Peer Group Mentoring Programmes in Finnish Higher Education––Mentors’ Perspectives

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terhi Skaniakos ◽  
Leena Penttinen ◽  
Marjatta Lairio
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Group Mentoring ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

From Ivory Towers to Regional Networks in Finnish Higher Education

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seppo Holtta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Regional Networks ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

Change in the University Atmosphere: Study Culture and Study Process in Finnish Higher Education between 1969 and 1989

1990 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y-P Häyrynen ◽  
H Perho ◽  
J Silvonen ◽  
M Kuittinen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Study Process ◽  
The University ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

scholarly journals Transforming finnish higher education: institutional mergers and conflicting academic identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutional Mergers ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p class="RESUMENCURSIVA">As in many other European countries also Finnish higher education system has witnessed several reforms over the past decade many of which originate in efforts to make more competitive and affordable higher education system. The aim of this paper is to describe the changes and institutional mergers in particular that have taken place in Finnish higher education and explore what kind of academic identities are constructed amid changes in Finnish higher education. The paper shows that the mergers followed the objectives set by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture for the structural development of the higher education system and that the creation of a joint culture for merged institutions was important yet challenging. The paper also argues that due to these external changes in Finnish higher education there is a tendency to move from a traditional notion of an academic toward more hybrid and dynamic understanding of what it is being an academic in the 21st century.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

scholarly journals Attitudinal Barriers Encountered by Students with Disabilities in Higher Education Institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nageswara Rao Ambati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum ◽  
Attitudinal Barriers

The present study is an exploratory in nature. The papers aims to understand the attitudinal barriers encountered by students with disabilities in higher education institutions and its impact on their learning experiences. The study was conducted in the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (now bifurcated in to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), India. For this study, the researcher selected three universities in different parts of Andhra Pradesh by using purposive sampling. In the second phase the researcher interviewed 100 students with disabilities from the selected universities by using snowball sampling. For this study, quantitative and qualitative data analyses were used and in most cases quotes of real text for each theme were maintained and used extensively. The findings of the paper covered characteristics of students with disabilities, attitudinal barriers faced by them. The findings of the study suggests that changes are needed to be made, not only in the physical environment in which teaching and learning takes place, but also in the way in which higher education curriculum is organised, delivered and assessed and changes should also come in attitudes of teachers, university administration, peer group and public at large.

scholarly journals Book review of "The Management of Peer-Group Learning: Syndicate Methods in Higher Education"

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Geis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Group Learning

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