Search results for "itsenäisyys"

Kindergarten space and autonomy in construction - Explorations during team ethnography in a Finnish kindergarten

2018

Abstract Children’s autonomy is a cultural ideal in Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC). In this article we examine autonomy in spatial terms. The theoretical background is developed by applying spatial sociology. Our starting point is that space is relationally produced, thus, we understand space as continuously negotiated, reconstructed and reorganized phenomena. In this article, we investigate the production of space by different actors in ECEC and seek to show how autonomy is also continuously produced and re-produced in the negotiation of space. For this investigation we use data collected as part of a team ethnographic project in a Finnish kindergarten. The project inclu…

Association between physical performance and sense of autonomy in outdoor activities and life-space mobility in community-dwelling older people

2014

Objectives. To study the relationship between physical performance and sense of autonomy in outdoor activities with life-space mobility—the spatial area a person purposefully moves through in daily life—in community-dwelling older people. Design. Cross-sectional analyses of baseline data of the Life-Space Mobility in Old Age cohort study. Setting. Structured interviews in participants' homes. Participants. Community-dwelling people aged 75 to 90 (N = 848). Measurements. Sense of autonomy outdoors (Impact on Participation and Autonomy questionnaire subscale), life-space mobility (Life-Space Assessment; University of Alabama, Birmingham Study of Aging), and Short Physical Performance Battery.…

Meaningfulness in the work of language professionals

2022

This qualitative study explores the changes that a specific group of knowledge workers – language professionals in Finland – have undergone in their work and how they perceive the meaningfulness of their work as a result. The data presented in this article has been collected through group interviews and is part of a larger data set. To make sense of our data, we use thematic analysis and the framework of meaningful work presented by Rosso et al. For some of our research participants, the factors of meaningful work are present. For others, changes in work, such as platform work and outsourcing, have reduced autonomy and development possibilities. We conclude by discussing the implications of…

Unravelling the rationalities of childhood cycling promotion

2022

Decrease of children’s independent mobility (CIM) has worried academics, policymakers, educators and other professionals for decades. Research and policy often emphasise that promoting children’s physically active and independent transport modes as cycling is important to achieve better public health, solve environmental challenges and increase related economic benefits. Yet, cycling promotion is not a neutral process and all promotion efforts are derived from latent notions of ‘cyclists’ and ‘cycling’. This paper discusses different rationalities of childhood cycling promotion and the representations of ‘children’ as independent ‘cyclists’ they entail. We argue that in order to efficiently…

Ihmisen itsemäärääminen : mitä se on oppilastaan katsovan luokanopettajan silmin

1998

"Toimikaa, älkää odottako" : Vihtori Kosolan puheiden muutokset 1929-1936

2015

The dissertation is concerned with the speeches of Vihtori Kosola (1884–1936), recruiter of jäger, strike breaker and activist. Kosola assumed the leadership of the Lapua Movement in 1929. His most significant speeches were delivered on the peasants’ march of 7 July 1930 and on the 15th anniversary of the war of independence on 16 May 1933. Kosola was a political speaker and the figurehead of the Patriotic people’s movement (IKL) founded in 1932. The Study focuses on Kosola’s speeches applying rhetorical-semantic concept analysis with regard to the changes occurring in the main concepts. Changes in the speeches are used to explore the concepts of democracy and application of the law in Finl…

Fernando Aramburu: Äidinmaa

2020

Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta Fernando Aramburu: Äidinmaa (Patria) Suom. Sari Selander. WSOY, 2020, 664 s. nonPeerReviewed

Keski-Pohjanmaa - suuntautumisen, yhtenäisyyden, erilaisten rajojen, alueellisen itsenäisyyden ja tunnustetun aseman ristitulessa

2002

Autonomy and Agency

2021

This chapter reviews autonomy and agency as related to second language (L2) learner and teacher psychology. It discusses the significance of the two constructs in understanding the personal, yet socially mediated nature of L2 learning and teaching processes. Psychology and education seem to be the main disciplines that have influenced developments in fostering on autonomy in second language acquisition (SLA). Research on autonomy has typically been conducted on the initiative of a teacher or groups of teachers working in their specific educational contexts and with their specific groups of students. Compared to agency, autonomy has had a much longer history in SLA, and it has been researche…

Kansainvälistymisestä on ollut Suomelle suurta hyötyä : ”se on ollut elämän ja kuoleman kysymys”

2021

Suomen säilyminen itsenäisenä oli pitkälti seurausta kansainvälisen yhteisön tuesta. Viime aikoina monissa kansallisvaltioissa on sen sijaan nähty uusnationalistinen käänne, kirjoittavat Antero Holmila ja Pasi Ihalainen Jyväskylän yliopistosta. nonPeerReviewed