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Assiociate Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Telephone: +370 6 165 2088
Fields of research
- Methods of social science research
- Spirituality
- Parenting
- English for specific purposes
- English as a medium of instruction
- Psychology, physiology and phenomenology of romantic love
Courses taught
- English for academic purposes and research (psychology)
- Quantitative research methods
PUBLICATIONS
PhD thesis
- Kontrimienė, S. (2018). Humanistinio dvasingumo ryšys su auklėjimo šeimoje patirtimis. Daktaro disertacija. Vilnius: VUL. / Kontrimienė, S. (2018). Relationship between Humanistic Spirituality and Parenting Experiences. Summary of the Doctoral Dissertation. Vilnius: VUL.
Publications
- Kontrimienė, S. ‘Can we do it next year?’ The Impact of the Flipped Classroom Method on EFL Learning Performance (due to be published in the journal Research in Language in 2024).
- Duoblienė, L, Kontrimienė, S., Vaitekaitis, J., Garbauskaitė-Jakimovska, J., Kairė, S. (2023). Lietuvos mokyklos ateities scenarijai: „kas iš to?“ Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 50, 8-22.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2022). As With Parents, So With Others and So With God? Relationships Among Humanistic Spirituality and Parental and Adult Attachment Styles. Paedagogia Christiana, 50 (2), 83-108.
- Kontrimienė, S., Duoblienė, L., Vaitekaitis, J., & Garbauskaitė-Jakimovska, J. (2022). The future is certain… or is it? Developing scenarios for the probable and desirable future of school., 56-64.
- Kontrimiene, S., Venslovaite, V., Alisauskiene, S., Kaminskiene, L., Rutkiene, A., O'Mahony, C., Lee, L., Guðjónsdóttir, H., Kristinsdóttir, J., Wozniczka, A. K. (2021). Implementing the Personalised Learning Framework in University Studies: What Is It That Works? Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 47, 122–142.
- Alisauskiene, S., Kaminskiene, L., Milteniene, L., Meliene, R., Rutkiene, A., Kazlauskiene, A., Siriakoviene, A., Kontrimiene, S., Venslovaite, V., O'Mahony, C., Lee, L., Guðjónsdóttir, H., Kristinsdóttir, J.V., Wozniczka, A.K. (2021). Innovative Teacher Education through Personalised Learning: Designing Teaching and Learning Scenarios. Proceedings of INTED2021 Conference, 5809-5818.
- Zydziunaite, V., Ponomarenko, T., Kontrimiene, S., Kaminskiene, L. Jurgile, V. (2020). Challenges in Teacher Leadership: Workload, Time Allocation, and Self-esteem. The European Journal of Contemporary Education, 9(4), 948-962.
- Alisauskiene, S., Guðjónsdóttir, H., Kristinsdóttir, J. V., Connolly, T., O'Mahony, C., Lee, L., Milteniene, L., Meliene, R., Kaminskiene, L., Rutkiene, A., Venslovaite, V., Kontrimiene, S., Kazlauskiene, A., & Wozniczka, A. K. (2020). Personalized Learning within Teacher Education: A Framework and Guidelines. Current and Critical Issues in Curriculum, Learning, and Assessment, 37, 1-50.
- Ališauskienė, S., Kaminskienė, L., Miltenienė, L., Melienė, R., Kazlauskienė, A., Rutkienė, A., Venslovaitė, V., Kontrimienė, S., & Siriakovienė, A. (2020). Innovative Teacher Education Through Personalised Learning. Proceedings of ICERI2020 Conference, 2944-2952.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2019). Assessing Spirituality as the Ultimate End: Development and Validation of the Humanistic Spirituality Inventory. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, first on line.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2019). Humanistinio dvasingumo ryšys su auklėjimo šeimoje patirtimis. Tiltai, 82, 23-47.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2018). Dvasingumo vertinimas: Humanistinio dvasingumo aprašo kūrimas ir validavimas. Tiltai, 81, 1-23.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2018). Kad ugdymas nebūtų vienakojis: dvasingumas kaip svarbi dedamoji. Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 41, 11-26.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2016). Relationships among Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism and Perceived Parenting Styles. In 3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts: Conference Proceedings (Book 1, Volume III). Sofia, Bulgaria: STEF92 Technology Ltd.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2014). Studentų adaptyvaus ir neadaptyvaus perfekcionizmo ir patirto auklėjimo stilių ryšys. Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia, 33, 96-115.
- Kontrimienė, S. (2012). Ego integralumas kaip būtina psichologinės brandos sąlyga. Andragogika, 1, 67-8
Textbooks
- Kontrimienė, S. (2003). Readings in Clinical Psychology. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla.
