Can Teachers Teach Children How to be Moral?

Uusiautti, Satu; Määttä, Irja Kaarina

doi:10.9734/bjesbs/2012/1331

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“…The Ontario example provides a fruitful opportunity for critical discussion about education and its foundation of morals of values (Steutel & de Ruyter, 2011; see also Uusiautti & Määttä, 2015). It is right to ask whose interests are served in reforms and how political forces influence education (see also Elgström & Hellstenius, 2011).…”

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“It goes beyond the fundamentals of sex and education.” Analysis on the online commenting on the curriculum reform in Ontario

Saarreharju

Uusiautti

Määttä

2019

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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School-based sex education is a sensitive topic that divides opinions. This research focuses on the 2015 curriculum reform on sex education in Ontario and especially on the public online commenting on it. It was considered an interesting example of how educational reforms arouse debate and how the media can influence opinions. The data comprises comments (N = 544, of which 453 were included in the analysis) on a news article published by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). The qualitative content analysing method was used for answering the main research question: What are netizens commenting regarding the curriculum reform in Ontario? The most significant themes were various emphases between children's rights and adults' values; political dimensions of the curriculum reform; and appropriate timing for sex education. Instead of clear differences of opinions, netizens seemed to highlight different kinds of priorities. The research helps in understanding the multidimensional process of curriculum reform in a broader manner.

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“It goes beyond the fundamentals of sex and education.” Analysis on the online commenting on the curriculum reform in Ontario

Saarreharju

Uusiautti

Määttä

2019

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

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“…Likewise, teachers are highly respected professionals in the Finnish society (Uusiautti & Määttä 2013b;2013c). Various eras, theories, and ideologies have had their own emphases in the illustration of a good teacher (Määttä & Uusiautti, 2012b;Uusiautti & Määttä, 2013c), but still teachers' ability to bring out the good and moral in children are more topical than ever (Määttä & Uusiautti, 2012a;2013;Uusiautti & Määttä, 2012). Now, Finnish teacherhood starts to have a greater emphasis on the caring and respectful teaching.…”

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Love-Based Leadership at School as a Way to Well-Being in Pupils—Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Määttä¹,

Uusiautti²

2014

IJE

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Teachers' authority relies partly on the mastery of substance but that is not enough if the purpose is to enhance students' overall growth, self-knowledge and well-being. In today's schools, a variety of new phenomena (e.g., multiculturalism, exclusion, etc.) challenges teachers' work. In this article, we will discuss the concept of love-based leadership in the light of teachers' work and as a combination of love and authority. The fundamental aim is to provide education activities that increase students' sense of meaning and fulfillment, in other words, happiness. The success of the Finnish education is greatly dependent on teachers, and, therefore, the purpose is to contemplate how students could be provided with experiences of success by employing love-based leadership at school.

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“…However, parenthood includes challenges and in the middle of daily busyness parents cannot always act as they would have wanted to. Perhaps, the idea of "good enough parents" could be complemented with the idea of pedagogical love (see 2012) and raising children toward goodness (Uusiautti & Määttä, 2012a;2012b). Storh (2009, p. 136) states that "[m]y flourishing depends on the flourishing of others."…”

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“The dearest but the most infuriating” How to raise a child with challenging temperament?

Heikkala

Uusiautti

Määttä

2013

EREJ

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Abstract:In this research, parents' perceptions of difficult children and their characteristics were studied. A unique point of view to the theme was discovered through the Internet as parenting a challenging child appeared as a theme that is discussed widely in the Internet forums. In these forums, parents write about their experiences voluntarily and at the same time, they are the ones who define their children as challenging or difficult. In this study, parents' descriptions were compared with previous definitions and studies on child temperament. This research was a qualitative research where the interest was in parents' perceptions of difficult children. The data consisted of 118 messages written by 70 different pseudonyms. The messages were analysed through qualitative content analysis. The purpose of the research was to provide further information and tools for parents of children with challenging temperament.

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Can Teachers Teach Children How to be Moral?

Abstract: This work was carried out in collaboration between the authors as a part of their jointresearch project. The authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

“It goes beyond the fundamentals of sex and education.” Analysis on the online commenting on the curriculum reform in Ontario

“It goes beyond the fundamentals of sex and education.” Analysis on the online commenting on the curriculum reform in Ontario

Love-Based Leadership at School as a Way to Well-Being in Pupils—Theoretical and Practical Considerations

“The dearest but the most infuriating” How to raise a child with challenging temperament?

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