Merja Paksuniemi
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1286490 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Merja Paksuniemi |
| PRENOMES | Merja |
| SOBRENOME | Paksuniemi |
| ASSINATURA | PAKSUNIEMI M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Lapland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5884-1027 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Finnish pre-service teachers’ knowledge about the Indigenous Sámi people
Teacher education worldwide struggles to prepare pre-service teachers for increasingly diverse teaching contexts, and for such preparation, it is imperative to understand their prior knowledge and attitudes. This study surveyed pre-service teacher students in their first study year in a Northern Finnish teacher education program to determine the knowledge they had about the indigenous Sámi people and their evaluation of their own competency in th…
Sámi Educational History in a Comparative International Perspective
Translating inclusive values into pedagogical actions
Inclusive education is an increasingly adopted approach to pedagogy, and it is based on values that should inform school policies and daily practices. It is about creating school cultures that cherish participation: learning, playing and working with others as well as making choices about, and having a say in, what happens in the school community. Therefore, teachers aiming to develop inclusive practices need to be conscious of the values behind …
The challenge of returning home
The purpose of this article is to clarify what kind of role schools and teachers played in the well-being of Finnish war children during and after the Second World War. The study focuses on the children who were evacuated to Denmark, also known as Finnebørn, and their experiences and memories as war children in Denmark and returning evacuees back home in Finland. All together, 11 former Finnebørn were interviewed for the research. The interview d…
State formation and the rise of elementary education at the periphery of Europe
This article addresses the role of the state and state formation in the establishment of national education during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Through a comparative case analysis of two countries at the European periphery (Finland and Turkey), this article shows how national educational systems, in both instances, were driven by periods of intense state building. In the nineteenth century, military defeats sparked educatio…
Mobilising Children for National Defence
This article examines the nature of the education provided to boys’ by the Finnish Civil Guard organisation during the Second World War. The research questions are: What type of education did the organisation provide and what values and skills did its members learn? Based on data gathered from a variety of sources, including archives, magazines and previous studies, it appears that boys education in the Civil Guard emphasised Finnish nationalism,…
Finnish refugee children’s experiences of Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War
This article seeks to demonstrate how Finnish refugee children experienced living in Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War (1939–1945). The study focuses on children’s opinions and experiences reflected through adulthood. The data were collected through retrospective interviews with six adults who experienced wartime as children in Finland and were evacuated to Sweden as refugees. Five of the interviewees were female and one of them w…
Teacher Education in Finland during the War Years, 1939–45
The Second World War profoundly affected the school system in Finland that already functioned as the seedbed for the national ideology; the Finnish teacher training colleges were temporarily closed during the years 1939–45, and several college buildings served as stationary war hospitals. This article describes the operation of the teacher training college of Tornio in northern Finland and student teachers’ and teachers’ lives during the war year…
Changes in Teacher Profession in Finland during the War Years 1939-1945
What happened in the Finnish society affected Finnish teacher training significantly. Teacher training was seen as the means and channel of influencing the whole nation. This study makes an interesting example of how macro level processes and procedures influence on a singular profession and how it was performed in practice. Simultaneously, it functions as an example of a national importance of professions. This study focused on teacher training …
Childhood in the shadow of war
This study was focused on war-time childhood. The target period covers the war years 1939–1945 and the years of post-war reconstruction. The research was based on memories of 13 participants who lived in the countryside in northern Finland during the Second World War. The purpose of the study was to find out what children's everyday life was like during the war. According to the results, children did play regardless of the war situation. Children…
Translating inclusive values into pedagogical actions
Inclusive education is an increasingly adopted approach to pedagogy, and it is based on values that should inform school policies and daily practices. It is about creating school cultures that cherish participation: learning, playing and working with others as well as making choices about, and having a say in, what happens in the school community. Therefore, teachers aiming to develop inclusive practices need to be conscious of the values behind …
Teacher Education in Finland during the War Years, 1939–45
The Second World War profoundly affected the school system in Finland that already functioned as the seedbed for the national ideology; the Finnish teacher training colleges were temporarily closed during the years 1939–45, and several college buildings served as stationary war hospitals. This article describes the operation of the teacher training college of Tornio in northern Finland and student teachers’ and teachers’ lives during the war year…
