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Tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaidot liikuntatunnilla : opettajien ja oppilaiden kokemuksia tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaitojen käytöstä yläkoulun liikuntatunni…
2017
Tämän fenomenologis-hermeneuttiseen menetelmään perustuvan haastattelututkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tutkia liikunnanopettajien ja yläkouluikäisten tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaitoja sekä niiden käyttöä liikuntatunnilla. Tavoitteena oli tarkastella tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaitojen yhteys ryhmän kiinteyteen, miten taitoja käytetään ja toisaalta myös tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaitojen käytön haasteet. Liikuntatuntiin liittyy usein paljon vaihtelevia vuorovaikutustilanteita. Oleellista on, että tunne- ja vuorovaikutustaidot ovat opetettavissa, opittavissa ja kehittyvät harjoittelemalla – aivan kuten muutkin taidot. Tutkimuksen teoreettisessa osassa perehdyttiin aluksi ryhmän käsitteeseen sekä ryhmän pe…
Fortellinger om gutters krise, jenters fremgang og skolens utfordringer med sosiale ulikheter
2021
Gutter som skolens tapere er blitt en dominerende fortelling gjennom mange år og gjentas nok en gang gjennom Stoltenbergutvalgets rapport om kjønnsforskjellene i skolen. Fortellingen bygger på en dikotomisk kjønnsforståelse og ikke en forståelse av at kjønn er mangfoldig og konstrueres kontinuerlig i kulturelle, sosiale og språklige sammenhenger. Ved å betrakte gutter som skolens tapere som et dominerende narrativ belyser jeg premissene for en slik fortelling, konsekvensene den har og hvilke fortellinger som usynliggjøres eller stilles i skyggen – fortellinger om en skole som ikke evner å utjevne de sosiale ulikhetene den har et mål om å utjevne.
Teacher as creator: Orchestrating the learning environment to promote learner development
2022
Sociocultural theory (SCT) is a powerful basis for exploring and guiding L2 (second/foreign language) learner development. For the most part, however, the focus of classroom SCT-L2 has been on single activities, for example, teacher mediation of learners’ writing process or peer scaffolding. In this paper, we expand on these studies, building on Vygotsky’s (1997) metaphor of teacher as a creator of learner development. We propose how activities (1) where agency for guiding development lies with learners, (2) where the teacher takes the lead in guiding learner development, and (3) where opportunities for development emerge in dialogical interaction between the teacher and learners can be or…
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…
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…
EdenMed: innovazione sostenibile. Il modello Inquiry based Learning in educazione
2022
Il tema della sostenibilità è oggi al centro di un dibattito che si va progressivamente articolando e arricchendo, mettendone in luce la complessità e sottolineando al contempo la necessità di un approccio olistico ed ecosistemico (Bhattacharjee, Debnath; Hinzen, Schmitt, 2016; Leicht, Heiss, Byun, 2018; Lundvall, Fröberg, 2022; Malavasi, 2020; Stein et alii, 2022;). L’Agenda 2030, firmata da tutti i Paesi dell’ONU nel 2015, impegna governi, comunità educanti e singoli verso un nuovo modello di sviluppo sostenibile, capace di ristabilire un equilibrio tra i diversi sistemi prima che si arrivi ad un punto di non ritorno. La sostenibilità non è una questione puramente ambientale. Con l’agenda…
Escultores del sonido: prácticas musicales creativas como elemento de transformación social
2020
El principal objetivo de esta investigación es mostrar de qué manera los usos de la tecnología planteados por músicos sin formación académica (“no músicos”), ofrecen un nuevo marco para la transformación social a través de sus prácticas musicales creativas. Como metodología de trabajo se utilizó la investigación etnográfica y la muestra se conformó a través de trece participantes con perfiles profesionales y trayectorias vitales de gran diversidad, con un patrón de coincidencia común: no tener formación musical académica (conservatorio). Como instrumentos y técnicas se emplearon las propias de esta metodología: las entrevistas individuales y grupales, el análisis documental de plataformas d…
Argument graph as a tool for promoting collaborative online reading
2013
This study explored how the construction of an argument graph promotes students' collaborative online reading compared to note-taking. Upper secondary school students (n = 76) worked in pairs. The pairs were asked to search for and read source material on the Web for a joint essay and either construct an argument graph or take notes during online reading. The data consist of transcription protocols of student pairs' discussions and joint essays. The study indicated that argument graphs may be useful tools when teachers want students to pay attention to the argumentative content of online sources and to consider relations between arguments. Additionally, with argument graphs, teachers can su…
Data practices and inequality in South African early childhood development policy: Technocratic management versus social transformation
2019
Background: In 1994, the African National Congress identified early childhood development as a potential strategy to redress the inequalities of apartheid, however, two and a half decades later, poverty still persists, and South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. Aim: This article explores how policy texts based on and with the use of certain data practices establish ‘truths’ about childhoods and society, construct families and communities, and determine forms of provision to address inequality. Setting: In 2015, the South African government published the National Integrated Early Childhood Policy (NIECDP) to continue to address poverty and inequality. Its implementat…
Hierarchies of knowledge, incommensurabilities and silences in South African ECD policy: Whose knowledge counts?
2017
AbstractPolicy for young children in South Africa is now receiving high-level government support through the ANC’s renewed commitment to redress poverty and inequity and creating ‘a better life for all’ as promised before the 1994 election. In this article, I explore the power relations, knowledge hierarchies and discourses of childhood, family and society in National Curriculum Framework (NCF) as it relates to children’s everyday contexts. I throw light on how the curriculum’s discourses relate to the diverse South African settings, child rearing practices and world-views, and how they interact with normative discourses of South African policy and global early childhood frameworks. The NCF…