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All ready for action in inclusive classrooms?:Conceptions of the tiered support framework, professional roles, and collaboration among Finnish pre-service teachers
No full textThe idea of inclusive education became prevalent around the world. To implement inclusive education, some countries adopt a multi-tiered support framework to support children with special educational needs. Although Finland introduced this framework already in 2010, few studies have investigated how pre-service teachers understand its implementation and multi-professional collaboration. This study examined pre-service teachers’ conceptions of the multi-tiered support framework, professional roles, and collaboration in Finland. Data were collected from 139 pre-service teachers using questionnaires. Cluster analysis identified four pre-service teacher profiles: ‘Support knowing-doing gap’, ‘Support positive’, ‘Support negative’, and ‘Three-tiered support negative’, revealing a knowing-doing gap in the implementation of the support framework. Furthermore, the result indicates that some pre-service teachers were more critical of the multi-tiered support framework than of multi-professional collaboration, possibly due to the framework’s relative novelty. This study provides useful insights for developing pre – and in-service teacher education regarding inclusive education
Rievdan:new genre arctic art education building cultural resilience in a time of global change
No full textAbstractRievdan – Muutos, meaning change in Davvi Sámi and Finnish, is an art-based action research (ABAR) project conducted by the University of Lapland in Finland. Beginning in 2025 in Sápmi, the Sámi homeland, it involves collaboration with inhabitants of Vuohčču village in Finland and Kárášjohka town in Norway. The project addresses the challenges of change faced by northern communities due to unilateral policies, environmental exploitation, and the climate crisis. It explores new Arctic ArtEducation (AAE) strategies that strengthen community resilience and participants’ agency. Guided by the ABAR approach and community-based art education theory, Rievdan engages participants in collaborative art and co-research. This article asks: What initial steps and ethical perspectives should guide co-research in culturally pluriversal northern communities? The research data include reflections from the first art workshop, diaries, and visual material. The findings emphasise the need for culturally sensitive and ethical research practices. The key outcomes include involvinglocal people as cultural assistants, prioritising listening, using participants’ languages in all interactions, considering research venues carefully, and respecting the right to decline participation.Keywords: community-based art education, new genre Arctic art education, cultural resilience, art-based action research, research ethicsRievdan – Muutos, meaning change in Davvi Sámi and Finnish, is an art-based action research (ABAR) project conducted by the University of Lapland in Finland. Beginning in 2025 in Sápmi, the Sámi homeland, it involves collaboration with inhabitants of Vuohčču village in Finland and Kárášjohka town in Norway. The project addresses the challenges of change faced by northern communities due to unilateral policies, environmental exploitation, and the climate crisis. It explores new Arctic Art Education (AAE) strategies that strengthen community resilience and participants’ agency.Guided by the ABAR approach and community-based art education theory, Rievdan engages participants in collaborative art and co-research. This article asks: What initial steps and ethical perspectives should guide co-research in culturally pluriversal northern communities? The research data include reflections from the first art workshop, diaries, and visual material. The findings emphasise the need for culturally sensitive and ethical research practices. The key outcomes include involving local people as cultural assistants, prioritising listening, using participants’ languages in all interactions, considering research venues carefully, and respecting the right to decline participation.Keywordscommunity-based art education, new genre Arctic art education, cultural resilienceDOIhttps://doi.org/10.26203/kqff-nc0
Reimagining Nature : Bioart from the North
