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Karhu, A.; Paananen, M.; Närhi, V.; Savolainen, H. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2021
Check in-check out (CICO) is a widely used and studied behavioural intervention. Although CICO is an effective way to support pupils' behaviour in a school context, not all pupils benefit from basic CICO. A single-case experimental study was designed to evaluate the effects of CICO Plus support (CICO Plus) for participants whose behaviour was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Modification, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Demirbilek, Muhammet; Ilvonen, Ilona; Valtins, Karlis; Di Mauro, Maura; Bernardes, Stephan O. C.; Williams, Idongesit – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
The need for neighbourness and Intercultural competences in Higher Education Institutions is ascending. This is because in recent times, there has been an increase in multicultural classrooms driven by globalization and the growth in global Internet connectivity. Globalization has enabled increased human mobility across physical national and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Multicultural Education
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Koivula, Merja; Turja, Leena; Laakso, Marja-Leena – Journal of Early Intervention, 2020
This study investigated the use of a playful, narrative, vignette-based method, called Story Magician's Play Time (SMPT), in supporting children's social-emotional reasoning and in helping children practice their social skills. We set out to examine (a) in what ways children use SMPT sessions to explore social interaction situations and to…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Childrens Attitudes, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Tolppanen, Sakari; Tirri, Kirsi – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2014
This study investigated the expectations of gifted students for a science enrichment summer program held in Finland in 2011 and how these expectations were met. The students' expectations were studied by analyzing the answers of 1,935 camp applicants. Altogether, 4,348 expectations were identified through content analysis. The data showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrichment Activities, Academically Gifted, Summer Programs
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Nevanen, Saila; Juvonen, Antti; Ruismäki, Heikki – Arts Education Policy Review, 2014
More than 98 percent of children in Finland attend preschool, where different kinds of projects are carried out in order to strengthen the children's abilities. This article focuses on the effects of one arts education project from a school readiness point of view. The main question was, How did the Helsinki arts education project affect the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, School Readiness, Program Effectiveness
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Kokko, Sami; Kannas, Lasse; Villberg, Jari; Ormshaw, Michael – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to clarify the extent to which youth sports clubs guide their coaches to recognise health promotion as a part of the coaching practice. The guidance activity of clubs is seen parallel to internal organisational communication. Design/methodology/approach: A survey of 93 (from 120, 78 per cent) youth sports clubs in Finland…
Descriptors: Athletics, Health Promotion, Accident Prevention, Clubs