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‘The Class of My Dreams’ as Envisioned by Student Teachers of English : What Is There to Teach about the Language?

2019

As part of a bigger project on the motivation of future EFL teachers, this chapter sets out to find out what a group of student teachers (N = 67) in Finland thought teaching English would involve once they had graduated from an MA programme and entered the profession a few years later. They were asked to envision ‘An English class of my dreams’ as the final home assignment on one of their first professionally oriented courses. The envisioning was done visually so the students produced pictures (by a variety of means) and provided further details about the class in writing, on the reverse side of the task sheet. The pool of multimodal data collected was subjected to content analysis, and it …

Changes in strength and endurance performance during a competitive season in female basketball players : strength training sessions before vs. after …

2014

Oja, Tuomas 2014. Changes in strength and endurance performance during a competitive season in female basketball players: Strength training sessions before vs. after sport specific training. Coaching and Fitness Testing. 55 pp. Because of the conditions of most semi-pro leagues, teams and players often cannot train optimally. Practice times are inconsistent and strength trainings have to be held either before or after sport specific training. The aim of this study was to find, whether the in-season resistance training is more beneficial to be performed before or after sport specific training, or does the timing has any effect at all to the physical performance of players. In addition, how a…

Aikuisten S2-oppijoiden kielenoppimisen kokemuksia selkomukautetun kaunokirjallisuuden parissa

2020

Artikkeli käsittelee oppimisen kokemuksia selkomukautetun kaunokirjallisuuden parissa kotoutumiskoulutuksen lukupiirissä. Aineistona ovat lukupiirien 24 osallistujan haastattelut. Haastattelut on tehty osallistujien toisella kielellä tai lingua franca -englannilla, ja niitä lähestytään fenomenologista ajattelutapaa hyödyntäen kertomuksina oppimisen kokemuksista. Kokemukset vaihtelevat yksilöllisesti, ja tärkeimmiksi merkityskokonaisuuksiksi nousevat sanat, kielen rakenteet ja kielenkäyttö. Kokemusten yksilöllisyyttä voidaan selittää sosiokulttuurisesta teoriasta käsin: vaikka selkomukautettu kaunokirjallisuus tarjoaa lukijalleen runsaasti kielellisiä affordansseja, tarjoumia, kukin lukija t…

Diversity – a Challenge for Educators

2006

The challenge for most European countries is to educate second generation immigrants in particular in order to fulfill their parents’ dreams, but above all, to create a situation where students have hope of finding meaningful life in serving their new country in different workplaces. Effective education is a vital source of personal opportunity as well as means to support the economic development of young people in any society. Diversity must be viewed as a valuable learning source for all students in any classroom. In working and doing things together, students can develop a sense of respect for, and tolerance towards, different cultural and ethnic groups in our societies. Only through int…

Koulutuksen siirtovaikutus päivähoitoyksiköiden johtajien koulutuksen käyneiden työtoiminnassa

2001

Managing the repatriation of professionals following overseas assignment

2017

Despite decades of research about culture shock, and latterly but not to the same extent, reverse culture shock, it seems that little is understood about how to manage the process of repatriation after an overseas assignment in the commercial world. Attrition rates of repatriates leaving their employers within the first year following their return continue to rise as those individuals consistently report feeling undervalued by their employers. This study is concerned with how best to manage the process of repatriation from the employees’ point of view. It therefore looks at how a group of repatriating Finns from various professional backgrounds perceived the effects of reverse culture shock…

Investigating the success of ERP systems in Pakistan : end-users' perspective

2016

The global business environment is changing rapidly, and organisations from developing countries such as Pakistan have to re-engineer their business processes to meet the challenges of increased competition and rising customer expectations. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems intend to deliver many benefits, such as business automation, reduced operating costs, accurate demand forecasts, better decision-making and improved customer service. However, organisations adopting ERP systems encounter many types of problems that may lead to failures in processes, expectations and interactions. In order to address these failures, researchers have identified the critical success factors in the…

The effect of the teacher training in subject teacher education on the teaching confidence of 2nd and 3rd year English major students

2008

Tutkielman tarkoituksena oli saada selville millä tavalla 2. ja 3. vuoden englannin pääaineopiskelijoiden opetusvarmuus on kehittynyt pedagogisten perusopintojen harjoittelun myötä, ja lisäksi mitkä asiat ovat vaikuttaneet positiivisesti ja mitkä negatiivisesti. Tutkimus toteutettiin Jyväskylän yliopistossa vuonna 2008. Materiaali koostui 14 tutkimushenkilön tuottamasta vapaamuotoisesta kertomuksesta, jossa he muistelivat harjoittelun eri osa-alueita ja niiden herättämiä ajatuksia ja reaktioita suhteessa opetusvarmuuteen. Tarinat kirjoitettiin yksikön 3. persoonassa ja olivat noin parin sivun mittaisia. Tuloksia analysoidessa tutkimushenkilöt jaettiin kahteen eri ryhmään; aikaisemmin opetta…

Effects of Service Learning on Physical Education Teacher Education Students’ Subjective Happiness, Prosocial Behavior, and Professional Learning

2020

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effects of a service learning (SL) program on the subjective happiness (SH), prosocial behavior (PB), and professional learning (PL) perceptions of Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) students as well as to examine the correlations among these variables. Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental design of two non-equivalent groups (control and experimental) comparing pre-test and post-test data. The instruments used were the Subjective Happiness Scale, the Prosocial and Civic Competence questionnaire, and the Impact of Service Learning during Initial Training of Physical Activity and Sports questionnaire. Results: Data indicated that SL onl…

Comparisons of two diaphragm ultrasound-teaching programs: a multicenter randomized controlled educational study

2019

Abstract Background This study aims to ascertain whether (1) an educational program is sufficient to achieve adequate Diaphragm Ultrasound (DUS) assessments on healthy volunteers and (2) combining a video tutorial with a practical session is more effective in making learners capable to obtain accurate DUS measurements, as opposed to sole video tutorial. Results We enrolledstep 1: 172 volunteers naïve to ultrasound. After watching a video tutorial, a questionnaire was administered and considered to be passed when at least 70% of the questions were correctly answered. Course participants who passed the theoretical test were randomized to either intervention or control group. Learners randomiz…