Substantiation of Need for Educational Competences of Higher Education Lecturers: Document Analysis

The article justifies the need for educational competences of higher education lecturers conducting analysis of the main documents that regulate education in Europe and the Republic of Lithuania. Two problem questions are formulated: firstly, what need for educational competences of higher education lecturers is presupposed in the key documents regulating education in Europe; secondly, what need for educational competences of higher education lecturers is presupposed in the key documents regulating education in the Republic of Lithuania. Keywords: higher education, teacher, educational competence. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.15823/p.2017.16