Satu Perälä‐littunen
Biographic Data
| ID | 182777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Satu Perälä‐littunen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Satu |
| FAMILY NAME | Perälä‐littunen |
| SIGNATURE | LITTUNEN S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4096-0578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Doctoral students’ season schools
Part of the work of universities worldwide is to train new doctors who can meet current and future challenges and who have the knowledge and skills required in academic life. There are many ways to achieve these goals, and it is necessary to explore these avenues. For the last decades, a diversity of spaces for learning and networking beyond formal ones has been provided to doctoral students. International seasonal schools, intensive programs, in…
Rural Children’s Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Their Education in Pakistan
Drawing from focus group discussions, this study reports 40 school-aged children’s (12–14 years, boys and girls) perceptions of parental involvement in the context of a developing country with a collectivist culture. The results indicate that despite parental interference, adherence to local customs, poverty, and illiteracy, children felt encouraged by their parents through strategies that reinforced their motivation to continue their education. …
Parental Involvement or Interference? Rural Teachers' Perceptions
This research explored rural state school teachers' perceptions concerning parental involvement in children's education in a developing country context. The data were collected through thematic interviews with teachers of public schools situated in the rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The study findings revealed teachers' frustration and disappointment regarding parental involvement. Teachers believed that susceptible socioecono…
Sources of stress and scholarly identity
Although stressors and coping strategies have been examined in managing stress associated with doctoral education, stress continues to have a permeating and pernicious effect on doctoral students’ experience of their training and, by extension, their future participation in the academic community. International doctoral students have to not only effectively cope with tensions during their training and their socialization in their discipline but a…
Childcare and work - exploring the views of Finnish mothers and fathers
In this study, meanings given to childcare and work by parents were explored. The aim was to shed light on what factors parents consider when they decide who is going to stay at home. Four mothers and four fathers, all of whom had been both working and stay-at-home parents, were interviewed. The data were analyzed qualitatively. Parents believed in gender equality; however, the decision who stays at home was not based on gender. Cultural beliefs …
Making Sense of After‐School Care Dilemmas in Mothers' Stories of After‐School Care in Finland and Sweden
The study focuses on dilemmas in storied experiences of everyday after‐school care arrangements among Swedish and Finnish mothers. Finland and Sweden, which share a history of strong labour market attachment among women, arrange institutional after‐school care in similar ways. The data consist of interviews with three Swedish and six Finnish mothers. A positioning analysis of four stories shows how decisions related to children's after‐school hou…
Responsibility in Home–School Relations — Finnish Parents' Views
Finnish parents' views on responsibility in the home–school relations were explored. Responsibility was here understood as responsibility over education and upbringing. The data consist of semi‐structured interviews with 24 mothers and four fathers. In the home–school discourses, parents and teachers were often referred to as partners, and active parental involvement in school life was seen as a key to children's success. However, in some discour…
The Beginning and End of Parental Responsibility - Finnish Parents' Views
Parental responsibility is considered to be one of the key concepts in parenting. This article examines the views of two Finnish groups interviewed-five mothers and three fathers-regarding the beginning and end of parental responsibility. The mothers came to a more or less shared conclusion that parental responsibility begins before the child is horn. The fathers held varying views, from 'before the child's birth' to concluding that parental resp…
Children Need Their Parents More Than a Pizza in the Fridge
The aim of this study is to find constructions of parental responsibility by analysing letters sent by readers to a newspaper on the topic of parenting and parental responsibility. The study takes a methodological approach, focusing on the meanings of responsibility and looking at different portrayals of parenthood. Three dimensions of responsibility (beginning responsibility, diminished sense of responsibility and obligating responsibility) emer…
Gender Equality or Primacy of the Mother? Ambivalent Descriptions of Good Parents
The ideology of gender equality is accepted as the norm in the Nordic countries. When asked to describe what they thought was required to be a good mother and a good father, Finnish informants (N= 387) showed uneasiness in describing good parents separately, however, often describing only a good mother. This article aims to explore the ambivalent stance toward gender equality reflected in these descriptions. The mother is seen as the model agains…
Gender Equality or Primacy of the Mother? Ambivalent Descriptions of Good Parents
The ideology of gender equality is accepted as the norm in the Nordic countries. When asked to describe what they thought was required to be a good mother and a good father, Finnish informants (N= 387) showed uneasiness in describing good parents separately, however, often describing only a good mother. This article aims to explore the ambivalent stance toward gender equality reflected in these descriptions. The mother is seen as the model agains…
Childcare and work - exploring the views of Finnish mothers and fathers
In this study, meanings given to childcare and work by parents were explored. The aim was to shed light on what factors parents consider when they decide who is going to stay at home. Four mothers and four fathers, all of whom had been both working and stay-at-home parents, were interviewed. The data were analyzed qualitatively. Parents believed in gender equality; however, the decision who stays at home was not based on gender. Cultural beliefs …
