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Download full textKatajisto, Marjo; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
This article reports findings from a study among 9th-graders who participated in a strengths-based intervention in two West-Finnish comprehensive schools. The intervention pursued to develop the students' psychological capital (PsyCap), awareness of their strengths, and experiences of student guidance. The following research question was set for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 9, Student Attitudes, Intervention
Direct linkBrezicha, Kristina F.; Leroux, Audrey J. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
Students' positive experiences in schools positively predicts students' political trust. However, little research has examined how individual students' feelings of exclusion at their schools may relate to students' political trust. Moreover, how does an overall sense of exclusion from the school relate to political trust apart from individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
Westling, Suvi Krista; Pyhalto, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – International Journal of Educational Research, 2013
This study explored students' perceived involvement in school. The data were collected from six schools around Finland. The participants were ninth graders (n 518) who were asked to take a retrospective look at their nine-year school career by completing an open-ended survey. Data were analyzed by using abductive content analysis. According to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
Finnas, Leif – Online Submission, 2012
As a part of a larger project, this study focused primarily on Finland-Swedish ninth-graders' "productive" arts experiences (involving music-making, acting, writing, painting/drawing, dancing), as these had been reported when the pupils had been asked to write down descriptions of "strong" experiences in arts areas (music,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Activities, Music Activities, Student Experience
Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhalto, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
Various school transitions provide both challenges and opportunities for pupils. The ways in which pupils cope with these transitions can have a significant impact on their everyday lives and futures. This study focuses on exploring the kinds of transitions pupils face during their comprehensive school path. The aim is to gain a better…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Coping
Uitto, Anna; Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari; Meisalo, Veijo – Science Education Review, 2008
How to make learning more interesting is a basic challenge for school education. In this Finnish study, the international ROSE questionnaire was used to survey, during spring of 2003, the relationship between interest in biology and out-of-school experiences for 3626 ninth-grade pupils. Interest and experience factors were extracted by using the…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Questionnaires, Grade 9, Factor Analysis
