Search results for "ARH"

Relations between Kindergarten Teachers’ Occupational Well-being and the Quality of Teacher-child Interactions

2020

Research Findings The aim of this study was to examine associations between two aspects of teachers’ occupational well-being, i.e., teaching-related stress and work engagement, and the quality of teacher–child interactions in Finnish kindergarten classrooms. Participants were 47 kindergarten teachers with their classrooms of 6-year-old children. Teacher–child interactions (i.e., emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support) were observed twice during the kindergarten year (fall and spring), using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS). In addition, teachers completed questionnaires on stress and work engagement. The results indicated that teaching-related st…

Lastentarhanopettajien huippukokemukset työhyvinvointia rakentamassa

2010

Tutkimus tarkastelee lastentarhanopettajien työhön liittyviä huippukokemuksia. Teoreettisena lähtökohtana toimii Csikszentmihalyin flowkäsite. Ilmiötä lähestytään kolmen tutkimusongelman avulla, joilla selvitetään huippukokemusten ominaisuuksia, työtiimin ja -yhteisön merkitystä niiden ilmenemiseen sekä huippukokemusten yhteyttä työhyvinvointiin. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on ollut löytää työhyvinvointiin vaikuttavia tekijöitä ja mahdollisia keinoja hyvinvoinnin lisäämiseksi päiväkotikontekstissa. Lastentarhanopettajien työhön liittyvät huippukokemukset eli työhön uppoutumisen hetket olivat erityisiä kokemuksia ja ne erosivat arkisesta työnilosta. Tilanteisiin sisältyi onnistumisen ja pystyv…

Kohtaamisia ja ohituksia : kollegiaalisten vuorovaikutussuhteiden (erityis)piirteitä päiväkotityön arjessa

2005

Toisen kielen oppimisen tukeminen päiväkodissa

2016

Äidinkieliset puhujat osaavat usein luonnostaan mukauttaa puhettaan keskustellessaan ei-äidinkielisen puhekumppanin kanssa, jotta ymmärtäminen on helpompaa. On kuitenkin vaikeaa arvioida sopivaa mukauttamisen määrää. Tässä artikkelissa esittelen pro gradu -tutkielmani (Taivassalo 2016) tulosten pohjalta nousseita ajatuksia yksinkertaistetun puheen mahdollisista vaikutuksista kielen oppimiseen. Tutkielmassani tarkastelin äidinkielisten lastentarhanopettajien ja toista kieltään käyttävien lasten kahdenvälisiä keskusteluja kysymysten ja vastausten näkökulmasta keskustelunanalyysin ja vuorovaikutuslingvistiikan metodien avulla. nonPeerReviewed

The Quality of Teacher-child Interactions and Teachers’ Occupational well-being in Finnish Kindergartens: A Person-centered Approach

2022

Research Findings: The aim of the present study was to identify profiles of kindergarten teachers based on the observed quality of interactions with the children in their classrooms and to explore possible differences between the profiles in terms of teachers’ occupational well-being and teacher and classroom characteristics. Participants were 54 Finnish kindergarten teachers whose interactions with children were observed with the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS Pre-K). The teachers also completed a questionnaire about their occupational well-being. Four interaction profiles were identified: Highest Quality, Moderate Quality, Lower Quality with Limited Negativity, and Lower Quali…

Obstacles to dialogic encounters between parents and staff in pre-primary school

2020

This study investigate dobstacles to encounters with staff as experienced by parents in the context of institutional pre-primary education in Finland. The study contributes to education research by exploring parents’ perceptions and experiences of encounters with staff from the perspectives of Buber’s (1923/1987; 1947/2002) dialogic philosophy and Giorgi`s (1994) phenomenological psychology. The parent volunteers (n = 15) who participated in planning the local pre-primary education curriculum based on The National Core curriculum for Pre-primary Education 2014 (Finnish National Board of Education 2016) met three times during the 2015–2016 school year in a city in northern Finland. In the la…

Understanding Different Approaches to ECE Pedagogy through Tensions

2021

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The concept of pedagogy is the key to understanding pedagogy in early childhood education (ECE) in the Nordic countries, which are known for their high quality of life and education. However, in ECE, there are several different approaches toward pedagogy and it can be said that pedagogy is a multidimensional and dynamic concept. In this paper, the different approaches to pedagogy are defined and reconceptualized through an integrative literature analysis focusing on scientific papers and research reports of the concept. Five approaches to pedagogy were constructed: pedagogy through interaction, pedagogy through s…

Relational expertise among Finnish educators working in extended hours ECEC

2023

This study examined discourses and positions produced by educators (n = 31) on the topics of teamwork and professional expertise in extended hours early childhood education and care (ECEC). Theoretically, we follow the ideas of relational expertise and common knowledge. Previous research provides that relational expertise and creating common knowledge are useful in ECEC contexts, especially in teamwork. The data were collected by interviewing educators, and discursive psychology was applied in the analysis of the data. As results, we found two discursive tensions. In relation to teamwork the tension was working alone versus working in a team. In the topic of professional expertise, the tens…

Teacher-child interaction quality and children's self-regulation in toddler classrooms in Finland and Portugal

2021

This study examines the association between teacher–child interaction quality and children's self‐regulation in Finnish and Portuguese toddler classrooms. The participants included 230 Finnish (M = 29; SD = 3 months) and 283 Portuguese (M = 30, SD = 4 months) toddlers and their teachers (n = 43 Finland; n = 29 Portugal). The children's behavioural self‐regulation (attention, working memory, and inhibition control) was individually tested, and the teachers evaluated the children's self‐regulation skills in the classroom. The quality of the teacher–child interactions (i.e., emotional and behavioural support and engaged support for learning) was evaluated using the CLASS‐Toddler observation in…

Lasten osallisuus lasten ja aikuisten välisessä varhaiskasvatuksen vuorovaikutuksessa

2018

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelemme, millaista on lasten osallisuus lasten ja aikuisten välisessä vuorovaikutuksessa. Selvitimme, millä tavoin aikuiset mahdollistavat tai estävät lasten osallisuuden toteutumisen ja kuinka lapset hyödyntävät heille tarjottuja osallisuuden mahdollisuuksia. Tutkimuksemme tarkoituksena on herätellä varhaiskasvattajia pohtimaan omaa osallisuusajatteluaan ja kiinnittämään huomiota siihen, kuinka aikuinen pystyy omalla toiminnallaan vaikuttamaan lasten osallisuuden toteutumiseen. Tutkimuksen aineiston keräsimme havainnoimalla yhden päiväkodin 3-6 -vuotiaiden lasten ja heidän kanssaan työskentelevien aikuisten välisiä vuorovaikutustilanteita. Havainnoinnissa hyödynsi…