State formation and the rise of elementary education at the periphery of Europe
This article addresses the role of the state and state formation in the establishment of national education during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Through a comparative case analysis of two countries at the European periphery (Finland and Turkey), this article shows how national educational systems, in both instances, were driven by periods of intense state building. In the nineteenth century, military defeats sparked educatio…
Childhood in the shadow of war
This study was focused on war-time childhood. The target period covers the war years 1939–1945 and the years of post-war reconstruction. The research was based on memories of 13 participants who lived in the countryside in northern Finland during the Second World War. The purpose of the study was to find out what children's everyday life was like during the war. According to the results, children did play regardless of the war situation. Children…
Changes in Teacher Profession in Finland during the War Years 1939-1945
What happened in the Finnish society affected Finnish teacher training significantly. Teacher training was seen as the means and channel of influencing the whole nation. This study makes an interesting example of how macro level processes and procedures influence on a singular profession and how it was performed in practice. Simultaneously, it functions as an example of a national importance of professions. This study focused on teacher training …
Childhood in the shadow of war
This study was focused on war-time childhood. The target period covers the war years 1939–1945 and the years of post-war reconstruction. The research was based on memories of 13 participants who lived in the countryside in northern Finland during the Second World War. The purpose of the study was to find out what children's everyday life was like during the war. According to the results, children did play regardless of the war situation. Children…
Teacher Education in Finland during the War Years, 1939–45
The Second World War profoundly affected the school system in Finland that already functioned as the seedbed for the national ideology; the Finnish teacher training colleges were temporarily closed during the years 1939–45, and several college buildings served as stationary war hospitals. This article describes the operation of the teacher training college of Tornio in northern Finland and student teachers’ and teachers’ lives during the war year…
Finnish refugee children’s experiences of Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War
This article seeks to demonstrate how Finnish refugee children experienced living in Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War (1939–1945). The study focuses on children’s opinions and experiences reflected through adulthood. The data were collected through retrospective interviews with six adults who experienced wartime as children in Finland and were evacuated to Sweden as refugees. Five of the interviewees were female and one of them w…
Mobilising Children for National Defence
This article examines the nature of the education provided to boys’ by the Finnish Civil Guard organisation during the Second World War. The research questions are: What type of education did the organisation provide and what values and skills did its members learn? Based on data gathered from a variety of sources, including archives, magazines and previous studies, it appears that boys education in the Civil Guard emphasised Finnish nationalism,…
State formation and the rise of elementary education at the periphery of Europe
This article addresses the role of the state and state formation in the establishment of national education during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Through a comparative case analysis of two countries at the European periphery (Finland and Turkey), this article shows how national educational systems, in both instances, were driven by periods of intense state building. In the nineteenth century, military defeats sparked educatio…
Translating inclusive values into pedagogical actions
Inclusive education is an increasingly adopted approach to pedagogy, and it is based on values that should inform school policies and daily practices. It is about creating school cultures that cherish participation: learning, playing and working with others as well as making choices about, and having a say in, what happens in the school community. Therefore, teachers aiming to develop inclusive practices need to be conscious of the values behind …
The challenge of returning home
The purpose of this article is to clarify what kind of role schools and teachers played in the well-being of Finnish war children during and after the Second World War. The study focuses on the children who were evacuated to Denmark, also known as Finnebørn, and their experiences and memories as war children in Denmark and returning evacuees back home in Finland. All together, 11 former Finnebørn were interviewed for the research. The interview d…
Sámi Educational History in a Comparative International Perspective
Finnish pre-service teachers’ knowledge about the Indigenous Sámi people
Teacher education worldwide struggles to prepare pre-service teachers for increasingly diverse teaching contexts, and for such preparation, it is imperative to understand their prior knowledge and attitudes. This study surveyed pre-service teacher students in their first study year in a Northern Finnish teacher education program to determine the knowledge they had about the indigenous Sámi people and their evaluation of their own competency in th…
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