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Policy Brief: Developing Education Policies in Europe to Enhance Cultural Literacy
2019
Europe needs education policies that seek to advance intercultural dialogue in a way which reflects the super-diversity of today’s Europe, support respect for diversity and difference, and enable the growth of young people’s identities. The DIALLS project seeks to respond to these needs by developing the concept and idea of cultural literacy and creating a Cultural Literacy Learning Programme for young people. For DIALLS, cultural literacy means a social practice that is inherently dialogic and based on learning and gaining knowledge through empathetic, tolerant and inclusive interaction with others. DIALLS’ qualitative content and concept analysis of European and national education policy …
Policy Brief: Clarifying Culture-Related Concepts in European Education Policies
2019
Education policies are crucial means to enhance peaceful co- existence in a culturally diverse Europe. Culture is, however, a challenging policy topic as general references to it may raise a question of ‘what and whose culture’ the policies are addressing. Based on the DIALLS project’s concept analysis of the EU's and the Council of Europe’s education policy documents, we recommend reducing their ambiguity by being explicit and precise with regard to the culture-related concepts contained within them. Target audience: Authors of future European education policies.
The development of mobile banking services in a large Finnish financial organization
2018
The chapter, based on an ongoing qualitative study, provides answers to the following questions: what are the case organizations’ rationales in developing mobile banking services? how are customer perspectives considered in developing them? and what are the implications of digitalization and m-banking for the bank and the client? Based on the findings, m-banking is seen to allow ubiquitous availability and efficiency of service provision, offering a sound rationale for their development. The flipside is that digital and m-banking services dilute the human interaction, which challenges the rationale of improving the customer experience. The service development follows the software industry m…
The ‘spirit of the times’: Fast policy for educational reform in Finland
2020
This article examines the nature of neoliberal influences upon educational policy making in the Finnish education system in recent times. The article draws upon key policy documents, government reports, journal articles and media articles about reforms in the early childhood, basic/compulsory school and vocational education and training sectors to evidence these processes. Analytically, these reforms are understood as instances of what has been referred to as ‘fast policy’. Methodologically, we draw upon principles of zeitgeist analysis to reveal the features and effects of these fast policy influences as they relate to educational provision in Finland. These features and effects include i…
Jyväskylän kirjastojen ja kaupungin opetuspalvelujen suunnitelma informaatiolukutaidon edistämisestä
2011
Policy-practice gap in participation of students with disabilities in Ethiopia's formal vocational education programme
2017
In Ethiopia, individuals with disabilities have limited access to educational and vocational training opportunities due to environmental, attitudinal and institutional barriers. The overarching purpose of the study was to investigate the status of inclusiveness of relevant policy and legal instruments of the study countries and their practicality in vocational education programmes. The specific aims of the study were to: explore the extent to which the issue of special educational and training needs for persons with disabilities is addressed in the education and training policy of Ethiopia, specifically focusing on technical and vocational education and training (TVET); investigate prevaili…
Âzykovaâ politika Finlândii v oblasti obrazovaniâ s točki zreniâ russkogo i švedskogo âzykov : «case-study» v gorode Kouvola
2012
Ruotsin kielellä on suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa vahvat historialliset juuret, ja siihen kohdistuvat muutokset vaativat aikaa. Viime aikoina ruotsin kielen asemaan on kuitenkin kohdistunut muutosvaatimuksia ja siitä on tullut keskustelun aihe niin politiikassa kuin myös kansan keskuudessa. Noin 5,5 % Suomen kansalaisista on äidinkieleltään ruotsinkielisiä ja ruotsin kielellä on perustuslaissa turvattu virallisen kielen asema. Tämä tarkoittaa sitä, että jokaisen Suomen kansalaisen tulee opiskella ruotsia, ja sen lisäksi valtion ja kuntien virkoihin vaaditaan virkamiesruotsin taito. Näin on tarkoitus taata myös ruotsinkielisten palveluiden saanti. Medioissa onkin keskusteltu siitä, toteutuuko…
Miten yrittäjäkoulutus palvelee aloittavaa yrittäjää? esimerkkinä Meda-yrittäjäkoulutusprojekti
2009
A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Promoting Initial Literacy Development in Africa : Ongoing and Planned Research and Development at the University …
2017
A four-year research and development program at CAPOLSA (the Centre for the Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa) was inspired by widespread dissatisfaction with poor literacy outcomes of mass basic schooling in Zambia and sought to test the generalizability of a scientifically grounded, computer-mediated instructional resource developed in Finland, for effective intervention in an African society where different linguistic and educational conditions obtain. Specific challenges and opportunities posed by the local sociocultural context included the prevalence of multilingualism, the relatively transparent orthographies of local languages, and poor infrastructure of the public school …