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Direct linkSiivonen, Päivi; Filander, Karin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
This article explores university students' constructions of the ideal student at present-day university, that emphasises student-as-consumer culture and employability rather than education as a virtue in itself. The research is based on thematic narrative accounts (n = 67) generated in a generalist field in one regional Finnish university. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Nontraditional Students, Adult Students
Download full textPostareff, Liisa; Lindblom-Ylänne, Sari; Parpala, Anna – Frontline Learning Research, 2014
Since the late 1970s numerous studies have explored students' approaches to learning (referred to as the "SAL" tradition). These studies have provided valuable evidence of students' study strategies and intentions at the university. Since extensive research already exists on students' approaches to learning, there is a need to move…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Study Habits, Interviews, Student Characteristics
Uusiautti, Satu; Määttä, Kaarina – European Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Due to Finnish pupils' achievements in international comparisons, also Finnish teacher training has been widely acknowledged. Today's educational policies aim at making teacher training more effective in Finland. However, in order to realize this in practice, not only reforms in educational policy or institutions are enough. More attention should…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Habits, Learning Processes, Teacher Educators
Laptop Computers and Wireless University Campus Networks: Is Flexibility and Effectiveness Improved?
Eriksson, Miikka J.; Vuojarvi, Hanna; Ruokamo, Heli – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This study explores whether university students find that laptop computers and networks increase flexibility and effectiveness of studying. Special attention has been paid to non-traditional students who have extra commitments, such as taking care of children or term-time employment. Questionnaire data was collected from students who had the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Study Habits, Questionnaires
Puurula, Arja – 1986
The official recommendations of teacher education in Finland stress the personality growth of student teachers towards an active, highly educated, socially oriented, and humanistic personality. This is a study of three kinds of prospective teachers: nursery school teachers, elementary teachers, and subject teachers. The student teachers of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personality Assessment, Personality Traits
Kupari, Pekka, Ed. – 1991
This Yearbook 1989-90 is made up of six articles. The articles depict the ongoing discussion taking place in Finland as it re-assesses the state of its mathematics education and planning measures for its development. The opening article presents an analysis of the president of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction of some…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Context Effect, Educational History, Educational Technology
