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”Kun aika ja resurssit eivät riitä tekemään työtä niin hyvin kuin osaisi ja haluaisi sitä tehdä” : Varhaiskasvatuksen opettajien käsityksiä työn haas…
2022
Early childhood education (ECE) in Finland has developed in recent years and extensive reforms have taken place in both staffing and pedagogical content, but the ECE is facing a shortage of teachers. Previous research has highlighted the problems of social recognition, salary issues, and working conditions. The focus of this study is to identify the challenges teachers face in ECE and opportunities to increase the motivation for work. The research was conducted through survey that was answered by 469 teachers or former teachers. The factor analysis summarized the main challenges of the work, such as the lack of social recognition and the declining meaning of the work. Improving salaries bec…
Movement and physical activity in early childhood education and care policies of five nordic countries
2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the values of movement and physical activity (MoPA) using government policy documents (e.g., laws and curricula) on early childhood education and care (ECEC) from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. This descriptive, comparative study was designed based on curriculum theory and used word count and content analyses to identify similarities and differences in the occurrence of MoPA in the ECEC policies of Nordic countries. Seven terms were identified as MoPA-related in Nordic policy documents. These terms occurred in various content contexts: development, environment, expression, health and well-being, learning and play, albeit sparsely. MoP…
Musiikinopettajana yliopistojen varhaiskasvatuksen yksiköissä ja ammattikorkeakoulujen sosiaalialan linjoilla
1998
Promoting physical activity in Finnish early childhood education and care, and the implementation of national recommendations of physical activity fo…
2022
Joy in Motion is a nationwide physical activity and well-being programme aimed at early childhood education and care (ECEC) launched in 2015 in Finland. The aim is to enable every child to be physically active and enjoy physical activity every day. Latest updates of the Finnish recommendations for physical activity in early childhood was published in 2016. The key message in the recommendations is Joy, play and doing together. Daily physical activity is just as important for children's well-being as healthy nutrition and sufficient sleep and rest. Presentations discuss the current state of the programme with more than 2200 registered early education units and provides concrete examples of t…
Co-development of the national monitoring system for the joy of motion, physical activity and motor skills for pre-school-aged children in Finland
2022
In recent years, we have got more information on physical activity and motor skills of preschool-aged children in Finland. However, national monitoring system for this age groups is still lacking in Finland like in many other European countries too. This presentation describes the process and recent results of an on-going research and development project JOYPAM - monitoring the joy of motion, physical activity and motor skills for pre-school-aged children. Aim of the project is to co-create, test and recommend a national level monitoring system by the end of 2020. nonPeerReviewed
Digiloikka ja ei-kenenkään-alue varhaiskasvatuksessa
2017
Kasvatusajattelun ja -käytänteiden tarkastelua Suomen ja Japanin varhaiskasvatuksessa
2011
Tiivistelmä. Sutinen, Jenni. 2011. Kasvatusajattelun ja - käytänteiden tarkastelua Suomen ja Japanin varhaiskasvatuksessa. Varhaiskasvatustieteen pro gradu - tut-kielma. Kasvatustieteiden laitos. Jyväskylän yliopisto. 105 sivua + liitteet. Tässä laadullisessa vertailevassa tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin Suomen ja Japanin varhaiskas-vatusta dokumenttiaineistojen avulla. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, millaisia eroja ja yhtäläisyyksiä kahden eri maan varhaiskasvatuksesta voidaan nähdä. Tutkimuksessa tar-kasteltiin varhaiskasvatuksen ja lastentarhanopettajakoulutuksen opetussuunnitelmia sekä aiempaa tutkimustietoa japanilaisesta ja länsimaisesta varhaiskasvatuksesta laadun, asian-tuntijuu…
Kouluvalmius - edelleen lapsen valmiutta? : kouluvalmiustutkimuksia suorittavien psykologien näkemyksiä kouluvalmiudesta
2000
Media Education in Finnish Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Curricular Analysis
2022
In this chapter, we discuss the results of the media education (ME) study focusing on Finnish early childhood teacher education curricula. The research interest evolved from a specific time in the history of Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC): the first mandatory national core curriculum became effective in 2017 and it also included ME. How was the new teacher generation prepared for this new professional demand? We analysed the curricular texts and mandatory course literature of all seven Finnish university bachelor’s degree programmes that provide teacher qualifications for ECEC, to answer the following research questions: (1) How was media education positioned in early chi…