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Kaksisuuntaista kieleen sosiaalistumista kaksikielisissä perheissä

2015

The present study focuses on the language socialization of parents in six bilingual families. The aim is to investigate how parents describe their linguistic identity and what kinds of changes over time can be traced in these identities. The present study is part of a wider ethnographic project which aims to deepen our understanding of how conceptions of language, bilingualism and bilingual development are manifested and negotiated in different situations and by different stakeholders in Finnish-Swedish bilingualism in Finland. The analysis identifies four major categories of bilingualism: language identity, realization, expanding language skills and frustration. The results show that child…

Tunteiden säätelyn siirtyminen vanhemmilta lapsille perhevuorovaikutuksen välityksellä

2002

Theoria, praxis, poiesis : individualization as the constitution of sociality

2012

Esiopetusikäisten lasten vanhempien näkemyksiä lapsensa kouluvalmiudesta

2013

Tenhunen, A. 2012. ’’Tärkeintä on, että osatahan olla’’. Esiopetusikäisten lasten vanhempien näkemyksiä lapsensa kouluvalmiudesta. Jyväskylän yliopisto. Opettajankoulutuslaitos. Kasvatustieteen Pro gradu - tutkielma. 92 s. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää kouluvalmiuden käsitettä esiopetusikäisten lasten vanhempien määrittelemänä. Erityisesti tarkasteltiin vanhempien käsityksiä sosioemotionaalisesta kouluvalmiudesta. Lisäksi selvitettiin vanhempien käsityksiä lapsensa esiopetuksen sujumisesta, koulun aloittamiseen liittyvistä asioista ja niihin mahdollisesti liittyvistä haasteista. Tutkimus on luonteeltaan kvalitatiivinen ja tutkimusaineisto muodostuu teemahaastatteluista, jotka tote…

EFL Teacher Education in Finland : Manifestations of Professional Agency in Teacher Educators’ Work

2020

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher educators play a key role in the development of university-based teacher education and the preparation of preservice EFL teachers. However, the professional agency of EFL teacher educators in developing their work remains understudied. Employing a Vygotskian sociocultural theoretical perspective, this research considers the individual and collective professional agency of eight EFL teacher educators at two Finnish universities. Findings demonstrate that individual professional agency is enacted in the expression of professional identity and the development of professional relationships, and in offering and receiving professional assistance. Findin…

Linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic competence as criteria in assessing vocational language skills: the case of Finland

2010

The content of the assessment criteria used in assessing vocationally oriented language competence in the Finnish Competency-Based Qualifications was examined. The data consisted of the National Core Curricula, eight education providers’ assessment criteria used in rating performances in the Qualification of Business and Administration, and thematic interviews conducted with 12 language teachers and four workplace experts. The data were analysed qualitatively. The results showed that on the lower levels of language competence, sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences were considered important in compensating for lacking linguistic competence. The findings will be useful in further defining…

Climbing for equality: overcoming social inequality through sport : a narrative inquiry into the sport lives of five visually disabled climbers in Me…

2016

This master thesis is a qualitative narrative inquiry that illustrates and explores the stories of five visually disabled participants who took up the practice of rock climbing and mountaineering as a means to overcome social inequality. The researcher’s role within the study was that of active participation by being the coach and mountain guide for the participants over a period of five years. This narrative analysis reconstructs the stories of the participants in a coherent thematic analysis from a Marxist historical perspective, explaining how inequality towards the participants was created, by using the concept of Cultural Hegemony from Antonio Gramsci. The mentioned methodology was cho…

The sociology of professions and the study of the academic profession

2018

Arjen talous : talous, tunteet ja yhteiskunta

2004

Yhteisöllinen argumentointi sosionomikoulutuksessa avoimia ongelmia ratkottaessa

2017

The aim of this study was to develop teaching methods for practising argumentative problem-solving in a degree program of social services. The purpose was to acquire knowledge about multiple (face-to-face, online, and integrated) learning environments for studying argumentative problem-solving. In addition, the typical features of collaborative argumentation in student discussions were identified. Two teaching experiments were arranged in courses on drug and alcohol abuse. Both experiments required students to solve open-ended problems through role-play regarding a fictive girl’s use of alcohol. The idea of blended learning was applied in the first teaching experiment. Students (n = 29) wro…