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Sue Soan; Anne Lindblom; Katja Dindar; Eija Kärnä; Mark T. Carew – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This paper presents quantitative and qualitative findings from an interdisciplinary research project exploring student teachers' positive perceptions of people on the autism spectrum. The set of findings reported in this paper asked 704 student teachers from one university in England (n = 191), Finland (n = 251) and Sweden (n = 262) to write down…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Matilda Sorkkila; Maarit Alasuutari; Lotta Saranko; Kaisa Aunola – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
We examined how early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers supported families during the COVID-19 lockdown and whether the extent and type of support were associated with parental burnout. An online survey was filled out by 521 Finnish parents (88% mothers), and the data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U-test and analysis of covariance…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Family Needs, Parents, Burnout
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Hanne M. Kivimäki; Timo P. Ståhl; Katja M. Joronen; Arja H. Rimpelä – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Engaging parents in school health examinations can promote adolescents' well-being. We examined parents' participation in universal school health examinations in Finland reported by adolescents in school surveys (14 to 16-year-olds, N = 58,232). Further we studied variation between service providers and schools, and student and school-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Physical Examinations, Adolescents
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Ella Suortti; Sari Havu-Nuutinen; Sirpa Kärkkäinen – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2024
Science capital consists of science-related cultural and social capital and science-related behaviours and practices. This study aims to clarify the core dimensions of science capital among Finnish parents through consideration of how parents' educational degree, profession, age and residential area are associated with their science capital. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents, Sciences, Cultural Capital