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Corrigendum to “Leisure-time physical activity and metabolic syndrome plus depressive symptoms in the FIN-D2D survey” [Preventive Medicine 51 (2010) …
2011
a Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, PL 35, FI-40014 Jyvaskyla, Finland b Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Central Finland Health Care District, Keskussairaalantie 19, FI-40620 Jyvaskyla, Finland c Unit of General Practice, Central Finland Health Care District, Keskussairaalantie 19, FI-40620 Jyvaskyla, Finland d ORTON, Rehabilitation Unit, PO Box 29, FI-00281, Helsinki, Finland e Department of Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital, FI-70210 Kuopio, Finland f National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, FI-00271, Helsinki, Finland g Department of Primary Healthcare, University of Eastern Finland and Unit of …
Risk Factors, Lifestyle and Prevention among Adolescents with Idiopathic Juvenile Scoliosis: A Cross Sectional Study in Eleven First-Grade Secondary …
2021
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) has an incidence of 2–3% in the general population and a multifactorial etiology. The present study aims to analyze modifiable risk factors and their interactions in the development of AIS in order to increase knowledge about the disease and to prevent the evolution of AIS in young students with tailored public health strategies. A cross-sectional study was conducted over two consecutive school years among students attending 11 first-grade secondary schools in the province of Palermo, Italy. A self-administered questionnaire that investigated socio-demographical, physical and anamnestic characteristics and habits, focusing on possible risk factors…
Forms of Bullying and Associations Between School Perceptions and Being Bullied Among Finnish Secondary School Students Aged 13 and 15
2019
AbstractThe study aimed to examine the extent to which Finnish secondary school students experience bullying, how they are bullied, and whether being bullied is associated with school perceptions. The analyses were based on data from the Finnish part of the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, and were obtained from 4262 students aged 13 and 15. The sample was nationally representative. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the associations between school perceptions and being bullied. Younger students reported being bullied more often than older students. Among younger students, boys were more often bullied than girls of the same age. There …
HOW TO IMPROVE METACOGNITION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
2014
Educational and psychological research in the past decade has found that metacognitive capacity starts earlier than was initially realized; is more amenable to educational intervention than was previously thought; can be taught to a wide range of learners; and is both inherently contextual and a unique capacity that is distinguishable from intelligence, cognitive processes and motivation. In this paper we will see how metacognition can be improved in primary school pupils when teachers use instructional strategies that encourage meaningful learning, stimulate metacognitive reflection and provide continuous feedback. The purpose of this article is to explore the notion of metacognition with …
School of migrant children, an ethnography in an unregistered migrant school in Beijing
2012
This thesis discusses about the challenge of education for migrant children in the rapidly urbanized Chinese society. An ethnographic research was conducted in one of the unregistered migrant schools in Beijing. Through a triangulation of research methods of participatory observation, semi-structured and life history interview, as well as photography, the research, from emic perspectives, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the migrant schools in education provision to migrant children, understands the gaps between policy commitments and on-the-ground delivery of public education provision, and raises a few policy recommendations of developing the migrant schools and improving educ…
How do gender, Internet activity and learning beliefs predict sixth-grade students’ self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry?
2021
Today’s students search, evaluate and actively use Web information in their school assignments, that is, they conduct an online inquiry. This current survey study addresses sixth-grade students’ self-efficacy beliefs in and attitudes towards online inquiry, and to what extent free-time and school-related Internet activity, gender and learning beliefs explain these. The questionnaire was administered in 10 schools to 340 sixth-graders in Finland. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed three elements of self-efficacy beliefs: self-efficacy in Web searching, the evaluation of sources and synthesising information. Furthermore, attitudes towards online inquiry loaded into two fact…
Diverse yet similar : English teachers' conceptions of multicultural teaching and pupils of multicultural background
2010
Maahanmuuttajien määrä Suomessa on kasvanut viimeisten kahden vuosikymmenen aikana merkittävästi. Tämä on vaikuttanut myös suomalaisten koulujen väestörakenteeseen ja sitä kautta opettajien työhön. Tämän tutkielman tarkoituksena on selvittää, millaiset käsitykset yläkoulun englannin opettajilla on monikulttuurisesta opetuksesta ja maahanmuuttajaoppilaista ja miten he ovat selviytyneet opettajan arjesta monikielisessä luokkaympäristössä. Teoriataustan valossa tutkimuksessa haetaan vastauksia seuraaviin kysymyksiin: 1) Mitä englannin opettajat käsittävät termillä monikulttuurinen opetus? 2) Millaista englannin opettaminen heidän mielestään monikulttuurisessa luokkaympäristössä on? ja 3) Mitkä…
Oppitaipaleella : katsaus monikielisyyteen päiväkodista yhdeksännelle
2009
Tässä luvussa teen kielen oppimisen näkökulmasta hieman tarkemman katsauksen lasten ja nuorten oppitaipaleeseen päiväkodista peruskoulun päättövaiheeseen. Keskiössä ovat maahanmuuttajataustaiset lapset ja erityisesti suomen kielen kehittyminen, mutta on syytä muistaa, että - parhaimmillaan - näissä instituutioissa myös suomenkieliset juuriltaan suomalaiset kylpevät sekä kulttuureissa että kielissä. Tarkemmin ja konkreettisemmin luvussa keskitytään kuudesluokkalaisiin helsinkiläisiin koululaisiin ja heidän tilanteeseensa esimerkkitapauksena. peerReviewed
L2 motivation in focus : the case of Finnish comprehensive school students
2017
The aim of this study is to explore whether latent classes, i.e. subgroups of students, representing specific motivational profiles can be found among learners of different foreign languages (L2s) ...
Motivational strategies used by principals in the management of schools : the case of some selected secondary schools in the Fako Division of the Sou…
2015
ABSTRACT The study examined the Motivational Strategies of Principals in the Management of selected secondary Schools in Fako Division of the Southwest Region of Cameroon. The study was guided by three research objectives and three research questions. The descriptive survey design was used to collect data from a representative sample of the population using questionnaires for teachers and principals. The data was analyzed using means and standard deviation and presented on tables and histograms. The findings revealed that: motivational strategies of principals include those related to Empathetic, Supportive, caring and just on academic and disciplinary matters; positive leadership Character…