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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…

sosiokulttuuriset tekijätEnglish as a foreign languageEFL teacher educationEducationammatti-identiteettiPedagogyAgency (sociology)Sociocultural approach0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSociologyopettajankoulutusCurriculumteacher educator4. Education05 social sciences050301 educationFinnish teacher educationprofessional agencytoimijuusTeacher educationCollective agencysociocultural approachkieltenopettajatWork (electrical)0503 educationcollective agencyvieraat kielet050104 developmental & child psychology

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The sociology of professions and the study of the academic profession

2018

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Periodismo especializado y especialización política

2015

En este artículo se revisa la bibliografía sobre periodismo especializado y se analizan los rasgos normalmente aducidos para identificar la especialización periodística, que apuntan por lo general al contenido de los textos: la especificidad temática, el enfoque en profundidad, la metodología de investigación, el recurso a fuentes expertas, la necesidad de formación complementaria a la pro-piamente periodística, la orientación a audiencias segmentadas, el uso de géneros textuales con-cretos, o la adecuación lingüística. La aplicación de estos mismos factores a la especialización políti-ca pone de manifiesto la necesidad de cuestionar los rasgos aducidos y considerar otros criterios en el co…

specialized journalismRelation (database)business.industryResearch methodologyperiodismo políticofuentes periodísticasProfessional practicerutinas profesionales periodísticas.Public relationsFocus (linguistics)PoliticsPolitical scienceSpecialization (functional)political journalismjournalistic sourcesperiodismo especializadoJournalismprofessional routines of journalism.business

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Sport organizations and crime: indissoluble binomial? A sociological and economic analysis for possible solutions

2011

The fundamental principles which should guide the activities of football teams are contaminated by criminal phenomena that produce, as the main effect, the loss of confidence from the fans. The reasons of the crisis of credibility in the sports organizations are both economic and social. This seems paradoxical in light of the circumstances under which: under the social profile has demonstrated a negative correlation between sport and widespread crime; under economic profile, the soccer is the one sport that is characterized by consistent and staggering increases in turnover. Modern society facilitates the scenario described above, because it is fragmented and characterized by dynamic proces…

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Transition to working life and benefits of education as experienced by the graduates of an international master's programme in sport management

2017

University graduates in today’s working life need various skills in addition to the subject specific knowledge of the academic discipline. There is need, for instance, for the ability to use, create and produce knowledge, integration of theory into practice and oral and written presentation skills. All of this challenges the contemporary higher education institutions to integrate these elements into the curriculum to meet the above-mentioned demands. The purpose of this study was to find out, how the graduates an international Master’s Programme in Sport Management have moved to working life and how the education meets its needs, as experienced by the graduates. The data was collected with …

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A case formulation model for the assessment of psychological problems among deafblind persons

2012

In order to describe and understand possible problems associated with deafblindness we applied a functional analysis case formulation strategy and Functional Analytic Clinical Case Diagrams (FACCD). We collected clinical assessment data from deafblind persons who were experiencing multiple psychological problems as reported by their healthcare professionals. The data were collected after the healthcare professionals were trained in functional analyses and in applying FACCD. The 21 deafblind persons assessed by healthcare professionals were reported to have 3–11 psychological problems. Two case examples are given to illustrate the complexity of a deafblind person's life situation and the fun…