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Pertel, Tiia; Laine, Sari; Saaranen, Terhi; Hansen, Siivi; Lepp, Kädi; Liiv, Krystiine; Tossavainen, Kerttu – International Journal of Higher Education, 2018
This article examines whether a three-year learning-based work community intervention resulted in changes in working community-related interaction factors and occupational well-being among Finnish and Estonian school staff. It reports the types of changes in working community-related interaction factors and their associations to the subjective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Interaction, School Personnel
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Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Ryhänen, Eva; Turunen, Hannele – International Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article reports the development and results of a project within the Comenius program to promote teachers' occupational well-being, in which Finnish, Irish, Italian, and German school communities participated between 2003 and 2006. The project made use of participatory action research, in which the occupational well-being of staff was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Programs, Teachers, Job Satisfaction
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Sormunen, Marjorita; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele – School Community Journal, 2011
Although Finland currently holds the top ratings in international comparisons ranking education and children's health, there is evidence that the health of Finnish adolescents is being threatened by increasing obesity, serious risk behavior, and other health problems. In addition, subjective well-being at school is regarded as low by students.…
Descriptors: Obesity, International Studies, Child Health, Cooperation