Search results for "Course"

Praised from birth : social approval assets in the creation of a new university

2021

Purpose – The authors explore how social approval assets, namely status and reputation, are used to legitimate and categorise a new national university. They argue that in the course of the legitimation process, status and reputation work as stakeholder-oriented value-creating benefits. The authors specifically analyse the discursive constructions and labels used in the process and how the process enables nationwide university reform. Design/methodology/approach – The authors’ longitudinal case study utilises critical discourse analysis and analyses media and policy discourses regarding the birth of Aalto University. Findings –The findings suggest that the legitimation of the new university…

Ciència i moral. En els orígens de la maternitat totalitzant

2012

En la construcció i difusió com a model normatiu d’una imatge de la maternitat entesa com  a vocació totalitzant, tasca exclusiva, destí natural i plena realització de les dones, el discurs científic, i de manera molt especial, el mèdic, ha exercit un paper clau. Explorarem els orígens d’aquest model en els textos mèdics divulgatius i la literatura de ficció del segle XVIII.

Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, Vol.12

2022

Poliittisen keskustelun historian metodeja metsästämässä

2017

Puheenvuoro.

Responsibility in home-school relations : Finnish parents' views

2014

Finnish parents' views on responsibility in the home–school relations were explored. Responsibility was here understood as responsibility over education and upbringing. The data consist of semi-structured interviews with 24 mothers and four fathers. In the home–school discourses, parents and teachers were often referred to as partners, and active parental involvement in school life was seen as a key to children's success. However, in some discourses teachers and parents were seen as polar opposites, e.g. teachers as experts — parents as laymen. Few references were made to children's responsibility.

A Practical Joke in Public Sphere – a Polish Case Study

2017

The aim of the paper is to show multiple layers of discourse and the consequences of a particular practical joke that has been played at a local public event and has become a theme for media coverage nationwide. Students in one of Polish high schools brought a goat as a present to their headmaster and handed it in during their commencement ceremony. Some event participants reported it to the Animal Welfare Society claiming that the goat was mistreated. It seemed that it was not eager to be led on a leash and it urinated, which was interpreted as a sign of discomfort and stress. The story became a headline first in the local and then in the national press and television, and was accompanied …

Longitudinal profiles of mental well-being as correlates of successful aging in middle age

2017

This study analyzed the multidimensional (including emotional, psychological, and social well-being) profiles of mental well-being and their links to various indicators of successful aging (SA; including diseases, cognitive and physical function, and engagement with life). The analyses were based on the Finnish Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, where the age-cohort participants have been followed from age 8 to 50. Data on 335 participants collected in mid-adulthood were analyzed. Applying Latent Profile Analysis and measures of life satisfaction and psychological well-being at ages 36, 42, and 50 and social well-being at ages 42 and 50, four longitudinal w…

The use of English in the construction of Christian youth identities in a Finnish youth magazine

2006

Ancestors of two-spirits: representations of native American third-gender males in historical documentation : a critical discourse analysis in anthro…

2005

Behind the Cosmo-girl : Women’s representations and the brand of Cosmopolitan magazine

2009

 Kriittisen diskurssintutkimuksen lähtökohta on ajatus kielestä todellisuutta ja kulttuurisia arvoja muokkaavana ja uusintavana välineenä. Siksi totuttuihin puhetapoihin eli diskursseihin tulee kiinnittää huomiota, jos halutaan muuttaa yhteiskunnan epätasa-arvoa tuottavia rakenteita tai nostaa näkyville erilaisiin ihmisryhmiin liitettyjä piileviä oletuksia. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus on lisätä tietoa kulttuurisista naisrepresentaatioistamme kriittisen diskurssintutkimuksen metodeja hyödyntäen. Valitsin tutkittavaksi aineistokseni kaksi artikkelia Cosmopolitanista. Pyrin tuomaan uuden näkökulman naistenlehtien analyysiin vertaamalla artikkeleista löytyvää naiskuvaa Cosmopolitanin imagoon ny…