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Mertanen, Katariina; Mäkelä, Kalle; Brunila, Kristiina – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2022
Young people's unemployment and social exclusion -- the so-called 'youth problem' -- is one of the main focuses in Finnish youth policies. We examine youth policies and youth support systems by applying a framework of policy analysis developed by Carol Bacchi. We ask (1) what kind of problematisations in youth policies and their implementations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Policy, Social Support Groups
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Turunen, Tuija; Uusiautti, Satu; Määttä, Kaarina – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
This paper aims at investigating the changing constructions of childhood in two Finnish pre-school education curricula during the time of pre-school reform in the late 1990s and early 2000s. These constructions are part of the underlying curriculum containing postulates and values that influence the written curriculum documents. They determine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Evaluation
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Mullola, Sari; Ravaja, Niklas; Lipsanen, Jari; Alatupa, Saija; Hintsanen, Mirka; Jokela, Markus; Keltikangas-Jarvinen, Liisa – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: Student's temperament plays a significant role in teacher's perception of the student's learning style, educational competence (EC), and teachability. Hence, temperament contributes to student's academic achievement and teacher's subjective ratings of school grades. However, little is known about the effect of gender and teacher's age…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Cognitive Style