Browsing by Subject "mielikuvat"
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(2010)Knowledge of healthy food does not move alone our food choice. One also needs a piece of tongue evidence that food tastes good. Way to eat is part of our lifestyle. It is important to eat same foods with one's friend. Aims: The overall aim of this study was to find out how youngsters themselves feel and sense of the school lunch, both food and whole lunch situation. This study has three specific research problems. The research problems are: 1. How the youngsters sense their school lunch events? 2. How the youngsters experience the physical conditions of their school lunch events? 3. How the youngsters think their lunch events could be changed? Methods: The data is collected in spring 2009 from two secondary school at the Kaarina city. The respondents were ninth grader. They were studying optional home economics classes. The number of respondents was 28 pupils. The respondents wrote a story, describing what kind of their school lunch situation should be. The story was based on youngsters own vision of school lunch situations. In this study the material is collected by the narrative method and the stories were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Results and conclusions: According to the results these youngsters wanted their lunch to be more cosier and also more quiet. School lunches should be the moment when they can eat in peace and at the same talk with their friends in the pleasant surroundings. The food selection should be more varied, including both salad and main food as well as bread.
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(2020)The aim of this study is to describe different conceptions and preferences about herring and it’s environmental impacts. In consideration of eutrophication, biodiversity and clean water the Baltic Sea is in a weak condition. The use of Finnish local fish has diminished a lot and at the same time some fish species are the main reason for eutrophication. Roach and herring are mostly not used as human nutrition but fished to keep the fish stock moderate. The catches of herrings are mostly used as a fodder and a big part of Finland’s herring catches are transported to Denmark and refined as a fish meal. There has been a lot of discussion about toxins that accumulates especially to fatty fish species like herring even though the concentration levels have diminished a lot in the past few decades and the health benefits of fish will beat the possible harms due toxins. Attitudes towards fish and habits are deeply entrenched in Finnish culture. It would be extremely useful to find so called game changers for solving the problem of eutrophication in the Baltic Sea and to create practical conservation acts. The theoretical framework of this study relied on the ecosocial theory and viewpoints offered by the food choice factors and the ecological situation of the Baltic Sea. The research questions were answered based on the methods of qualitative research. The data of this qualitative study was collected with theme interviews from people attending Finnish Adult Education. A total of five took part in the theme interviews held in November and December 2020. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The analysis was done by using theory- and material-based content analysis. Herring was considered as a delicious and seasonal local fish and traditions and habits had a common role explaining the different perspectives. Herring was often eaten at home and considered as a “senior delicacy”. The diminished use of herring was explained by the changes in food culture, negative attitudes of younger generation, the smell of the fish and fish bones. On the other hand, the environmental responsibility was highly considered in the interviews. Costs and availability were the main reasons for fish choices. Salmon was the most used fish due it’s good price and availability. The result is slightly conflicting because herring is often cheaper than salmon. Availability played a major role when fish choices were considered.
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(2017)Primary school textbooks of geography often transmit a stereotypical image of other nations. Already children have images of other countries, although they have not visited in those. Stereotype refers to how people usually think of one characteristic that represents all members of a given group. The aim of the current research has been to investigate in 4th grader: their images and stereotypes of Finland and Finns, Sweden and Swedes, Estonia and Estonians and Russia and Russians. In addition, I have wanted to find out if children have a negative or positive attitude towards Finland and it's neighbouring countries. It was also examined if the pupils saw some of the countries as similar or different compared to Finland and discussed in terms of national identity: do pupils think of some of the countries as an object of shared identification or as being completely different from us. Data were collected from two primary schools in Nurmijärvi and the participants were from 9 to 10 years old. The questionnaire included drawing and writing tasks. In the questionnaire, pupils were supposed to draw three things that come to their minds first about these countries or their people and to describe them with three adjectives. There were altogether 46 answers: 18 boys and 28 girls. Drawings and written responses were analysed using the tools of content analysis. Data were classified and categorised based on my research questions and theoretical frame. The images of Finland emphasized Finnish nature, while Swedish and Estonian images referred to tourism and pupils' experiences. In Russia's case, images and stereotypes were very political, and many of them were about war. Pupils' attitudes towards Finland and Sweden were very positive and also Estonia was experienced positively. Most negative mentions were from Russia and Russians. Sweden and Estonia were seen as similar to Finland through the positive things, especially Estonia was seen as related. Although children gave examples for similarities in positive matters between Finland and Russia, taken into account the amount of negative adjectives and drawings from Russia, it can be said that Russia is seen as distinct from Finland, Sweden, and Estonia. It can be therefore stated that these pupils had strong stereotypes, and especially about Russia. Stereotypes can lead to prejudice and, also based on this research, should receive more attentions.
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