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Using Social Simulations in Interdisciplinary Primary Education: An Expert Appraisal

2020

Many people recognize that teaching basic skills in primary schools (reading, writing, and arithmetic) is no longer sufficient for pupils in the digital age. Therefore, governments now increasingly ask schools to add other skills (oral, digital) and to create connections between subjects (e.g., use mathematics in history lessons). In this study, we explored how social simulations can be used in primary education to meet these new goals. We conducted an expert appraisal (a qualitative Delphi method) with four experts specializing in innovating primary education. We selected three simulations that were freely available on the web, relevant for pupils’ lives and had a limited number of paramet…

2015

Low prevalence of substance-use disorder has been reported in adults with autism. However, on a superficial level, adults with high-functioning autism (HFA) display a ‘normal’ facade when they drink alcohol, which may explain why their alcohol dependency is not better diagnosed. Here, we report two cases of HFA adults who use alcohol and psychostimulants to cope with their anxiety and improve their cognitive abilities and social skills. We analyze how neurocognitive traits associated with HFA may be potential triggers for substance-use disorder. Better identification of autism and its cognitive impairments, which may be vulnerability traits for developing substance-use disorders, could help…

Educational Robotics: Evaluating the Role of Computational Thinking in Attaining 21st Century Skills

2022

Abstract Educational Robotics (ER) has gained prominence in the literature on Computational Thinking (CT) because of its modularity, a feature that potentially facilitates the development of abstract thinking through complex robotic parts. The field of robotics encompasses the characteristics of technology, intelligence, embodiment, and interaction, and these characteristics can serve as means of instruction for CT. Essential 21st Century Skills include decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and the use of algorithms; which are fundamental to effective problem-solving skills. Although CT is believed to be the key to developing 21st Century Skills, its role in doing so is significa…

Verso un'educazione interculturale

2016

Il tema dell'inclusione scolastica degli alunni di nazionalità non italiana è oggi particolarmente avvertito dall'opinione pubblica italiana in seguito alla consistenza del fenomeno immigratorio. I figli dei lavoratori immigrati non devono essere né assimilati né emarginati, bensì aiutati a formarsi una propria identità culturale. Sono forniti alcuni orientamenti pedagogici per gli insegnanti affinché favoriscano l'inclusione dei bambini stranieri e lo sviluppo di un'autentica mentalità interculturale in tutti gli alunni. A tal fine sono proposte delle competenze interculturali che gli insegnanti dovrebbero acquisire per far sì che tutti gli alunni interiorizzino i valori fondamentali per l…

Algorithms and Logic as Programming Primers

2019

To adapt all-immersive digitalization, the Finnish National Curriculum 2014 (FNC-2014) ‘digi-jumps’ by integrating programming into elementary education. However, applying the change to mathematics teachers’ everyday praxis is hindered by a too high-level specification. To elaborate FNC-2014 into more concrete learning targets, we review the computer science syllabi of countries that are well ahead, as well as the education recommendations set by computer science organizations, such as ACM and IEEE. The whole mathematics syllabus should be critically viewed in the light of these recommendations and feedback collected from software professionals and educators. The feedback reveals an imbalan…

Developing Peer Corrective Skills in Business Letter Writing in English as a Foreign Language

2019

Peer corrective feedback (PCF) implementation is a topical issue in writing skills development at tertiary level. Those researchers who explore the application of PCF in higher education (e.g. Liu and Sadler, 2003; Hyland, K. and Hyland, F., 2006) admit that students face difficulties in providing quali­ta­tive feedback that determines the effectiveness of this teaching tool. Therefore, the goal of this paper was to investigate what actions could be taken in order to develop students’ PCF skills and, consequently, foster the quality of PCF. The primary research method was a case study in which the participants were 24 second-year undergraduates majoring in English as a Foreign Language (EFL…

Enhancing Older Adults’ Digital Inclusion Through Social Support : A Qualitative Interview Study

2022

AbstractA lack of social support can hinder older adults’ digital inclusion. This chapter examines the connection between social and digital inclusion by focusing on the process of acquiring social support for digital technology use among older adults in Finland. Building on the concept of warm expert, the chapter shows that acquiring support for digital technology use is a reciprocal process that both enhances and requires digital inclusion. A qualitative analysis of 22 participant-induced elicitation interviews was conducted with older adults aged between 57 and 89. The chapter shows that social support reinforces digital inclusion by (a) ensuring older adults’ access to technology, (b) c…

The Role of Folk Pedagogy in Child Raising and in Maintaining National Identity in the Latvian Villages of Siberia

2015

<p>A large number of Latvia’s inhabitants have left the country recently due to a variety of reasons. There have been several waves of emigration in Latvia’s history. Generations of Latvians live in different parts of the world. Many have become assimilated in their country of destination, but there are communities of Latvians that have maintained their national and cultural identity, as well as traditions for well over a century. The goal of this study is to identify the set of skills, situations and character education – known as folk pedagogy - that are central to the retention of the Latvian idenity in the Latvian villages of Augšbebi (Bobrovka) and Kurzemes Ozolaine (Kurļanddubov…

Hätätilanteiden äänihavainnot ja toimintakyky : musiikinpsykologinen tarkastelu äänien merkityksestä osana tilannetietoisuuden ylläpitämistä ja tunte…

2016

Hätätilanteiden äänihavainnot ja toimintakyky on monitieteinen tutkimuskokonaisuus, jolla vastataan kysymyksiin siitä, miten ääni-informaation tilannetietoisuutta ylläpitävää roolia tulkitaan onnettomuustutkintaselostuksissa ja miten äänien synnyttämät kokemukset vaikuttavat toimintakykyyn. Tutkimuksen aineistoa ovat Onnettomuustutkintakeskuksen vesiliikenneonnettomuuksien tutkintaselostukset kymmenen vuoden ajalta, tutkimuskeskus Merikotkan internet-sivujen kautta tehdyn kyselyn vastaukset sekä merenkulun turvallisuuskoulutuskeskus Meriturvassa toteutetut haastattelut. Tutkimuksessa hyödynnettiin laadullista analyysia ja narratiivista tutkimusperinnettä sekä sovellettiin onnistuneesti eri …

Emotion pixies Weepybold, Angrybold, Afraidybold and Happybold help children recognize emotions

2018

English translation of the article: "Tunnepeikot Nyyhky, Äksy, Säikky ja Hymy tutustuttavat lapsia tunteisiin". Translation: Tuomo Suontausta How do you feel when you're sad? Where in your body you feel the sorrow? What does help you when you're feeling sad? Children consider these questions in kindergartens with emotion pixies Weepybold, Angrybold, Afraidybold and Happybold. Emotional competencies, i.e. identifying, recognising and controlling one's emotions, develop in social interaction with other people. There are several intervention programmes designed for children's social-emotional development, one of which is Papilio, a programme for preschool education. It is currently under study…