Taru Kekoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 6697876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Taru Kekoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Taru |
| FAMILY NAME | Kekoni |
| SIGNATURE | KEKONI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3167-0758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Young People's Lived Experiences of Care Relationships in Finnish Out‐Of‐Home Care
This study explores how young people who have lived in out‐of‐home care in Finland experience their relationships with caregivers and how these experiences can be interpreted through the lens of care ethics. The focus is on everyday practices in out‐of‐home care, where relational care and professional responsibilities intersect. The research is grounded in a hermeneutic‐phenomenological approach, and the data were analysed using interpretative ph…
Crossing boundaries in interprofessional collaboration
Interprofessional collaboration is crucial in providing holistic care services for older adults, requiring professionals to overcome various barriers. This study aims to explore how interprofessional collaboration can be facilitated in gerontological social work field education. This research was conducted in the context of a field placement in which social work students collaborated with a care team in a nursing home in China. Data were collecte…
Integrative learning through the interdisciplinary Social Law Clinic — learning experiences of law and social work students
This article examines an interdisciplinary clinical study module called the Social Law Clinic targeted for students of law and social work. The aim of this article was to review the pedagogy of the course from the students’ perspectives. The data consists of 29 learning reflections written by social work and law students who participated in the course during semesters between 2017 and 2019. The data was analysed using theory-driven content analys…
Online simulations as a tool of integrative pedagogy in learning social work practice skills
This study describes and evaluates online simulations of social work practice skills training, which involved social worker-client interaction exercises that students performed on Zoom with trained actors portraying clients. The aim was to identify factors that affect learning in a simulation exercise. To improve our understanding of learning in a simulation, we looked at the applicability of an integrative pedagogy model to analyze the data. In …
Child development in foster family care – what really counts
Previous research has demonstrated that children who grow up in foster family care – along with other child welfare recipients – manage less well in adulthood compared to those children who do not. Given this challenge, this integrative literature review locates the critical factors that either positively or negatively affect a child’s development in foster family care. The articles were analysed using theory-driven content classification in rela…
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Child development in foster family care – what really counts
Previous research has demonstrated that children who grow up in foster family care – along with other child welfare recipients – manage less well in adulthood compared to those children who do not. Given this challenge, this integrative literature review locates the critical factors that either positively or negatively affect a child’s development in foster family care. The articles were analysed using theory-driven content classification in rela…
Integrative learning through the interdisciplinary Social Law Clinic — learning experiences of law and social work students
This article examines an interdisciplinary clinical study module called the Social Law Clinic targeted for students of law and social work. The aim of this article was to review the pedagogy of the course from the students’ perspectives. The data consists of 29 learning reflections written by social work and law students who participated in the course during semesters between 2017 and 2019. The data was analysed using theory-driven content analys…
Online simulations as a tool of integrative pedagogy in learning social work practice skills
This study describes and evaluates online simulations of social work practice skills training, which involved social worker-client interaction exercises that students performed on Zoom with trained actors portraying clients. The aim was to identify factors that affect learning in a simulation exercise. To improve our understanding of learning in a simulation, we looked at the applicability of an integrative pedagogy model to analyze the data. In …
Crossing boundaries in interprofessional collaboration
Interprofessional collaboration is crucial in providing holistic care services for older adults, requiring professionals to overcome various barriers. This study aims to explore how interprofessional collaboration can be facilitated in gerontological social work field education. This research was conducted in the context of a field placement in which social work students collaborated with a care team in a nursing home in China. Data were collecte…
Young People's Lived Experiences of Care Relationships in Finnish Out‐Of‐Home Care
This study explores how young people who have lived in out‐of‐home care in Finland experience their relationships with caregivers and how these experiences can be interpreted through the lens of care ethics. The focus is on everyday practices in out‐of‐home care, where relational care and professional responsibilities intersect. The research is grounded in a hermeneutic‐phenomenological approach, and the data were analysed using interpretative ph…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Work (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)