Browsing by Subject "fenomenologia"
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(2016)This study is an analysis of the dwelling of an old house and unfolding it's ontology. The interpretation is mainly built on observations as well as interviews with inhabitants. The study is a process of interpretation driven also by the impressions on the phenomena delivered by visual arts, literature and media as well as by the researcher's own interpretations and experiences. What is the ontology of the dwelling of an old house, is a question posed in this study. A phenomenological analysis is the basis of the research. The method chosen means that the analysis is built on the phenomena itself and its unfolding. The research is first and foremost interested in the experience associated with the dwelling of an old house rather than its appearance. The study possesses features of a case study, as its main research material is composed of three cases: two open group discussions and an open interview. The analysis is also influenced by observation and personal reflection. The study is transdisciplinary and conveys a natural discourse between interpretations rising from different sciences. In addition to home economics, the study of arts and aesthetics are central to this dialogue. The goal is to generate new viewpoints to home economics and to give stimulus to the other sciences involved in the dialogue. The study questions within the sciences. In this study the transdisciplinary approach strives at returning new kinds of interpretations on the phenomena of dwelling, which in turn advances and builds the theoretical foundation and vision of home economics as well as probes in to the future. The analysis of the dwelling of an old house is a process of interpretation, which crystallizes as an idea of the dwelling of an old house as a performance. The dwelling of an old house is an overall aesthetic experience that includes motion, unpredictability and interaction. The metaphor of a performance highlights the dynamism and uniqueness of the dwelling.
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(2001)The purpose of this research is to deepen the understanding of the culture of the veil among Somali women in Finland. The research deals with ethnicity, identity, easing the immigrant's readjustment with the help of one's own culture, and the connection between the religion of Islam and the veil. The veil will be studied from both the historical and religious point of view. The research will also familiarize the reader with the dress code for women in the Koran. The empirical part of the research is carried out as a qualitative study with the help of content analysis, with emphasis in phenomenology. The aim of the phenomenological research method is to reach a person's experience world, and to search for common contents from individual experiences. The material for this study has been collected by interviewing ten Somali women. Some of the women wear veils, some do not. It can be said, on the ground of this research, that the decision about taking on the veil is made by the women themselves. The main cause for wearing the veil is to indicate religiousness. As other motives we can see a search for security, enhancing of solidarity, individual interpretation of the instructions of the religion, covering the ethnic dress while outside, protecting men from the beauty of women, and wearing the veil in the mosque or while praying. As a latent motive we can point out the resisting of Western culture. Not wearing the veil can be justified by the women's need for independence, the veil being unpractical, the want of modernity, the alternation of different ways of dressing, the adaptation of the new culture, abandoning one's own culture, and abandoning the external emphasizing of the religion. Also the veil is not part of the Somali culture; it is a habit adapted from elsewhere.
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(2023)The purpose of the research is to examine the experiences of people with partial work ability in today's work. The experiences of people with partial work ability in working life have not been much investigated. In this research, we are interested in experiences of continuous learning, changing working life, challenges experienced in working life and work identity. This research has been carried out with a phenomenological research approach, which has guided the course of the research as well as the analysis. The research data has been achieved by interviewing six people with partial work ability in January-March 2023. The re-search results have arisen from general meaning networks, which in this study were found four. These general meaning networks are work, study, challenges and work identity. The work's themes in the study were work ability, work enjoyment, work motivation and future work. Work motivation is maintained by the employee comfort of those people with partial work ability, which is influenced by the meaningfulness of the work and social relationships at the workplace. Work is an important activity for people with partial work ability that maintains work ability and that rhythms everyday life. Challenges are experienced in finding a suitable job, applying for a job and staying at a job. In studies, the challenge is ignorance of possible educational opportu-nities and the challenges created by learning difficulties. Studying is important, especially con-sidering the future working life. It is not considered necessary for one’s work. The work identity of people with partial work ability has become fragmented due to the uncertainty of working life and the incompatibility of one's own education and interests and work. More important than the formation of a work identity for people with partial work ability is finding a job they like.
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(2020)The aim of the study is to find out how to make PE meaningful and hoe to increase the positive attitude towards physical activity in general. The research was carried out to study people's negative experiences with physical education and to identify factors that affect people's experiences. Finally, I wonder how the research results can be used when planning PE. The need for the research came to light when, as a teacher, I often heared that physical education was terrible, but the actual reasons were rarely presented. I approached a research mission with a phenomenological approach, i.e. without background theory. However, as a teacher and a former student, I had some kind of understanding of PE and factors that influence experiences, so I closed my preconceptions before getting to know the research material. As a material, I had a thread of commentary in a forum that discussed negative experiences in PE. The comments in the discussion were a total of 174, of which I closed off secondary experiences. The commentators were either former or current people who participated in basic education. I found a thread of comment using the internet search function. I analysed the material to paraphrase Juha Perttula's method of special phenomenological sciences. I dealt with the material first at the individual level and then at the phenomenal level. Finally, I compared the results with previous studies on PE and considered how to use the results in physical education. In the respondents' comments, the negative factors in physical education in which the teacher, species, performance focus, measurement, evaluation, group and atmosphere, framework and personal factors were considered negative. The teacher's actions were seen as unfair and team choices were humiliating. The sports were unvaried, and the sports were not taught, but still demanded to accomplish, and in all areas, there was competition and measurement of results. In the groups there was experiences of different levels of bullying, the assessment of others, and the accomplishing in front of others was distressing. Personal factors related to their own body and changing room situations.
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(2020)Objectives. In recent years, the legislation and guidance documents on early childhood education (ECE) have undergone substantive changes, which, for the first time in their history, have highlighted the importance of leadership while also imposing new obligations on leadership in ECE. The study examines how leadership in ECE is defined in the speech of ECE centre directors and how pedagogical leadership in ECE is manifested in the speech of the ECE centre directors in the context of focus group discussions. Methods. Part of the material used in the study was from the Discourse of leadership in the diverse field of early childhood education project, an international research project on leadership in ECE led by Elina Fonsén. The qualitative research material consisted of three focus group discussions with ECE centre directors conducted in three Finnish municipalities in winter 2018. A total of 13 ECE centre directors participated in these three focus group discussions. The method used to analyse the material was the phenomenological method, which was also subject to theory-driven content analysis. Results and conclusions. In the study, leadership in ECE was manifested as a kind of distributed leadership, which was expressed through responsibilities linked to the job descriptions of different actors and at different levels, but also by referring to responsibilities independent of job descriptions. Leadership in ECE was described as being in a state of flux due to the reform of guidance documents, legislation and extended supervisory work. In the study, pedagogical leadership in ECE was expressed through five different clusters of meaning: the importance of discussion and interaction, the wellbeing of employees, pedagogical leadership linked to job descriptions, pedagogical development work and recognition of the value of pedagogical leadership through resources. The results show that the municipal context affects both leadership in ECE and pedagogical leadership, as well as their implementation. Leadership in ECE and, in particular, pedagogical leadership, require well-functioning structures and sufficient time for discussion and cooperation between different actors. In addition, various actors are expected to be aware of the objectives of ECE activities and to be willing to work on developing ECE. According to the research findings, however, fulfilling these conditions requires financial and human resources, which were felt to be insufficient.
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