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Driving through floodwater: Exploring driver decisions through the lived experience
2019
Abstract More than half of unintentional flood-related drowning deaths in Australia are due to driving through floodwater, despite on-going public campaigns. Currently, there is a knowledge gap in understanding why individuals choose to drive through floodwater and the decisions that may lead to such actions. We propose that a more complete understanding of individuals’ decisions to drive through floodwater needs to be considered in the context of the lived experience. Australian drivers (N = 20) who had intentionally driven through floodwater participated in semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using a thematic analysis based in an interpretivist approach. Past experience, indivi…
Are sacred caves still safe havens for the endemic bats of Madagascar?
2018
AbstractDespite conservation discourses in Madagascar increasingly emphasizing the role of customary institutions for wildlife management, we know relatively little about their effectiveness. Here, we used semi-structured interviews with 54 adults in eight villages to investigate whether sacred caves and taboos offer conservation benefits for cave-dwelling bats in and around Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, south-west Madagascar. Although some caves were described as sites of spiritual significance for the local communities, most interviewees (c. 76%) did not recognize their present-day sacred status. Similarly, only 22% of the interviewees recognized taboos inhibiting bat hunting and consum…
Lying Cheating Robots : Robots and Infidelity
2018
Love has been described as unpredictable, immeasurable and non-purchasable and as such, poses challenges for anyone in a relationship to both stay in love, and to not fall in love with someone else. Scientists are still discovering whether or not love follows any specific recipe. Outlooks, personality, sense of humor and talent may not perfectly guarantee an individual falls in love with another, and more importantly is able to sustain that relationship. This article portrays a futuristic scenario in which truly intelligent and emotional robots already exist. Here, the bi-directional love discussed in Lovotics is not simulated through engineering, but rather is genuine from the perspectives…
Me, My Bot and His Other (Robot) Woman? Keeping Your Robot Satisfied in the Age of Artificial Emotion
2018
With a backdrop of action and science fiction movie horrors of the dystopian relationship between humans and robots, surprisingly to date-with the exception of ethical discussions-the relationship aspect of humans and sex robots has seemed relatively unproblematic. The attraction to sex robots perhaps is the promise of unproblematic affectionate and sexual interactions, without the need to consider the other&rsquo
Children’s beliefs about bilingualism and language use as expressed in child-adult conversations
2017
AbstractThe aim of this article is to describe young children’s beliefs about language and bilingualism as they are expressed in verbal utterances. The data is from Swedish-medium preschool units in three different sites in Finland. It was generated through ethnographic observations and recordings of the author’s interactions with the children. The meaning constructions in the interactions were analyzed mainly by looking closely at the participants’ turn taking and conversational roles. The results show that children’s beliefs of bilingualism are that you should use one language when speaking to one person; that languages are learnt through using them; and that the advantage of knowing more…
Teachers’ Emotions and Beliefs in Second Language Teaching : Implications for Teacher Education
2018
Studies on language teacher beliefs have long indicated that in order to better understand teacher beliefs, we need to look at their connections with emotions (Borg 2006). Researchers in fields such as social psychology (Frijda et al. 2000) and education (Rosiek 2003; Gill and Hardin 2014) have pointed out how emotions shape and are shaped by beliefs. These suggest also that emotions and beliefs are fundamentally interconnected in individuals’ decision-making processes, with emotions providing the necessary impetus for change and beliefs deciding the course of actions. In order to have a complete view of second language teachers’ beliefs, it is crucial to have a clear understanding of these…
Neuvostoristiretki Pyhällä Venäjällä : ortodoksisuuden ja bolševismin kamppailu Venäjällä The New York Timesin kirjoituksissa kuvattuna 1917 lokakuu…
2010
Opettajien ammattilehtien kirjoittelu peruskoulu-uudistuksesta vuosina 1965-1973
2014
Suomen rinnakkaiskoulujärjestelmästä siirryttiin peruskoulujärjestelmään vuosina 1972–1977. Uudistuksen myötä koko ikäluokka suoritti oppivelvollisuutensa yhdessä ja samassa koulussa. Uudistuksen tarkoituksena oli ennen kaikkea luoda kaikille yhtäläiset mahdollisuudet sivistyä ja jatkokouluttautua, perheen asuinpaikasta ja sosioekonomisesta asemasta riippumatta. Peruskoulun myötä kansa- ja oppikoulun opettajat siirtyivät työskentelemään yhdessä. Tämä merkitsi myös töiden uudelleenjakoa opettajakunnan kesken, sillä aikaisemmasta kansakoulun kasvatus- ja oppikoulun sivistyspainotteisuudesta oli luovuttava. Opettajien oli löydettävä paikkansa uudessa koulujärjestelmässä. Pro gradussa selvitett…
Turvallinen koulu : suomalaisten näkemyksiä koulutuspalvelujen kansallisesta ja kunnallisesta priorisoinnista
2005
Veikko Vilmi tarkasteli tutkimuksessaan kuntalaisten arvostuksia koulutuspalveluja kohtaan ja sitä, kuinka tyytyväisiä he ovat palvelu- ja rahoitusjärjestelyihin. Koulutuspolitiikan suunnittelun ja päätöksenteon menettelyillä on merkitystä kuntalaisten koulutuspalveluja kohtaan tuntemaan arvostukseen, esimerkiksi miten turvallisena koulu nähdään hyvinvoinnin kannalta. Veikko Vilmin tutkimus käsittelee koulutuspalveluja peruskoulun ala-asteelta aikuiskoulutukseen saakka. Kansallisella tasolla Vilmi tarkasteli koulutuspalveluja tuottamisen ja rahoittamisen näkökulmasta, jossa yhteydessä maksukyvyllä on merkitystä suunnattaessa koulutuspolitiikkaa hyvinvointia edistävästi. The aim of this stud…
Hälsotrender bland elever i svensk- och finskspråkiga grundskolor 1994-2014 : WHO:s skolelevsstudie (HBSC-Study)
2016
WHO:s skolelevsstudie (Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study) är internationellt en av de mest omfattande, långvariga och betydelsefulla undersökningarna om levnadsvanor bland skolungdomar. Undersökningen startade för drygt 30 år sedan och i detta nu deltar över 40 länder i Europa och Nordamerika. Nästa internationella datainsamling, som är den tionde i ordningen, genomförs år 2018. Nytt forskningsmaterial insamlas vart fjärde år. Forskare vid Jyväskylä universitets Forskningscenter för hälsofrämjande (Terveyden edistämisen tutkimuskeskus) ansvarar för WHO:s skolelevsstudie i Finland. För ungefär 20 år sedan började det givande samarbetet mellan Jyväskylä universitet och Samf…