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Rainio, Anna Pauliina – Journal of Educational Change, 2008
This article introduces an empirical analysis of the potentials and contradictions of a "narrative playworld intervention" aimed at changing the pedagogical practices of a Finnish mixed-age elementary school classroom in spring 2004. In the playworld, students and teachers explore different phenomena by taking on the roles of characters…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Age Grouping, Elementary School Students, Student Role
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Kaartinen-Koutaniemi, Minna; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
This study examines interdisciplinary differences in final-year psychology, pharmacy and theology students' academic thinking and personal epistemology. The semi-structured interviews (n = 52) were analysed using content analysis to assess students' individual perspectives of the cognitive process of thinking, knowing and reasoning. The three…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Epistemology, Theological Education
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Buhl, Heike M.; Lanz, Margherita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2007
The fact that there is a specific age marking the emergence of adulthood in the United States has been well documented. The starting point for the studies included in this special issue is the assumption that the same can be said for European countries. Thus, a comparison of characteristics of emerging adulthood between different European…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Individual Characteristics, Developmental Stages
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Robertson, Margaret – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2009
Collaborating with universities in Hong Kong, Finland, the United Kingdom and Australia the research project outlined in this paper takes up one of the key initial findings related to the importance of children's online spaces away from school. The project brings together complementary strengths from each partner nation to assist our mutual need…
Descriptors: Research Design, Citizenship, Democracy, Young Adults
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Pyhalto, Kirsi; Stubb, Jenni; Lonka, Kirsti – International Journal for Academic Development, 2009
The quality of PhD training can be conceived of as being dependent on the learning environment provided by the scholarly community. Our paper explores PhD students' ideas about themselves as a part of this community, and their perceptions of their learning environment in the context of the University of Helsinki, Finland. The study is a part of a…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Behavioral Sciences, Educational Environment
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Uitto, Minna; Syrjala, Leena – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2008
This narrative inquiry aims to look at teacher-pupil relationships through teacher memories. When 49 university students of education were asked to write their memories of teachers, they told about their teachers in relation to pupils. The data were analysed thematically and, based on that, re-read through the concepts of body, caring and power in…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Recall (Psychology), Memory, College Students
Taguma, Miho; Litjens, Ineke; Makowiecki, Kelly – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become a policy priority in many countries. A growing body of research recognises that it provides a wide range of benefits, including social and economic benefits, better child well-being and learning outcomes as a foundation for lifelong learning, more equitable outcomes and reduction of poverty, and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Labor Market, Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries
Aspen Institute, 2009
Beyond Grey Pinstripes is a research survey and alternative ranking of business schools that spotlights innovative full-time MBA programs leading the way in integrating social and environmental stewardship into their curriculum and scholarly research. These schools are preparing today's students--tomorrow's leaders--for future market realities by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Masters Degrees, Program Evaluation
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Rasinen, Aki; Virtanen, Sonja; Endepohls-Ulpe, Martina; Ikonen, Pasi; Ebach, Judith; Stahl-von Zabern, Janine – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
Even if the results of international student assessment studies such as PISA or TIMSS show that girls have been catching up in mathematics and natural sciences, there are still remarkable gender differences in the number of males and females studying and working in the technological fields after basic education. Technology is still a…
Descriptors: Females, Early Childhood Education, Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Jokikokko, Katri – Journal of Research in International Education, 2009
This article examines intercultural learning as a lifelong process. The data on which the article is based consist of 10 biographical interviews in which Finnish teachers were asked to talk about their lives from the perspective of intercultural learning. The analysis of the interviews showed that other people were involved in many of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Lifelong Learning
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Lehtonen, Tuula; Karjalainen, Sinikka – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2008
The aim of this article is to focus on the language needs of university graduates at today's workplace as seen through the eyes of their employers. Using interview data from the representatives of 15 Finnish employers, we highlight certain language-related trends at the workplace of university graduates, underline the need for a range of languages…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, College Graduates, Language Skills, English (Second Language)
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Dominguinhos, Pedro Miguel Calado; Carvalho, Luisa Margarida Cagica – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training programmes targeting post-graduate students. Design/methodology/approach: The approach takes the form of a case study of an entrepreneurship training programme, to assess its effectiveness. For this purpose the paper concentrates on the number of firms…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Graduate Students, Labor Market, Program Effectiveness
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Kalaoja, Esko; Pietarinen, Janne – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This paper reviews research on small rural primary schools in Finland and analyses it under three thematic foci: the relationship between the local rural school and the surrounding community, the small rural primary school as a learning environment, and the teachers' profession in this context. Over 30% of Finnish primary schools are small rural…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Isaacs, Jenny; Hodges, Ernest V. E.; Salmivalli, Christina – European Journal of Developmental Science, 2008
Long-term eff ects of victimization were investigated in 177 girls and boys that were followed from adolescence (ages 14-15) to young adulthood (ages 22-23). Victimization in adolescence was associated with increases in depression and decreases in self-esteem as well as negative views of others in young adulthood, but only when adolescents lacked…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Hakkarainen, Pentti – International Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Finnish curriculum guidelines for early education emphasise play and creative activities as significant factors in healthy child development. Constructivist theory loosely frames the guidelines, but the recommended approach lacks precise developmental goals. Since 1996, we have carried out a narrative learning project with vertically integrated…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Play, Early Childhood Education, Creative Activities
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