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Harnessing Women’s Potential as a Soft Engine for Growth : Lessons from Contrasting Trajectories between Finland and Japan for Growing Economies

2017

Harnessing the vigor of women’s potential is essential for inclusive economic growth in a digital economy moving toward aging society. This can be a soft engine for sustainable growth substitutable for costly hard investment. While there exists explicit evidence of a virtual cycle between economic growth and gender balance improvement, emerging countries cannot afford to overcome the constraints of low income. Given the foregoing, this paper analyzed possible co-evolution between economic growth, gender balance improvement and digital innovation initiated by information and communication technology (ICT) advancement. Using a unique dataset representing the state of gender balance improvemen…

Care for older people in early twenty-first-century Europe : dimensions and directions of change

2017

Fysioterapeuttien itsearvioidut näkemykset taidon osaamisesta akuuttisairaalassa

2018

Taitoa tarvitaan, kun sovelletaan tietämystä käytännössä, kuten ongelmien ratkaisussa ja teh-tävien suorittamisessa. Taidot opitaan toistojen ja harjoittelun kautta. Fysioterapeutin ydin-osaaminen kuvastaa ammatillisen tiedon ja taitojen soveltamista fysioterapeutin työssä. Euro-pean Commission (2017) on tehnyt eurooppalaisen tutkintojen viitekehyksen (EQF), jossa on nostettu esille eri tasoisissa tutkinnoissa tarvittavat tiedot, taidot ja vastuut. Fysioterapia on viitekehyksen tasolla kuusi, jonka mukaan tulee hallita ”edistyneet taidot, joita vaaditaan mo-nimutkaisten ja ennalta arvaamattomien ongelmien ratkaisemiseksi työssä”. Pro gradutyön tarkoituksena oli selvittää fysioterapeutin its…

Let's talk business! : a task-based material package of public speaking and small talk in the BELF context

2012

Arvioiden mukaan lähivuosina yli kolmannes maailman ihmisistä käyttää englannin kieltä. Tämä on jo vuosia näkynyt ja tulee myös tulevaisuudessa yhä enemmän näkymään kansainvälisessä liike-elämässä, jossa englantia käytetään lingua francana. Eritoten englannin suullinen taito, kuten julkinen puhuminen ja small talk, näyttelevät suurta roolia tässä kontekstissa. Huomionarvoista on kuitenkin se, että hyvin usein liike-elämän kieli- ja viestintäkoulutuksen opetusmateriaalit epäonnistuvat valmistamaan kansainvälisen liike-elämän toimijoita tosielämän tilanteisiin. Tästä johtuen olen maisterintutkielmassani koonnut opetusmateriaalipaketin, jonka keskiössä on ensinnäkin tulevien liike-elämän toimi…

The Connection of Machiavellianism, Self-control and Induced Emotions with Solving Tasks

2014

The presented research shows that there is a connection between Machiavellianism and the way of solving problem tasks in the situations of inducing chosen emotions. The results obtained in this research show that Machiavellians are characterised by the self-control of the stop type and that the induction of emotions has not such a connection with solving tasks by them as it is in case of people with a low level of Machiavellianism. Moreover, it has been shown that people with high Machiavellianism do not trust other people and are focused on the maximization of profit.

Factorial validity and internal consistency of the motivational climate in pysical education scale

2014

The aim of the study was to examine the construct validity and internal consistency of the Motivational Climate in Physical Education Scale (MCPES). A key element of the development process of the scale was establishing a theoretical framework that integrated the dimensions of task- and ego involving climates in conjunction with autonomy, and social relatedness supporting climates. These constructs were adopted from the self-determination and achievement goal theories. A sample of Finnish Grade 9 students, comprising 2,594 girls and 1,803 boys, completed the 18–item MCPES during one physical education class. The results of the study demonstrated that participants had highest mean in task-in…

Teacher efficacy predicts teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion – a longitudinal cross-lagged analysis

2020

Over the past decades, an abundance of studies have assessed teacher attitudes and self-efficacy beliefs related to inclusive education. However, empirical evidence on the causal relationship between efficacy and attitudes is still rare and inconclusive. Therefore, the present study focused on identifying the interdependent relationship between teachers’ attitudes and their self-efficacy beliefs using a cross-lagged panel design path analysis. A total of 1326 teachers from Finish schools participated in an electronic survey. Teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs were assessed five times and attitudes (attitudes and concerns subscale) three times over three years. The outcomes indicated that both …

Exploring the role of teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, their self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management in teache…

2023

Using a sample of 384 Finnish teachers, in this study we explored how teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management affect their behaviours in teaching appropriate behaviours to students, and how teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy mediate the effect of background variables on teacher behaviour. The results revealed that teachers’ self-efficacy and collective efficacy significantly predicted their behaviour. The number of students with attention or behavioural problems has an indirect negative effect on teacher behaviour, mediated by teacher self-efficacy. peerReviewed

Employee opportunities for self-directed learning at technology organisations : features and frames of self-directed learning projects

2020

The importance of self-directed learning (SDL) in a business environment has been highlighted as a way to increase an organisation’s competitiveness and innovativeness. While organisations increasingly require SDL from employees, less attention is paid to the situations and frames enabling it. This study examines self-directed learning projects (SDLPs), situations in which SDL is realised as an individual or collective phenomenon. Based on ethnographic research, this study’s data consisted of field notes, field records and interviews. I used analysis of key incidents and ethnographic content analysis as an analytical tools. Four types of SDLPs was identified in the organisations studied: or…

Teoría de la educación : educación y cultura en la sociedad de la información

2016

Las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación han construido un nuevo contexto: la sociedad de la información, en la que la escuela sufrirá necesariamente cambios importantes. La integración de estas nuevas tecnologías en la educación será adecuada si se realiza desde una perspectiva pedagógica activa y constructiva. En esa dinámica hay una serie de factores muy importantes para una integración eficaz: el apoyo institucional y el desarrollo de políticas pertinentes, lo que comporta dotación de infraestructuras y formación de los profesores, el apoyo de los equipos directivos de los centros, y el desarrollo de modelos de evaluación coherentes. The information and communication n…