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1 to 3-Year-Old Children in Day Care Centres in Finland: An Overview of Eight Doctoral Dissertations
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Hannikainen, Maritta – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2010
This article gives a general picture of the policy and main structural features of early childhood education services for the younger children in Finland. It also provides an overview of the research on 1 to 3-year-old children in day care centres carried out in Finland during the last 15 years, the focus being on a review of all the eight…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries, Child Care
Providing Early Intervention within Natural Environments: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Rantala, Anja; Uotinen, Sanna; McWilliam, R. A. – Infants and Young Children, 2009
The purposes of this study were to determine the state of current practice in early intervention in Finland and to compare them to American data. Professional women (N = 52), representing child care, elementary school, healthcare, and social work, completed the Families in Natural Environments Scale of Service Evaluation, a 34-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Social Work
Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment Training in Technical and Vocational Education.
Lasonen, Johanna L. – 1999
The increasing emphasis on entrepreneurship and self-employment training in vocational education and training (VET) worldwide was examined. Special attention was paid to the following themes: (1) the content and various concepts of entrepreneurship, including the distinction between external and internal entrepreneurship; (2) trends in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Business Education, Change Strategies