RESEARCH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Conference presentations
- Paper entitled The Impact of the Flipped Classroom Method on EFL Learning Performance. ICERI2023: 16th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, 13 November 2023.
- Paper entitled Thornbergo informuota grindžiamoji teorija: už ar prieš? LERA Conference 2023 ‘Education: The Value of Diversity’. Kaunas University of Technology. Kaunas University of Technology, 13 October 2023.
- Paper entitled The Catalogue of Literary Works of Female Authorship. Multiplier Event of the Project ‘Women’s Legacy: Our Cultural Heritage for Equity’. Rome, 28 February 2023.
- Keynote presentation: The Interplay Between Critical Thinking and Emotional Touchpoints: Experiences From the Women’s Legacy Project. Learning, Teaching and Taining Activity of the Project ‘Critical Thinking for Successful Jobs: Think4Jobs’. Vilnius University, 7 November 2022.
- Paper entitled The Lithuanian Catalogue of Literary Works of Female Authorship. Multiplier Event of the Project ‘Women’s Legacy: Our Cultural Heritage for Equity’. Vilnius University, 24 October 2022.
- Paper entitled The Method of Emotional Touchpoints: A Tool for Researchers and Research Participants. LERA Conference 2022 ‘Educational Practice and Research in a Turbulent World’. Vytautas Magnus University, 14 October 2022.
- Symposium presentation: Implementing the Personalised Learning Framework in University Studies: A Research-Based Report on Teacher Education Programmes. International Conference ECER 2022 ‘Education in a Changing World: The Impact of Global Realities on the Prospects and Experiences of Educational Research’. Jerevan, Armenia, 7 September 2022.
- Paper entitled The Future is Certain… Or Is It? Developing Scenarios For The Probable and Desirable Future of School. International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI). Adana, Turkey, 06 August 2022.
- Paper entitled Implementation of Innovative Teacher Education Through Personalised Learning. Final Conference-Multiplier Event Innovative Teacher Education Through Personalised Learning (INTERPEARL). Vilnius University, September 17, 2021.
- Paper entitled Relationships Among Teacher Leadership, Teacher Workload, Time Allocation and Self-esteem. Co-authors: Vilma Zydziunaite, Simona Kontrimiene, Tetiana Ponomarenko. The Osaka Conference on Education (OCE), held online from Japan via Zoom on December 14-17, 2020.
- Paper entitled As with Parents, So with God? Relationships between Humanistic Spirituality and Parental and Adult Attachment Styles. 9th Teaching & Education Conference held online from Paris and Prague via Zoom on June 23-24, 2020.
- Paper entitled Relationship between Humanistic Spirituality and Parenting Experiences. International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference Lisbon Economics and Statistics of Education. University of Lisbon, Portugal, January 24-25, 2019.
- Paper entitled Validation of Instruments in Quantitative Research. The 3rd LERA (Lithuanian Educational Research Association) conference Prospects for the Future of Education organised by LERA, the Lithuanian Ministry of Education, Science and Sport and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, October 11-12, 2019.
- Paper entitled Ensuring That Education Is Not One-Legged: The Humanistic Spirituality Inventory and Its Psychometric Properties. International Scientific Conference Education Policy and Culture: Consistent and Radical Transformations. Vilnius University, October 21-22, 2016.
- Paper entitled Relationships among Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism and Perceived Parenting Styles. 3rd International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts, Albena, Bulgaria, August 23-31, 2016.
- Paper entitled Building on the Conceptualisation and Understanding of Spirituality. Relevant Constructs and Relevance of Socio-Cultural Contexts. 2nd International Conference of Spirituality and Music Education Spirituality, Music and Education in a Cultural Context. Vilnius University, June 27-29, 2013.
Public lectures/seminars
- A lecture entitled Introduction to the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Method (delivered to academic and research staff of the Department of Research in Languages for Specific Purposes). 8 January 2024.
- A one-hour interview on spirituality and romantic love for the Start FM radio programme ‘A Pinch of Science’. 4 December 2023.
- A lecture entitled Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: The Survey (delivered to academic and research staff of the Department of Research in Languages for Specific Purposes). 26 October 2023.
- A public seminar Applying Statistical Analysis Tests in Quantitative Research. 3 May 2019.
Translations
- From 2021: Translation of abstracts (EN→LT) for the VU journal Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia.
- 2023-2024: Translation and editing of the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI), the Hogan Development Survey (HDS) and the Hogan Motives, Values, Preferences Inventory (MVPI), three of the world's most widely used instruments of personality assessment (commissioned by Hogan Assessment Systems, USA, 2023).
