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Käsityksiä kansainvälisesti rekrytoitujen hoitajien ammatillisesta kielitaidosta ja sen kehittymisestä. Mediakeskusteluiden ja asiantuntijan haastatt…
2013
Terveydenhoitoalan henkilöstön kansainvälinen rekrytointi ja kielitaito ovat herättäneet paljon julkista keskustelua. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan kansainvälistä työvoimaa – etenkin filippiiniläisiä hoitajia – ympäröiviä käsityksiä. Teoreettinen lähestymistapa pohjautuu dialogisuuteen ja sosiokulttuurisuuteen, joissa kieli ja käsitykset nähdään jaettuina, varioivina ja dynaamisina ilmiöinä. Aineisto koostuu sanomalehtiartikkeleista, verkkokeskusteluista ja suomi toisena kielenä -opettajan haastattelusta, joiden analyysissa etenkin äänen ja toimijuuden käsitteet ovat keskiössä. Tulokset osoittavat, että julkisessa keskustelussa kaiutetaan sellaisia autoritaarisia ääniä, joissa hoitajat o…
Co-Occurrence of Sociocultural Elements and Self-Direction in Learning Situations: A Police Organization Case Study
2022
Adult’s self-direction and self-directed learning (SDL) have become topics in the discussion of work-related adult learning and an autonomous approach, emphasizing responsibility and independence, has received increasing attention in studies of learning. In the context of SDL, in contrast, the importance of the learning environment and community has received less empirical attention. The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of the co-occurrence of sociocultural elements and self-direction in learning situations at work. From a practical viewpoint, it is important to understand both, the sociocultural and self-directed nature of different learning situations at daily work, s…
The psychological and sociocultural adjustment during cross-cultural transition in 4-7-year-old children of internationally employed Finnish families
2002
Scaffolding adult immigrant students in an EFL lesson
2012
Oppimisprosessi on luonteeltaan enemmänkin sosiaalinen kuin yksilöllinen. Tämä lähestymistapa on hyödyllinen myös aikuisille maahanmuuttajaopiskelijoille, koska sosiokulttuuriseen näkemykseen perustuvassa oppimisympäristössä he oppivat sekä oppiainetta että perehtyvät yhteiskunnan kulttuuriin, johon he sopeutuvat turvallisessa ja kannustavassa ympäristössä muiden seurassa. Sosiokulttuurisen teorian mukaan oppiminen on opettajan ja opiskelijoiden välisen vuorovaikutuksen seuraus, joka tapahtuu opiskelijoiden lähikehityksen vyöhykkeellä (the zone of proximal development, ZPD). Lähikehityksen vyöhyke on oppimisen todellisen kehitystason ja potentiaalisen kehitystason välinen ero. Toisin sanoen…
ICAnDoiT: the impact of computerised adaptive corrective feedback on L2 English learners
2016
The present dissertation examines the impact of (computerised) adaptive corrective feedback, that is, feedback dynamically adapting to learners’ abilities, in English as a second/foreign language (L2) and explores the ways to maximise this impact. The study was inspired by the sociocultural perspective on development, which had implications for the interpretation of the results, including those obtained through statistical data analyses. The dissertation comprises five articles and a synthesis. In the first article, a positive effect of adaptive corrective feedback on the learners’ ability to formulate L2 English wh-questions is established. The second article explores how learners’ beliefs…
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…
Negotiating female judoka identities in Greece : A Foucauldian discourse analysis
2015
Abstract Objectives The objectives of this paper are to trace the discourses through which female Greek judokas articulate their sporting experiences and to explore how they construct their identities through the negotiation of sociocultural beliefs and gender stereotypes. Design This article is based on interview data from a larger ethnographic research with women judo athletes, grounded in a cultural praxis framework. Method Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted during fieldwork in Greece. Interview data were analyzed drawing on a Foucauldian approach to discourse analysis. Results We identified four concepts—biology, gender, femininity, and judo/sport—that were central to unearth…
Teacher educators amid conflicting demands : tensions between individual and organizational development
2012
El lenguaje de las tecnologías en la formación de maestros
2020
Este artículo se encuentra disponible a texto completo en la siguiente URL: https://revistas.uam.es/tendenciaspedagogicas/article/view/tp2020_36_09 Este número monográfico de la revista Tendencias Pedagógicas lleva por título "La alfabetización académica". Este trabajo pretende reflexionar sobre las implicaciones educativas que hoy día tiene la competencia mediática en los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje. La evolución de las TIC y, sobre todo, de la tecnología móvil, ha provocado una revolución comunicativa educativa y social que afecta al mundo educativo; los contextos edu-cativos son cambiantes y evolucionan rápido, teniendo que adaptarse a los cambios socioculturales, tecnológi-cos, et…