Browsing by Subject "valinnaisuus"
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"Hyvää oppia elämään" : vanhempien ajatuksia käsityön valitsemisesta valinnaisaineeksi yläkoulussa (2014)Objectives. The aim of this study was to find out in what kind of factors parents explain their child's decision to select or not to select crafts as an optional subject. The research question was: How do a student's parents explain the choice of taking crafts as an optional subject in 8th and 9th grade? The question was then divided in three sections of how parents explain the decision in different situations; when the student is going to elect crafts, when the student is unsure of what to select and when the student has decided not to select crafts as an optional subject. Parents' point of view to a child's optional subject election has not been studied previously. Methods. The answer to the research question was examined from a data collected with an internet based question form. The data was collected from the parents of 7th graders in the autumn 2013. Craft teachers all over Finland received the form to be sent out to 7th graders' parents through TAO, technical work teacher union and TOL, textiles teacher union. The question form was answered 1397 times of which 1019 answers were relevant from the point of view of this study as they had answered to the question where the parent was asked to explain the previous question of to choose or not to choose crafts as an optional subject. The data was analyzed using content analysis with atlas.ti computer program. Results and conclusions. The answers were coded in five main categories (positive, unsure, negative, other and parents' attitudes and estimations of the child's motives). At the end the answers were categorized in three groups depending if the child will elect crafts, is still unsure, or if the child will not elect crafts as an optional subject. The results can roughly be put in six different groups. Among students who were electing crafts were two groups: respondents who were interested or liked crafts and respondents who elected crafts to balance the academic subjects. Among students who were still unsure of the election were two groups as well: people who didn't yet know what to choose and people who possibly might elect crafts if there was space after electing the more important subjects. Among students who had decided not to elect crafts formed two groups again: Respondents who were not interested in doing crafts and respondents who might have been interested but were more interested in other subjects. This study gives information about who are in the target group of selecting crafts and in what reasons crafts are selected as an optional subject. This study might give advantage to people who teach crafts as they might get more possibilities to influence on more students to choose crafts as an optional subject in the future.
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(2020)Education has different kinds of functions. Schools have a role in passing values, knowledge and qualification. Schools should also support students improve their civic and critical thinking. Finland has the objective of having half of its 25-34-year-olds holding a higher education degree by 2030. Improving the level of education of the population has contributed to the rise in the productivity of labour and economic. In my thesis, I am interested in how the upper secondary schools, their educational and social purpose, are seen in the public writings. I want to find out What people write about when writing about upper secondary school. The research material consists of 79 digital Opinion Pieces published by Helsingin Sanomat, the largest newspaper in Finland. I also examine what kind of rhetorical methods writers use when they demand either change or permanence of upper secondary schools. The analysis shows that students experience a lot of stress because of all the changes they are going through. Reforms have been done in higher education student selection in Finland which sets a new kind of pressure for students` choices and it challenges their curriculum planning. This reform can mediate students` schoolwork and enjoyable study choices. Reforms affect what kind of study choices students make, and these choices can impact the quality of teaching. Opinion pieces articulate that there is a need for a more peaceful learning and teaching environment in upper secondary schools. Concerning educational reforms, it seems that there is a need for advanced co-operation with political decision-makers and upper secondary school teachers and students.
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