BASIC INFORMATION
Assiociate Professor
Address: Universiteto 5, LT-01513 Vilnius
Telephone: +37061652088
Research interests
- Methods of social science research
- Spirituality
- Personality development
- Parenting
- ESP
- Psychology, physiology, and phenomenology of romantic love
Courses
- 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
- 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 Larning 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. (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 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.
Translations
- 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
|
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
| 2021-2022 | 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. |