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Leadership in Change in Dance Education: Experiences of Principals in Finnish Dance Education Institutes
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Katja Köngäs; Kaarina Määttä; Satu Uusiautti – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2025
In this article, we analyze what it means to be the principal of a dance education institution. The data were obtained from principals of Finnish dance education institutions before the COVID-19 outbreak and during the pandemic in 2019 and 2020: 30 principals participated in a survey, six principals in a focus group interview, and 19 principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Dance Education, COVID-19
Exploring Emerging Mentoring Practices in New Ecosystems of Learning in Finland
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Leppisaari, Irja – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
In this paper we examine the kinds of mentoring models and practices employed in Finnish higher education and working-life to support continuous skill development, focusing especially on the working-life-centric digital mentoring of students. The theme interviews at 11 HE institutions and four enterprises were conducted as part of an eAMK project.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Higher Education, Skill Development
Teachers' Professional Agency and Learning--From Adaption to Active Modification in the Teacher Community
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Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine teacher learning in terms of teachers' professional agency in the professional community of the school. Altogether 2310 Finnish comprehensive school teachers completed a survey. Results showed that teachers' active efforts to learn in the professional community and to promote school development cannot be…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Teacher Surveys, Communities of Practice
Pupil Welfare in Finnish Schools -- Communal or Falling Apart?
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Koskela, Teija; Määttä, Kaarina; Uusiautti, Satu – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The need for pupil welfare has increased in schools as has the need to renew the traditional teacher's work. The purpose of this article is to find out how committed the teachers are to pupil welfare work and how the school organisation supports pupil welfare work structurally and practically. The original research was carried out in northern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phenomenology, Well Being, Teacher Attitudes
The Education and Skills Gap: A Global Crisis
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Cornelius, Dave – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
It is like trying to fit a triangular peg into a round hole while both the hole and the peg continually change shape and size. Sound a little crazy? That is just what industry thinks about the current global "one-size-fits-all" concept of education. The perception from business, government and education leaders of 50 nations at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attitudes, Occupational Mobility, Migration
Nursing and Medication Education: Concept Analysis Research for Curriculum and Practice Development. Researching Professional Education Research Report Series.
Latter, Sue; Yerrell, Paul; Rycroft-Malone, Jo; Shaw, David – 2000
The knowledge needed by nurses to educate patients and their caregivers on medication use was examined to provide policymakers, practitioners, and others with the information needed to plan nursing education programs in England. The study focused on the following topics: the contributions of nurses to medication education; their preparation for…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Case Studies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Competence