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Neutral experts or passionate participants? Renegotiating expertise and the right to act in Finnish participatory social policy
2018
This article examines a case of participatory social policy in which former beneficiaries were invited as ‘experts-by-experience’ into Finnish social welfare organisations. It combines a governmentality perspective with the analytical tools of the sociology of engagements to explore as what the projects’ participants are engaged, and how the differing demands made on their ways of being are made to appear as legitimate. The article shows how different definitions of expertise are used to steer the participants’ forms of engagement, and how these definitions appear valid only within a specific frame of justifying civic participation. It concludes that the participants’ expertise is defined i…
Tutkimusmatka pienyrittäjän työvalmiuksien ytimeen : kirjallisuuteen ja DACUM-analyysiin perustuva kartoitus
2007
This study examines the occupational competence and attitudes that small business entrepreneurs consider essential to their work. Small business entrepreneurs were given an opportunity to express their views in small focus groups of peer entrepreneurs. Consensus opinions formulated by the groups were then meticulously documented. The results expose the very core or soul of entrepreneurial competence and attitudes by determining what small business entrepreneurs feel they must be able to do. Acknowledgement and acceptance of tacit knowledge as part of one's competence and attitudes would introduce a systematic approach to the recording of such knowledge and enable its transfer to co-workers …
Teachers as frontline agents of integration: Finnish physical education students’ reflections on intercultural encounters
2018
Background and purpose: This article focuses on how future Physical Education and Dance teachers may be better prepared to work in increasingly diverse education environments. It also discusses how tertiary institutions might address issues of social inclusion and cultural pluralism within their programmes, courses and assignments. The authors critically reflect on an experiential learning intervention in Jyväskylä, Finland, in which trainee PE teachers facilitated kinaesthetic language-learning workshops for asylum seekers. The applied use of physical education and dance in this context was aimed at providing a distinct opportunity to consider a PE teacher’s professional competence and rol…
DevOps-kehittäjän osaamisprofiili IT-alalla
2015
Kandidaatintutkielmassa käsitellään DevOpsia ja sitä, minkälaista osaaamista DevOpsina toimivalta vaaditaan. DevOps on IT-alalla uusi työtehtävä, jossa sama työntekijä hoitaa sekä kehittämiseen että operointiin liittyvät tehtävät. DevOpsin avulla kommunikaatio työntekijöiden välillä paranee ja kaikki työskentelevät paremmin samaa tavoitetta kohti. Tämän uudenalaisen järjestelyn avulla pystytään muun muassa tuottamaan järjestelmiä nopeammin ja parempilaatuisena. Osaamisella taas viitataan yksilön kykyihin suoriutua hänelle annetuista tehtävistä. Tutkielman lopussa kirjallisuuden perusteella tehtyä määritelmää DevOpsilta vaadittavasta osaamisesta verrataan työpaikkailmoituksissa haettaviin om…
Transformative, interdisciplinary and intercultural learning for developing HEI students’ sustainability-oriented competences : a case study
2022
AbstractThe literature has produced relevant theoretical insights into pedagogical frameworks, tools and competences that would be best suited to teach sustainability at higher education (HE). This article contributes to such a discussion using a course on sustainability developed by us as a case study. Two research questions are tackled in this article: (1) How to empower students to address urban sustainability challenges through the inclusion of transformative, interdisciplinary and intercultural learning into the current HE system? (2) Which pedagogical tools can be used to develop students’ sustainability-oriented competences? To address the research questions, the case study consists …
More skilled, better paid : labour-market returns to postsecondary vocational education
2017
Outside the USA, relatively little is known about the labour-market returns to postsecondary vocational (or polytechnic) education. Yet, polytechnics in Europe are distinct from US community colleges. This paper focuses on the labour-market returns to polytechnic attendance in Finland, where polytechnics are representative of many European countries. Using matching methods and longitudinal administrative data, we find that, compared to individuals with no postsecondary education, students who attend polytechnics have higher annual earnings of €3,300 to €3,700 and employment gains of 2.5 to 6.6 percentage points 10 years after the entry decision. However, the returns vary by personal charact…
Presentation of Intercultural Competence in English Language Textbooks : The Case of a Private Language School in Iran
2016
As the objective of learning a foreign language is now defined in terms of intercultural competence, all aspects of an English as a foreign language (EFL) program are expected to be geared towards cultivating interculturality. The issue is specifically significant in the Iranian context, because of the indeterminate status of English language in the country, and also the growing need of intercultural competence for Iranians. The present study investigated to what extent the learning tasks in textbooks for adult courses in a private language institute aimed at increasing learners’ intercultural competence, and what dimensions of intercultural competence they addressed. The methodology center…
Behavioral Health Theories, Equity, and Disparities in Global Health : A Basic Process Model
2020
Lack of participation in health-promoting behaviors and participation in behaviors that contribute to health risks have been linked to health disparities observed among individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. This chapter presents a basic process model to summarize the effects of socio-structural variables linked to health disparities – socioeconomic status, education, health literacy, ethnicity, and religiosity – on individuals’ beliefs and cognitions that determine behavior. Socio-structural characteristics were proposed to have a pervasive effect on individuals’ beliefs and other constructs from social cognition theories which impact their decisions to participate in prospective heal…
Kokeneiden tule-fysioterapeuttien käsityksiä fysioterapeuttisesta osaamisesta
2014
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, minkälaisia käsityksiä tuki- ja liikuntaelinsairauksien suoravastaanottokoulutusta aloittavilla, kokeneilla fysioterapeuteilla (n=28) oli ammatillisesta osaamisesta. Fysioterapeuttien osaamisesta on tehty runsaasti tutkimuksia, sen sijaan osaamiskäsityksiä ei ole tutkittu. Fysioterapeuttien tehtäväkuva on muuttumassa ja osaamisvaatimukset laajenevat. Kapean erikoisosaamisen sijasta tulevaisuudessa tarvitaan laajempaa näkemystä toimintakykyisyyden tukemisen keinoista. Muun muassa väestön ikääntyminen tuo uudenlaisia haasteita ja työelämässä tarvitaan yleisesti yhteistyötaitoja, moniosaamista, kykyä siirtyä joustavasti tehtävästä toiseen, sekä oman osa…
Valmistuvien fysioterapeuttiopiskelijoiden käsityksiä neurologisesta fysioterapiasta
2014
TIIVISTELMÄ Anne Ryhänen (2014). Valmistuvien fysioterapeuttiopiskelijoiden käsityksiä neurologisesta fysioterapiasta. Terveystieteiden laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto, (fysioterapia) pro gradu -tutkielma. 49 s., 9 liitettä. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli ymmärtää valmistuvien fysioterapeuttien käsityksiä neurologisesta fysioterapiasta ja sen oppimisesta. Ymmärtämällä opiskelijoiden käsityksiä tutkittavasta ilmiöstä voidaan kehittää opetussuunnitelmaa opiskelijalähtöisesti. Neurologiset potilaat ovat olleet vuosikymmenien ajan yksi keskeisimmistä fysioterapiaa saaneista asiakasryhmistä ja väestön ikääntyessä neurologisia sairauksia sairastavien määrä lisääntyy edelleen. Neurologisen fysioterapi…