Browsing by Subject "yhteistyön kuvaus"

According to self-determination theory committing to learning and taking on challenges requires a feeling of having an influence on matters concerning oneself. Previous studies have shown that in Finland a student's view forms very seldom the basis of support planned for him. In 2011 the national curriculum was reformed and municipalities were directed new obligations to describe the co-operation with the student and care-giver in the areas of student's support in the municipal curriculums. The aim of my study is to find out how these obligations actualize in the municipalities's curriculums and in what kind of position as an agent the student is in these descriptions. This case study examined the descriptions of co-operation related to the student's support with the student and care-giver in nine municipalities's curriculums with text analyses. The research material was collected during a short period of time from the municipalities internet pages and Atlas.ti-software, which is designed for processing qualitative material, was utilized in the analyses. The obligations to describe the co-operation with the student and care-giver actualized in the municipalities's curriculums inconsistently: in some areas of support the descriptions were scarce and in some areas plenty. In the descriptions the student was mainly either in a questionable position as an agent or as the target of actions. Based on the results the municipalitie's curriculums don't seem to support the student's self-determination actualizing in the support processes or the student's view forming the basis of the student's support.