No full textReimagining Nature: Bioart from the North is an exhibition by artist-researchers Satu Miettinen, Heidi Pietarinen, Amna Qureshi, and Melanie Sarantou from the University of Lapland, Finland. Opening on December 4, 2025, at the Embassy of Finland in Windhoek. The exhibition explores innovative intersections of bioart, design, and science inspired by the nature of northern Finland.The artist-researchers behind this exhibition are the founders of the BioARTech Laboratory (est. 2019) at the University of Lapland. They share a deep respect for Arctic nature and its by-products, finding new ways to incorporate organic and biological materials into creative practice. Their works highlight how art can act as a bridge between human and non-human worlds, fostering dialogue and shared authorship across disciplines and species.Featured works include the triptych, which reimagines natural materials through photography and textile art, exploring transformation and collaboration between art and science. The exhibition presents “Kasvio - still life of plants” by Satu Miettinen, a photographic exploration of plants such as rowanberry, swamp puffer, lingonberry, milk thistle* with ordinary flowers like gerbera (African daisy), cloves and chrysanthemum. In the arrangements plants from the north and south mix. Kasvio is about studying the details of plants and flowers from our everyday environment and relaxing while focusing in their details: colors, forms, and the smells that you can imagine. Summer nights with swamp puffer will take you into another world. Additionally, it showcases experiments with a discarded Arctic raw material, “Reindeer Blood” and “Roots Stitching”, transformed into textiles and digital artworks exhibited internationally in Prague, Windhoek, and Antwerp. Here, the textiles take on a new three-dimensional presence, spreading and flowing like a cloak. Together, these works invite audiences to reflect on transformation, materiality, and our ecological kinship in bioart. You are warmly welcome!The exhibition explores innovative intersections of bioart, design, and science, drawing inspiration from the nature of northern Finland. It stands as a tribute to Arctic environments and their natural by‑products. The works demonstrate how art can serve as a bridge between human and non‑human worlds, fostering dialogue and shared authorship across disciplines and species. The exhibition was showcased at the Embassy’s Independence Day reception at the Ambassador´s residence. Take a look at the photos to see how beautifully it was displayed during the celebration
Inarijärveltä jäätietoja jo 100 vuotta
No full textInarijärvellä hydrologisia seurantoja on tehty vuodesta 1921 alkaen. Järven isoimpien selkävesien jäätymispäivä on myöhentynyt ja vastaavasti jäänlähtöpäivä aikaistunut
Kimalainen: villakirjontapaketti
No full textKimalainen – luonnon pieni suuri ihme Kimalaiset ovat korvaamattomia pölyttäjiä, jotka ylläpitävät Suomen luonnon monimuotoisuutta. Ne varmistavat, että kukat kukkivat, marjat kypsyvät ja ekosysteemit pysyvät elinvoimaisina. Tämä kirjontakuvio juhlistaa kimalaisen hentoa kauneutta, sekä sen suurta merkitystä pohjoisen luonnon tasapainolle. Jokainen pisto muistuttaa meitä siitä, kuinka pienet teot – luonnon havainnointi, käsin tekeminen ja tiedostava valinta – voivat yhdessä tukea elonkirjoa.<br/
Raportointi keinona saavuttaa vihreyttä?:EU:n uuden raportointisääntelyn vaikutukset
No full textIlmastonmuutoksen torjunta ja kestävä kehitys ovat olleet jo vuosia sääntelyn kehittämisen keskiössä, ja niiden rooli tuskin ainakaan heikkenee tulevaisuudessa. Erityisesti EU:sta on viime vuosina tullut runsaasti uutta sääntelyä aiheesta. Vuonna 2020 annettiin paljon julkista keskusteluakin herättänyt taksonomia-asetus. Vuonna 2022 annettiin kestävyysraportointidirektiivi, joka sinänsä ei ole uusi direktiivi, vaan kolmen aiemman direktiivin muuttaminen. Muutokset erityisesti listatuille yhtiöille ja rahoituslaitoksille ovat todella suuria, ja ne alkavat näkyä lähivuosina. Nämä molemmat ovat olleet runsaan akateemisen keskustelun ja tutkimuksen kohteena. Suomessa aiheesta ei ole juurikaan vielä kirjoitettu oikeustieteellistä tutkimusta. Tämän katsauksen tarkoituksena on tarkastella sekä kestävyysraportointidirektiiviä että taksonomia-asetusta. Katsauksen tavoite on tarkastella vihreään rahoitukseen liittyvää aikaisempaa tutkimusta ja siellä kehitettyjä politiikkasuosituksia, ja verrata niitä EU-sääntelyn tavoitteisiin ja sääntelyvalintoihin. Artikkelissa aihetta käsitellään seuraavien kysymysten avulla: 1) Mitkä ovat raportointisääntelyn kannalta keskeisiä seikkoja vihreän rahoituksen edistämisessä, ja 2) Miten EU:n taksonomia-asetus ja kestävyysraportointidirektiivi suhtautuvat näihin keskeisiin seikkoihin
Evaluating Thermal Color Palettes for Manual Human Detection in Aerial Search and Rescue Imagery
No full textThermal imaging plays a vital role in search and rescue, yet little is known about how color palette selection affects human recognition performance. While AI-based detection dominates current research, manual identification remains crucial in unpredictable or ethically sensitive conditions. This study evaluates three commonly used thermal palettes, White Hot, Ironbow, and Rainbow, using a recently available dataset of challenging aerial images. In an online user study with 75 participants, task time, hit accuracy, and not found responses were measured. Results show that White Hot enabled faster and more accurate performance, while Rainbow significantly hindered detection. These findings offer practical guidance for designing thermal interfaces and highlight the importance of perceptual optimization in augmented vision systems
Aaltoilmiö : Face Off / o+o= 1
No full textOsallistuminen Aaltoilmiö-tapahtumaan kahdella eri vuorovaikutteisella mediataideinstallaatiolla: Face Off ja o+o= 1