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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…
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…
Ympäristöestrogeeniseoksen yhteisvaikutus 20dpfZF-seeprakalan vitellogeniinigeenin ilmentymiseen
2011
Ihmisten toimesta ympäristöön joutuvien vierasaineiden vaikutukset hormonitoimintaan ovat viime vuosina herättäneet paljon keskustelua. Yksi alan tutkituimmista aihealueista on estrogeenin kaltaisesti vaikuttavien aineiden eli ympäristöestrogeenien aiheuttamat lisääntymis- ja kehityshäiriöt. Estrogeenisiä vaikutuksia voidaan tutkia monella tapaa, alkaen solutason vasteista populaatiokehitykseen. Yksi paljon käytetty molekyylimarkkeri on kalojen vitellogeniinitason mittaus. Vaikka normaalioloissa vain naaraat tuottavat vitellogeniiniä, estrogeenialtistuksen vaikutuksesta myös koiraat ja nuoret yksilöt voivat sitä tuottaa. Tässä opinnäytetyössä tutkittiin kolmen ympäristöestrogeenin, bisfenol…
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…
Biografioista historiantutkimuksessa
2015
Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta: Hakosalo, Heini; Jalagin, Seija; Junila, Marianne; Kurvinen, Heidi (toim.): Historiallinen elämä. Biografia ja historiantutkimus. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2014. 342 sivua. Artikkelikokoelmassa tarkastellaan elämäkerrallista historiantutkimusta eri näkökulmista kirjoittajien omien tutkimusaiheiden kautta. Artikkeleissa pohditaan yksilön ja hänen elinympäristönsä vuorovaikutusta ja elämäkertojen kirjoittamisen tapaa. Kirja painottuu yksilöiden biografiseen tutkimukseen. nonPeerReviewed
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…
Maternal homework assistance and children's task-persistent behavior in elementary school
2018
The present study used a sample of 365 children to investigate the longitudinal associations between maternal homework assistance (i.e., help, monitoring, and autonomy granting) and children's task-persistent behavior in learning situations from grade 2 to grade 4 of elementary school. Also, the extent to which task-persistent behavior plays a role in the links between parental homework assistance and children's academic performance was examined. The results showed that the more autonomy granting mothers reported, the more task-persistent behavior children exhibited; and more task-persistent behavior children exhibited, the more autonomy their mothers granted. In contrast, the more mothers …