What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experiences and supporting children's positive development? What practices aim to prevent child exclusion from regular education and social experiences and to foster children's healthy development in emotional, social, and behavioural terms? This book considers the reality of childhood in Finland.
What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experien...
What is caring research and how to conduct it? This book defines the new concept of caring research as a combination of two perspectives.
Caring research means research that aims to promote well-being. It is focused on a good quality of life, human strengths and active life, as well as characteristics and positive development in human beings that act as buffers against malaise and help coping with adversities in life. In addition, caring research cares for the researcher well-being. Caring research is conducted by people who share the passion and enthusiasm to influence positively and...
What is caring research and how to conduct it? This book defines the new concept of caring research as a combination of two perspectives.
What is caring research and how to conduct it? This book defines the new concept of caring research as a combination of two perspectives.
Caring research means research that aims to promote well-being. It is focused on a good quality of life, human strengths and active life, as well as characteristics and positive development in human beings that act as buffers against malaise and help coping with adversities in life. In addition, caring research cares for the researcher well-being. Caring research is conducted by people who share the passion and enthusiasm to influence positively and...
What is caring research and how to conduct it? This book defines the new concept of caring research as a combination of two perspectives.
This book is a pioneering work. It discusses special characteristics of the education of Sami people, an indigenous people living in Northern Europe. The book provides a comprehensive study of indigenous school research and special features of Sami education including problems and opportunities that teachers and pupils confront daily. The purpose of this book is to support the realization of indigenous peoples education based on their own cultural premises. New, reformative pedagogical models and culturally sensitive teaching arrangements that could enhance Sami education are the focus of the...
This book is a pioneering work. It discusses special characteristics of the education of Sami people, an indigenous people living in Northern Europe. ...
What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of relationships from birth to death, and the ability to build and maintain relationships is an important strength. This book provides a comprehensive research-based analysis of love in human life: romantic love and its ups and downs, and the fascination of love, the combination of work and family, the secrets of a long-lasting marriage, senior love, and the throes and relief of a divorce. Love is also discussed in relation to other phenomena,...
What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of...
What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of relationships from birth to death, and the ability to build and maintain relationships is an important strength. This book provides a comprehensive research-based analysis of love in human life: romantic love and its ups and downs, and the fascination of love, the combination of work and family, the secrets of a long-lasting marriage, senior love, and the throes and relief of a divorce. Love is also discussed in relation to other phenomena,...
What do we actually talk about when we talk about love? Research on love and emotions has been met with suspicion although people live in a network of...
What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experiences and supporting children's positive development? What practices aim to prevent child exclusion from regular education and social experiences and to foster children's healthy development in emotional, social, and behavioural terms? This book considers the reality of childhood in Finland. It discusses the realisation and evaluation of early childhood education and addresses aspects of research and practice concerning children under the age of...
What is childhood like in Finland? What kind of practical solutions have been created and evaluated that aim at both providing good childhood experien...
What is success at work and why is it important? How do top workers describe their success? How can work, community, leadership, family, or home and school promote success?
Success at work is often associated with career-oriented individuals who sacrifice other areas of life to achieve highly in the workplace, but success can also be defined in other ways. It can consist of feelings of knowledge, competence and accomplishment, stemming from an inner drive to work well and create an expression of mastery. This book focuses on employees who have been rewarded...
What is success at work and why is it important? How do top workers describe their success? How can work, community, leadership, fa...
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of students. Drawing on an extensive and detailed analysis of study success in universities in Finland, the authors of this thought-provoking work argue that universities should be more concerned with...
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possi...