Parental Involvement or Interference? Rural Teachers' Perceptions
This research explored rural state school teachers' perceptions concerning parental involvement in children's education in a developing country context. The data were collected through thematic interviews with teachers of public schools situated in the rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The study findings revealed teachers' frustration and disappointment regarding parental involvement. Teachers believed that susceptible socioecono…
Children Need Their Parents More Than a Pizza in the Fridge
The aim of this study is to find constructions of parental responsibility by analysing letters sent by readers to a newspaper on the topic of parenting and parental responsibility. The study takes a methodological approach, focusing on the meanings of responsibility and looking at different portrayals of parenthood. Three dimensions of responsibility (beginning responsibility, diminished sense of responsibility and obligating responsibility) emer…
Gender Equality or Primacy of the Mother? Ambivalent Descriptions of Good Parents
The ideology of gender equality is accepted as the norm in the Nordic countries. When asked to describe what they thought was required to be a good mother and a good father, Finnish informants (N= 387) showed uneasiness in describing good parents separately, however, often describing only a good mother. This article aims to explore the ambivalent stance toward gender equality reflected in these descriptions. The mother is seen as the model agains…
Children Need Their Parents More Than a Pizza in the Fridge
The aim of this study is to find constructions of parental responsibility by analysing letters sent by readers to a newspaper on the topic of parenting and parental responsibility. The study takes a methodological approach, focusing on the meanings of responsibility and looking at different portrayals of parenthood. Three dimensions of responsibility (beginning responsibility, diminished sense of responsibility and obligating responsibility) emer…
The Beginning and End of Parental Responsibility - Finnish Parents' Views
Parental responsibility is considered to be one of the key concepts in parenting. This article examines the views of two Finnish groups interviewed-five mothers and three fathers-regarding the beginning and end of parental responsibility. The mothers came to a more or less shared conclusion that parental responsibility begins before the child is horn. The fathers held varying views, from 'before the child's birth' to concluding that parental resp…
Responsibility in Home–School Relations — Finnish Parents' Views
Finnish parents' views on responsibility in the home–school relations were explored. Responsibility was here understood as responsibility over education and upbringing. The data consist of semi‐structured interviews with 24 mothers and four fathers. In the home–school discourses, parents and teachers were often referred to as partners, and active parental involvement in school life was seen as a key to children's success. However, in some discour…
Making Sense of After‐School Care Dilemmas in Mothers' Stories of After‐School Care in Finland and Sweden
The study focuses on dilemmas in storied experiences of everyday after‐school care arrangements among Swedish and Finnish mothers. Finland and Sweden, which share a history of strong labour market attachment among women, arrange institutional after‐school care in similar ways. The data consist of interviews with three Swedish and six Finnish mothers. A positioning analysis of four stories shows how decisions related to children's after‐school hou…
Childcare and work - exploring the views of Finnish mothers and fathers
In this study, meanings given to childcare and work by parents were explored. The aim was to shed light on what factors parents consider when they decide who is going to stay at home. Four mothers and four fathers, all of whom had been both working and stay-at-home parents, were interviewed. The data were analyzed qualitatively. Parents believed in gender equality; however, the decision who stays at home was not based on gender. Cultural beliefs …
Sources of stress and scholarly identity
Although stressors and coping strategies have been examined in managing stress associated with doctoral education, stress continues to have a permeating and pernicious effect on doctoral students’ experience of their training and, by extension, their future participation in the academic community. International doctoral students have to not only effectively cope with tensions during their training and their socialization in their discipline but a…
Parental Involvement or Interference? Rural Teachers' Perceptions
This research explored rural state school teachers' perceptions concerning parental involvement in children's education in a developing country context. The data were collected through thematic interviews with teachers of public schools situated in the rural areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. The study findings revealed teachers' frustration and disappointment regarding parental involvement. Teachers believed that susceptible socioecono…
Rural Children’s Perceptions of Parental Involvement in Their Education in Pakistan
Drawing from focus group discussions, this study reports 40 school-aged children’s (12–14 years, boys and girls) perceptions of parental involvement in the context of a developing country with a collectivist culture. The results indicate that despite parental interference, adherence to local customs, poverty, and illiteracy, children felt encouraged by their parents through strategies that reinforced their motivation to continue their education. …
Doctoral students’ season schools
Part of the work of universities worldwide is to train new doctors who can meet current and future challenges and who have the knowledge and skills required in academic life. There are many ways to achieve these goals, and it is necessary to explore these avenues. For the last decades, a diversity of spaces for learning and networking beyond formal ones has been provided to doctoral students. International seasonal schools, intensive programs, in…
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