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  • Nuorten paikalliset osallistumisjärjestelmät uusina hallinnan kehyksinä : Hallinnan analytiikka Ruuti-vaikuttamisjärjestelmästä 
    Koskinen, Patrik (2024)
    Young people's democratic participation has sparked extensive discussions both globally and nationally in the recent years. Previous research suggests that in the strategies of global actors such as the EU and OECD regarding urban and youth policies, young people's democratic par-ticipation is strongly linked to the premises of the labor market and active citizenship. The the-sis politicizes institution-driven practices of engaging youth and provides tools for those work-ing with youth participation issues to question public administration's hidden normative goals and practices. In my master's thesis, I examined the globally advocated notion of youth participation as orient-ed towards labor and business, viewing it as a neoliberal governance endeavor. From this per-spective, I investigated the form that this notion, promoted by global actors, takes in youth par-ticipation systems at the municipal level in Finland. The research data was derived from the ac-tion plan of the Ruuti participation system aimed at young people in Helsinki, which I critically analyzed using a perspective influenced by Michel Foucault's thinking on governance analytics. Guided by the theoretical framework of the action plan, I analyzed discourses to understand the types of governance they enable and the subjectivities and practices they produce about young people. Based on the analysis, the Ruuti action plan generated a new form of governance thinking and a subjectivity derived from neoliberal governance, namely that of an active consultant-learner who is flexible and adept at functioning in networks as an active citizen. For this subjectivity, self-assessment of one's actions, drafting action plans, evaluating their implementation, and continuous skills development are inherent parts of participation and influence. As a further re-search suggestion, I propose examining the discourses and subjectivity extracted from the Ruuti action plan at the level of practical activities through ethnographic research. Additionally, addi-tional data could be generated to understand the rationales of various stakeholders regarding youth participation.
  • Osallistetaanko oppilaita espoolaisissa kouluissa? : katsaus näkemyksiin, koulujen osallistamisen käytäntöihin sekä osallistavan toimintakulttuurin kehittämiseen 
    Jääskeläinen, Visa (2016)
    Aims. The aim of this qualitative study was to find out about principals' and teachers' views of children's participation in schools, what kind of participatory methods the schools have used, challenges in children's participation and the factors that affect the school's culture regarding helping children to participate. The study also aimed to find out the schools' contributions in helping the students to participate in creating the schools' own curriculas during the spring of 2016. Lastly the aim also was to create a model to illustrate the factors that affect the school's culture regarding helping children to participate. Previous research and international conventions support the perception of children's participatory rights in schools. The prior studies have also researched on participatory pedagogy. Participatory pedagogy consists of the methods that bring the student as a part of his or her own learning as well as the community's learning. The research has shown that participatory pedagogy supports the children's understanding of acting in a democracy and that participatory pedagogy supports the child's feeling of self-efficacy. Participatory pedagogy also helps children to take responsibility over their own learning. Children's participation also helps them to engage in their community. Methodology. The study was conducted by interviewing three class teachers, three principals and one vice-principal. These interviewees were from four different schools. The interviews were themed interviews. The data was analyzed using the researcher's discretion in applying qualitative content analysis method. The interpretations were supported by comparing the results with theory. Results. According to the results of the study the interviewees had fairly comprehensive knowledge about participation. The schools had been varyingly successful in participatory methods depending on the school's action culture. In one school, participatory methods had been successfully developed. Children's participation regarding the school curriculas had not been very successful. It had been done mainly according to the instructions from the City of Espoo in a form of theme days. As to the factors affecting the schools' action culture the main factors were the vision in the school, engaging the teaching staff and time.

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