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NETWORK SESSIONS GROUPS

TRANSITION FROM EDUCATION TO WORK
Chairs: Dr. Tero Järvinen and Dr. Jarkko Mäkinen

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I      14.45-15.45  
ROOM 362

Karin Filander:           
Adult Education in the Crossroads: Is Being Everywhere Being Nowhere?
Laura Helle:
Where’s the learning in work-based project learning?

 





SESSION II    16.15-17.15
ROOM 362

Hannu L. T. Heikkinen, Rauno Huttunen, Merja Karjalainen & Marjatta Saarnivaara:
Equality in mentoring relationship: in what terms?
Hannu Jokinen & Jouni Välijärvi:
Could we use mentoring in supporting novice teachers’ professional development?




GENDER AND EQUALITY IN ADULT EDUCATION
Chairs: Dr. Annukka Jauhiainen and Researcher Tarita Ruoholinna


FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-16.00  
ROOM 360

Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen & Kirsti Hulkari:
Adult Education, Gender and Preparedness for the Globalisation in Labour Markets
Päivi Siivonen:
Two Women, Two Generations, and Two Stories on Lifelong Learning
Abdullah Al Mamun:
Adult Education and Bangladesh

 


LIFELONG LEARNING - IDEOLOGY AND REALITY?
Chair: Researcher Mikko Aro

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45  
ROOM 355

Helene Ahl:
Motivation in Adult Education. A problem solver or a euphemism for direction and control?
Olli-Jukka Jokisaari:
Lifelong Learning Towards Liberty In Modern Society: Consumer-divisum or Self-realising person?

SESSION II            16.15-17.15
ROOM 355

Dzintra Ilishko, Valerija Dombrovski &Svetlana Guseva:
Education for adults in Latvia - Possibilities and limitations (VT)
Søren Ehlers: 
The Decline And Fall Of Nordic "Folkeoplysning Og 
Voksenundervisning"



EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION IN LIFELONG LEARNING AND
COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION
Chairs: Professor Joel Kivirauma and Dr. Kirsi Klemelä

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45   
ROOM 361

Sigvart Tøsse:
Reforms and policy - a comparative view on The Adult Education Initiative (Sweden) and the Competence Reform (Norway)
Eeva Siirala and Paul Ilsley
:

Selecting Ten Years of Adult Education Research: Important Choices and New Conceptualizations




SESSION II   16.15-17.15
ROOM 361

Jón Torfi Jónasson:
Credentialism and Adult education?
Mina O’Dowd:
Learning in Mature Adulthood:  A comparative study of Swedish and U3A learners



ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ADULT EDUCATION
Chair: Professor Paula Kyrö

FRIDAY 13th MAY


SESSION I            14.45-15.45  
ROOM 340

Risto Ikonen:
What kind of entrepreneurship do we need? A historical glance at present-day problem
Paula Kyrö & Kaisa Hyrsky:
Women entrepreneurship programme breaks governement's gender neutrality


SESSION II   16.15-17.15

ROOM 340

Tarja Römer-Paakkanen & Antti Loukola:
Doctoral Studies in Entrepreneurship for Teachers - Aiming for Lifelong Learning and Entrepreneurial Culture
Kalervo Friberg:
School and Business Partnerships. Partnership as an Intentional Conceptual System in North-American General Education.

 

DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS AND LEARNING
Chair: Dr. Hanna Toiviainen

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45  
ROOM 359

Hannele Kerosuo, Anu Kajamaa & Yrjö Engeström:
Narratives as resources for tracing consequentiality and learning in development intervention
Jaana Pirkkalainen & Heli Kaatrakoski:
Problematicizing development interventions: hybrid forms of work related agency
Merja Helle & Yrjö Engeström:
Transition to co-configuration work as creation of a heterogeneous culture of learning
 

SESSION II   16.15-17.15
ROOM 359

Bo Talerud:
Educational Aspects on Modern Leadership
Rasmus Thorning Hansen:
Coaching and storytelling
Hanna Toiviainen:
“Contradictions on the Table” – Research Report as a Development Intervention
 

EXPANDING AND CHANGING HIGHER EDUCATION
Chair: Senior researcher, Dr. Arto Jauhiainen

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45   
ROOM 440

Annukka Tapani:
Empowerment versus Alienation - in the Polytechnic Context
Hannu L. T. Heikkinen:
“The next big thing is here!” Looking for the essence of (open and closed) university in the times of neoliberalism.