- Butcher, J. N., Graham, J. R., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Tellegen, A., Dahlstrom, & W. G., Kaemer, B. (2013). MMPI-2TM: Minesotos daugiafazis asmenybės aprašas-2TM. Administravimo, skaičiavimo ir interpretavimo vadovas. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. (Translation from English to Lithuanian of chapters 1-3 (162 pages)).
- Žemaičių kultūros savastys II T. Epochų jungtys. (2013). Vilnius: Šilalės kraštiečių draugija. (Translation from Lithuanian to English of the summary The Selfhood of Samogitian Culture: Connecting Epochs).
Internships and trainings
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Institution |
Country |
Field of training |
Date |
| University of Göttingen and Vilnius University | Held online from Germany and Lithuania via Zoom | The professional development course University Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment within the Context of the CEFR Companion Volume: Implementing Changes in University Language Teaching and Assessment | August 26-27, 2020 |
| University of Göttingen and Vilnius University | Held online from Germany and Lithuania via Zoom | The professional development course University Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment within the Context of the CEFR Companion Volume: Implementing Changes in University Language Teaching and Assessment | June 15-16, 2020 |
| Vilnius University | Lithuania | The professional development course Creating a Student-Centred Language Classroom | January 27, 2020 |
| Vilnius University | Lithuania | University Language Teaching, Learning and Assessment within the Context of the CEFR Companion Volume | June 17-21, 2019 |
| Klaipeda University | Lithuania | Use of Ethnography and Life History (Narrative) Methods in Qualitative Research | July 2018 |
| Klaipeda University | Lithuania | Analysing Language and Text: the Discourse Analysis Method | July 2018 |
| Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences | Germany | 6th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology | August 2017 |
| University of Latvia | Latvia | Transnational and Intersectional Methodologies in Gender Studies | June 2014 |
Projects
| 2024 | Educational research project application No P-EDU-23-23 under Progress Measure 12-003-03-06-01 ‘First and Foremost, the Teacher’. Project title: To Aid the Teacher: The Use of Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Mitigate Stress and Burnout and Enhance Work Performance in School Teachers. |
| 2023-2025 | VU team leader and researcher in the ERASMUS+ KA201 project Women's Legacy: Our Cultural Heritage to Equity. Led by the Consellería de Educación from Generalitat Valenciana (Spain), the other partner countries: France, Jordan and Lithuania. |
| 2022-2023 | Expert in the Vilnius University project Optimisation of the Network of Higher Education Institutions and Improvement of the Quality of Studies by Merging Šiauliai University to Vilnius University, No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-738-03-0001, priority axis 9: Public Education and Increasing the Potential of Human Resources. |
| 2021-2023 | Researcher in the project Futuristic Scenarios of the Lithuanian General Education School (No S-MIP-20-58) funded by the Research Council of Lithuania |
| 2022-2023 | Researcher in the project Women’s Legacy: Our cultural heritage to equity led by the Conselleria d’Educació from Generalitat Valenciana and co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme |
| 2020 | Researcher in the project Teacher's Leadership in the Co-creation of Learning with a Student No S-MIP-19-056 funded by the Research Council of Lithuania |
| 2019-2020 | Researcher in the project The Microclimate of Pre-school Education Institutions in Kaunas District No S-MIP-19-056 funded by the Research Council of Lithuania |
| 2018-2021 | Researcher in the ERASMUS + KA203 Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education project Innovative Teacher Education Through Personalised Learning (2018-1-LT01-KA203-046979). Project partners: University of Iceland (Iceland), University College Cork (Ireland), Vilnius University, Siauliai University, Vytautas Magnus University. |
| 2011-2012 | Translation, Adaptation and Standardization of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2TM) in Lithuania project implemented by VU Laboratory of Special Psychology:
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| 2010 | Project Research on the Influence of Static and Dynamic Properties of Visual Objects upon Perception of their Features and Location in Space:
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| 2010 | Lithuanization of Classics of Philosophy project: editing of the translation of the Abstract of Annual Report for the Year 2010. |
Other research activities
- Member of the VU Faculty of Philology Research Strategy Development Workgroup (2022-2023)
- Chair of the Research Methodology Network Oral Session ‘Current Developments in Research Methodologies’ at the LERA Conference 2023 Education: The Value of Diversity. Kaunas University of Technology, 13 October 2023
- Member of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association (LERA)
- Member of the LERA Research Methodology Network Committee
- Member of the World Education Research Association (WERA)
- Member of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH)
- Reviewer of the Sage Journal of Education, Sage Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia and other journals