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Defining Peer-to-Peer Learning--From an Old "Art of Practice" to a New Mode of Forest Owner Extension?
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Hamunen, Katri; Appelstrand, Marie; Hujala, Teppo; Kurttila, Mikko; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah; Vilkriste, Lelde; Westberg, Lotten; Tikkanen, Jukka – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: This paper explores the concept of peer-to-peer learning (P2PL) in the context of North-European small-scale forest owners. The aim is to develop a framework for initiating new and evaluating already existing forest owners' P2PL communities. Design: Previous studies of peer-learning are used to determine and justify eight dimensions for…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Peer Teaching, Forestry Occupations, Forestry
A One-Year Study of the Development of Co-Teaching in Four Finnish Schools
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Takala, Marjatta; Uusitalo-Malmivaara, Lotta – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2012
In this follow-up study, development of co-teaching was studied in four different schools in Helsinki, Finland. Teachers, altogether 54, 51 and 26, respectively, responded to an electronic questionnaire three times during one year. The attitudes towards co-teaching were positive although the frequency of co-teaching remained low. Co-teaching was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Followup Studies, Team Teaching, Instructional Innovation
Continuing Professional Development in Nursing: Does Age Matter?
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Lammintakanen, Johanna; Kivinen, Tuula – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and compare the views of nurses of different ages on continuing professional development (CPD). The authors were interested in possible differences in the use of formal and especially informal CPD practices between nurses of different ages, and likewise in possible differences in attitudes of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Nurses, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education
Development Project (2001-2004) of School Staff and Occupational Health Nurses as a Promoter of Occupational Wellbeing--Staff's Evaluations
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Saaranen, Terhi; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Turunen, Hannele; Naumanen, Paula – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This article reports on school staff's and occupational health nurses' development project (2001-2004), which aimed to promote school staff's occupational wellbeing by activities to maintain the ability to work in 12 comprehensive schools in Finland. The effects of the project were evaluated based on a follow-up study questionnaire presented to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nurses, Followup Studies, Occupational Safety and Health
An Evaluation of Health-Promoting Schools in the Finnish Network.
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Tossavainen, Kerttu; And Others – 1996
The European Network of Health-Promoting Schools aims to promote health in the school community by supporting development of health education programs, introducing new teaching methods, presenting applicable action models, and increasing collaboration between schools and the community. This article describes and evaluates the functioning of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Health Education, Health Programs
"Integrative" or "Defensive" Youth Activation in Nine European Welfare States
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Harslof, Ivan – Journal of Youth Studies, 2005
Young unemployed persons are a prioritised group in active labour market programmes. Such programmes can be regarded as "integrative", facilitating integration into the labour market for young people in accordance with their own preferences. However, such programmes can also be regarded as "defensive", discouraging young…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Youth