Papers by Inkeri Ruokonen
Beyond the Classroom: Future Music Education through Technology
Developing mental training methods for student teachers
Musical interaction and lifelong learning:integrative and holistic musical activities increase the well-being of older people
European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Nov 30, 2014
This is a qualitative case study and the historical overview of the first part of examination ref... more This is a qualitative case study and the historical overview of the first part of examination reform process at the Sibelius Academy from 1974-1980. The purpose of the study is to discover how the act and the decision made to reform the examinations were implemented at the Sibelius Academy. The research problem was to determine the process that the examination reform followed. How was the examination reform implemented at the Sibelius Academy? How was the reform communicated? What were the reactions of the people involved when they heard of the reform? Data was gathered through interviews with 11 participants. The research method was qualitative content analyses of the interview material combined with the reflections of the writers who were former Sibelius Academy students. In the Findings, five phases of the reform process are introduced through qualitative interview material. These phases are reasons, launching, reactions, becoming committed and examination reform. This reform was going to lead the way developing the Sibelius Academy towards a status of a university in the future.
European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences, Nov 30, 2014
In Finland, folk high school education began in 1889 and consisted of non-formal adult education ... more In Finland, folk high school education began in 1889 and consisted of non-formal adult education in Finland. The aim of the study is to research the role of folk high school education into Finnish culture.The study introduces the history of Finnish folk high school education and discusses the role of folk high school education in the Finnish educational system, especially arts education. The purpose is to determine which developmental stages can be found in the history of Finnish folk high school education, and what role Finnish folk high school education played in the development of Finnish culture and arts education. The study approach is a historical-critical overview of the period from 1889 to 2012. Historical documents, archives and articles are content analysed to discover the trends influencing folk high school education, Finnish culture, and the arts in different time periods. The results show that Finnish folk high school education played a strong role in Finnish culture, especially in the education of people in rural areas. The influence on teachers' education was found in both basic level and advanced education. The role of arts education, especially music education has been strong since 1970. The role and influence of Finnish folk high school education has been strong in Finnish society because it has been able to change and develop over time. Finnish folk high school education design has had a creative influence on the Finnish culture.
Eheyttävän musiikkipedagogiikan ja yhteistyön voima
Musiikkikasvatus perusopetuksessa ja musiikkiluokilla - kasvamista musiikkiin ja musiikin avulla
The Finnish Journal of Music Education 2017/2 vol. 20
International Journal of Art and Design Education, Jul 11, 2017
This is a case study of a one-year arts educational project 'Ifrom dreams to reality' in which ar... more This is a case study of a one-year arts educational project 'Ifrom dreams to reality' in which artists worked at school with teachers and learning at the school was planned through arts-based, cooperative teamwork during one extra school year of 10th grade students in Finnish basic education. The theme of the year was 'I', and so the project was designed to highlight everyone's own way of thinking and expressing art. The research task was to determine whether long-term holistic arts pedagogy and artist cooperation at school have any significant connection to students' self-efficacy and social skills. Data has been collected through students' self-evaluations before and after the school year. Altogether 40 students from 10th grade participated in this case study. Half of the pupils participated in an arts educational project called 'Ifrom dreams to reality' and half formed the control group. Artists worked with the test group weekly during a period of one school year (altogether nine months). Students' self-evaluations concerning their self-efficacy and social behaviour were collected by e-questionnaire. The measures used were Likert-based evaluation scores of pupils' self-assessment of their self-efficacy and social behaviour in everyday situations at school. According to the results, artist-teacher cooperation and learning through the arts can be worthwhile experiences to develop students' self-efficacy and social skills.
Purposeful and Ethical Early Childhood Teacher: The Underlying Values Guiding Finnish Early Childhood Education
ECNU Review of Education
Purpose The new Finnish National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care (2018) st... more Purpose The new Finnish National Core Curriculum for Early Childhood Education and Care (2018) strongly highlights pedagogical knowledge and practice, demanding teachers to develop their pedagogical thinking, evaluation, judgment, and operating culture. Since ethics is viewed as vital characteristics of the teaching profession, our objective is to make these complex ethical issues more visible to be subject to democratic discussion and change. Design/Approach/Methods The framework comprises a broad theory base of codes of ethics and professional codes of ethics of teaching. The research materials were national curricula of early childhood education and care (ECEC)- and pre-primary education. The eight-step qualitative analysis process was applied to identify and shed light on the codes of ethics laying the foundations for purposeful and ethical early childhood education (ECE) teacher. Findings The results indicate that through both theoretical lenses, the Finnish ECEC curricula comp...
Creating a Theoretical Framework for Playful Learning and Pedagogy – The Finnish Perspective
Early Childhood Research and Education: An Inter-theoretical Focus
Nuoret ja taide: ilolla ja innolla, uhmalla ja uholla : kirjoituksia murrosikäisten taito- ja taidekasvatuksesta
Finn Lectura, 2008
Kansallinen koulutuksen arviointikeskus (KARVI), May 4, 2021
Education Sciences, 2022
This research is an integrative literature review regarding the variety of university-based early... more This research is an integrative literature review regarding the variety of university-based early childhood education and care (ECEC) centre models. This research focuses on those models that collaborate closely with early childhood (EC) teacher education programmes. The data were gathered from three different databases: ERIC (Ebscohost), Education Research Complete (Ebscohost) and ProQuest Central by using six different search terms. A total of 2766 publications were found. Based on the inclusion criteria, 40 publications were included in a data analysis. These publications consisted of descriptions of 53 different models regarding the collaboration between ECEC centres and universities. Two out of three models (n = 34) were university-based ECEC centres that collaborated closely with EC teacher education programmes by implementing various collaborations in education and research in their daily work. Outreach efforts were also implemented. This research invites EC teacher education...
Sibelius and the World of Art
Being Sami is my strength
Arts Education in Finnish Early Childhood Education
What music means to me: Estonian and Finnish eighth-grade pupils' opinions on music
Songdrawing in the classroom: elementary school teachers’ conceptions of songdrawing
Arts as School programme promoting cultural and social interaction in children's harmonious development: Principles and practices of the MUS-E 'Arts at School' programme
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