests include: the learning school, learning modes, curriculum management, learning strategies and environments. Research experience gained through participation in projects: 2020-2023 „Disparities in school achievement from a person and variable-oriented perspective: A prototype of a learning analytics tool (NO-GAP)“, 2019-2022 „The development of adolescent personal goals in the context of social inequality (PaNel)“, 2021 „Solutions for the use of artificial intelligence and digital technologies to improve the quality of education in response to COVID-19 (TRANSFORM-ED)“, 2017-2018 “The Impact of Learning Strategy and Learning Environment on Student Achievement“, „Investigation of the effectiveness and feasibility of applying the theoretical model of learning strategy and learning environment factors in real conditions”.

Publications

The Unified Learning Cycle: An Educational Technology for Student-Driven Learning Personalization
The Unified Learning Cycle: An Educational Technology for Student-Driven Learning Personalization
Natalija Ignatova, Svetlana Kubilinskienė, Aldona Augustinienė, Irina Klizienė, Berita Simonaitienė. © 2024. 14 pages.
The chapter introduces the unified learning cycle model, aiming to design a learning process enabling learner-driven personalization that should provide learners with more...
How to Enhance EdTech Integration in Secondary Education: Teachers' and Managers' Experiences
How to Enhance EdTech Integration in Secondary Education: Teachers' and Managers' Experiences
Jolita Horbačauskienė, Milda Ratkevičienė, Ramune Kasperė, Eglė Staniškienė, Berita Simonaitienė, Živilė Stankevičiūtė, Joana Ramanauskaitė. © 2024. 28 pages.
Integration of EdTech in education has been a priority issue on the education agenda. Research conducted prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that remote...