Search Results - "Vähäsantanen, Katja"

Professional agency in the stream of change: Understanding educational change and teachers' professional identities by Vähäsantanen, Katja

“…The qualitative meta-study reported here investigated Finnish vocational teachers' professional agency amid an educational reform. Differences were found in…”
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Teacher educators' collective professional agency and identity – Transforming marginality to strength by Hökkä, Päivi, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Mahlakaarto, Salme

“…This study investigated teacher educators' collective professional agency and identity within an identity coaching programme. The participants in the programme…”
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What is agency? Conceptualizing professional agency at work by Eteläpelto, Anneli, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Hökkä, Päivi, Paloniemi, Susanna

“…•There is a need for a critical discussion of agency in learning research.•The article provides a critical review of recent notions of agency.•A…”
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Emotions in Learning at Work: a Literature Review by Hökkä, Päivi, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Paloniemi, Susanna

“…The research elaborating emotions in organizational settings has increased considerably in recent years. However, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the…”
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Teachers' professional agency in a centralisation-decentralisation system and a hierarchical cultural context: the case of Hong Kong by Lau, Josephine, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Collin, Kaija

“…Teachers are frontline actors in actualising educational innovations. In some contexts, teachers' professional agency is undervalued. This study investigated…”
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Professional agency in a university context: Academic freedom and fetters by Vähäsantanen, Katja, Paloniemi, Susanna, Räikkönen, Eija, Hökkä, Päivi

“…Professional agency is an urgent topic in academic contexts, albeit relatively unexplored, and elaborated with contradictory conclusions on its extent and…”
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Finnish and German student teachers’ motivations for choosing teaching as a career. The first application of the FIT-Choice scale in Finland by Goller, Michael, Ursin, Jani, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Festner, Dagmar, Harteis, Christian

“…This study introduces and validates the Finnish version of the FIT-Choice scale and uses the scale to explore Finnish undergraduate students' motivations for…”
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How do novice teachers in Finland perceive their professional agency? by Eteläpelto, Anneli, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Hökkä, Päivi

“…This study investigated novice teachers' perceptions of their professional agency during the initial years of their work in schools. The research questions…”
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Theoretical and pedagogical perspectives on orchestrating creativity and collaborative learning by Hamalainen, Raija, Vahasantanen, Katja

“…► Collaborative learning and creativity involve novelty, but not in the same way. ► The difference relates to novelty of the process for the group or the…”
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Emotional competence at work by Ikävalko, Heini, Hökkä, Päivi, Paloniemi, Susanna, Vähäsantanen, Katja

“…PurposeThe study investigated emotional competence at work and elaborated emotional competence in relation to sociocultural aspects of emotions at…”
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How do teachers exercise relational agency for supporting migrant students within social networks in schools from Scotland, Finland, and Sweden? by Pantić, Nataša, Sarazin, Marc, Coppe, Thibault, Oral, Didem, Manninen, Eveliina, Silvennoinen, Kaisa, Lund, Anna, Päivi, Hökkä, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Li, Shupin

“…This study examines how teachers exercise relational agency - working flexibly with other actors in their social networks to support migrant students. Teachers…”
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Staff Members’ Professional Agency within the Staff Community and the Education Policies: Supporting Integration in Multicultural and Multilingual School Communities by Manninen, Eveliina, Hökkä, Päivi, Tarnanen, Mirja, Vähäsantanen, Katja

“…In recent decades, increased diversity and migration have challenged school staff members’ ways of working. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced…”
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The power dance in the research interview: manifesting power and powerlessness by Vähäsantanen, Katja, Saarinen, Jaana

“…We examine the power that is manifested between interviewers and interviewees in research interviews. Our empirical examples are drawn from interviews…”
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Professional agency and its features in supporting teachers' learning during an in-service education programme by Kauppinen, Merja, Kainulainen, Johanna, Hökkä, Päivi, Vähäsantanen, Katja

“…Research has shown that professional agency is pivotal for understanding teachers' professional learning in different contexts. However, we lack an elaborated…”
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Emotionally loaded identity and agency in Finnish academic work by Ursin, Jani, Vähäsantanen, Katja, McAlpine, Lynn, Hökkä, Päivi

“…This narrative study investigated identity, agency and emotions, amongst an under-researched academic group - those without PhDs with primary responsibility…”
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An Integrative Approach to Emotional Agency at Work by Hökkä, Päivi, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Ikävalko, Heini

“…The concept of agency has recently emerged as a fruitful construct in understanding organizational practices and development. However, agency has tended so far…”
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Professional learning and agency in an identity coaching programme by Vähäsantanen, Katja, Hökkä, Päivi, Paloniemi, Susanna, Herranen, Sanna, Eteläpelto, Anneli

“…This article addresses the professional learning that occurred in an identity coaching programme. The arts-based programme aimed to enhance the participants'…”
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Teacher trainees' experiences of the components of ICT competencies and key factors in ICT competence development in work-based vocational teacher training in Finland by Vilppola, Jiri, Lämsä, Joni, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Hämäläinen, Raija

“…Context: This research was conducted in the context of Finnish vocational education and training (VET) teacher training. The teacher training was work-based,…”
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Teachers’ Identity Tensions and Related Coping Strategies: Interaction With the Career Stages and Socio-Political Context by Lau, Josephine, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Collin, Kaija

“…When external requirements conflict with teachers’ personal beliefs and values, the resulting internal struggles can lead to identity tensions. Contributing to…”
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Trust in the educational partnership narrated by parents of a child with challenging behaviour by Rautamies, Erja, Vähäsantanen, Katja, Poikonen, Pirjo-Liisa, Laakso, Marja-Leena

“…This study examined trust in educational partnership in the context of early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland, from the viewpoint of parents of a…”
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