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Digitisation or Digitalisation: Diverse Practices of the Distance Education Period in Finland
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Korhonen, Tiina; Juurola, Leenu; Salo, Laura; Airaksinen, Johanna – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
This case study explores how Finnish primary school teachers orchestrated school days and how teachers and headmasters organised virtual workplace collaboration and collaborated with parents during a period of distance education forced by the COVID-19 crisis in Spring 2020. The data was collected by interviewing primary and secondary school…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Case Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Feeling Exhausted and Isolated? The Connections between University Students' Remote Teaching and Learning Experiences, Motivation, and Psychological Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Juntunen, Henriikka; Tuominen, Heta; Viljaranta, Jaana; Hirvonen, Riikka; Toom, Auli; Niemivirta, Markku – Educational Psychology, 2022
We examined university students' experiences of remote teaching and learning, how the experiences are associated with well-being, and whether those associations differ according to motivation. Using latent variable modelling, we classified Finnish university students (N = 2686) based on their expectancy-value-cost profiles, compared latent means,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
Adolescents' and Mothers' Temperament Types and Their Roles in Early Adolescents' Socioemotional Functioning
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Hirvonen, Riikka; Väänänen, Johanna; Aunola, Kaisa; Ahonen, Timo; Kiuru, Noona – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
The present study examined adolescents' and mothers' temperament types and their roles in the socioemotional functioning of early adolescents. A total of 869 sixth-grade students and 668 mothers participated in the study. The students rated their temperament and socioemotional functioning and the mothers rated their own temperament. Latent profile…
Descriptors: Mothers, Personality Traits, Parent Child Relationship, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Mental Health, Behaviour and Intellectual Abilities of People with Down Syndrome
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Maatta, Tuomo; Tervo-Maatta, Tuula; Taanila, Anja; Kaski, Markus; Iivanainen, Matti – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
The mental health, adaptive behaviour and intellectual abilities of people with Down syndrome (n=129) were evaluated in a population-based survey of social and health care records. Females had better cognitive abilities and speech production compared with males. Males had more behavioural problems than females. Behaviour suggestive of attention…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Behavior Problems, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Age Differences
The Structure and Correlates of Self-Injurious Behavior in an Institutional Setting.
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Saloviita, Timo – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
The prevalence of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in a Finnish institution for people (n=421) with mental retardation was investigated. SIB was found to be most common among adults ages 18-34, those with more severe mental retardation, those with less adaptive skills, those with violent behavior, and those with childhood psychosis. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Foreign Countries, Incidence