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The Implementation of Positive Pedagogy in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care: A Quantitative Survey of Its Practical Elements
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Ranta, Samuli; Uusiautti, Satu; Hyvärinen, Sanna – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how positive pedagogical practices are implemented by early childhood education (ECE) teachers in Finland. A survey was conducted among 625 teachers, enquiring about specific positive pedagogical practices in ECEC. It was found that the correlation between the sum variables and principal components were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers
Exploring the Moral and Distributive Levers for Teacher Empowerment in the Finnish Policy Culture
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Paulsen, Jan Merok; Hjertø, Kjell Brynjulf; Tihveräinen, Saku Petteri – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between school leadership practices and teacher empowerment in the Finnish policy culture. Specifically, moral leadership and distributed leadership enacted by school principals are tested in a simultaneous design as predictor to two distinct yet related aspects of teachers' sense…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Educational Policy, Moral Values, Principals
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Physical Education Teachers' Career Intentions
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Mäkelä, Kasper; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Whipp, Peter R. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: This study investigated Finnish physical education (PE) teachers' intentions to leave the profession and the reasons behind them. Method: A large sample (N = 808) of PE teachers who graduated between 1980 and 2008 (432 women, 376 men) answered a modified job satisfaction and teacher follow-up questionnaire that elicited career…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Career Development, Teacher Persistence, Job Satisfaction
Non-Linear Modeling of Growth Prerequisites in a Finnish Polytechnic Institution of Higher Education
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Nokelainen, Petri; Ruohotie, Pekka – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2009
Purpose: This study aims to examine the factors of growth-oriented atmosphere in a Finnish polytechnic institution of higher education with categorical exploratory factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and Bayesian unsupervised model-based visualization. Design/methodology/approach: This study was designed to examine employee perceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multidimensional Scaling, Factor Analysis, Higher Education