L
EARNING AT WORK
Chair: Researcher Laura Helle and Researcher Petri Haltia

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45  
EDU 2

Per Andersson & Andreas Fejes: 
Historical Traces of Recognition of Prior Learning – 
The ‘new’ idea of validation in Sweden and its promise 
of economic growth
 
Sara Frontini: 
An apprenticeship system for adults
 
SESSION II   16.15-17.15
EDU 2
 
Sirpa Laitinen-Väänänen: 
Questioning in supervision sessions
Tuulikki Venninen: 
Feedback – a tool to professional growth
 

LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
Chair: Senior researcher Petri Salo

FRIDAY 13th MAY

SESSION I            14.45-15.45  
ROOM 224

Marion Fields:
Lifelong Learning in Civil Society Organisations - Education for what?
(VT)
Petri Salo:
On the futures of liberal adult education

SESSION II            16.15-17.15
ROOM 224

Eva Andersson, Ann-Marie Laginder & Inger Landström:
Learning at distance - between studies and everyday life
Michelle Glowacki-Dudka:
Reclaiming Power at the Margins

 

POSTERS

The Poster Session takes place on Friday, May 13th at Educarium, 1st floor between 14.45-16.15

Leci S. M. Dias, Angela  M. C. Maffia, Rita C. A. Brauna, Maria G. S. Floresta, Jose H. Oliveira:
Formation of Young and Adult Educators: The Veredas Project Approach

Angela M. C. Maffia, Leci S. M. Dias, Rita C. A. Brauna, Tania V. Menegon:
Procedures Adopted for Young and Adult Education in Brazil: Challanges to be Overcome


Eeva-Maija Lappalainen:
The New Results: The Dialogue of Uniting Arts and Crafts Desing, Finnish Language and Culture Learning

 


 

 





SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 362

Mirka Mäkinen:
Age, experiences and undergraduate non-completion in higher education
Sakari Saukkonen & Annemari Rovamo:
Career guidance at the university. Interpreting one of the grey areas in academic life.







SESSION IV  11.00-12.00
ROOM 362

Anne Rouhelo:
Steady and winding careers of the academic
Matti Lindberg:
Interconnectedness of the segmentation of participation and the distribution of labour market success










SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 360

Satu Merenluoto:
The Differences and Similarities between Male and Female Students in Higher Education
Marjo Vuorikoski:
Life-history Approach Challenges Teacher Professionalism
Annukka Jauhiainen & Anne Laiho:
Adulthood – a Problem for Higher Education and Teacher Training?









SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 355

Jukka Tuomisto:
Equality as a goal of adult education: Theory and practice
Mina O'Dowd:
Re-conceptualising Life Long Learning: Shifting the focus to learners' needs (VT)


SESSIO IV  10.30-12.00
ROOM 355

Eero Pantzar:
Illiteracy as a challenge of lifelong learning and media
Risto Rinne &  Arto Jauhiainen:
The meaning of lifelong learning,ageing generations and knowledge society









SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 361

Adreas Fejes:
Reconstituting the educable adult learner in Sweden – a genealogical analysis on rationalities of governing
Eva Siljehag, Anita Soderlund and Britta Wingard
:
The promotion of democratic processes of knowledge
Richard Desjardins:
Determinants of Lifelong learning: Comparative perspective


















SATURDAY 14th MAY


SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 340

Kari Itkonen:
Succession within small enterprises: - sociocognitive learning and transfer of expertise in entrepreneurship
Paul J. Ilsley  & Paula Kyrö:
Maximizing online resources to teach and do research in adult education
Hannu Salakari:
Development of a pedagogical model for simulator training



















































SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-10.30
ROOM 440

Palle Rasmussen & Lone Stoustrup:
Professional learning in part-time university study
Nina Halttunen:
Traditional route vs. open university gateway to university degree studies 
Lis Hemmingsen and Jonas Sprogøe:
Learning profiles of Master students - support or barrier for lifelong learning?








SATURDAY 14th MAY

SESSION III   9.00-11.00
EDU 2

Tarja Tikkanen & Susanna Paloniemi:
Participation in work-related adult 
education among older workers in 1990 and 2000: 
Widening participation and national interventions on 
working life development
Petri Hallikainen: 
Job demands, job decision (control) latitude, 
and learning motivation: theoretical implications for learning at work
Vesa Korhonen: 
Collaboration and network ties in workplace learning
Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret: 
The changing nature of expertise 




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