Interaction in educational domains / / edited by Kirsi Tirri, Elina Kuusisto.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kuusisto, Elina.; Tirri, Kirsi.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In this volume, we take a holistic approach to education, viewing human beings as lifelong learners who need interaction in all educational domains – cognitive, affective, psychomotor – to actualize their full potential. The chapters are based on presentations given at the 2012 conference of the Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA), whose theme was Interaction in Educational Research. Prof. David Clarke, from the University of Melbourne in Australia and the conference’s keynote speaker, opens our symposium with a discussion of international comparative research in educational interaction by constructing and concealing differences. The chapters that follow, arranged in three parts, deal with interaction in cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. In Part I, theoretical and philosophical approaches to interaction are examined through ontological, epistemological, and semiotic perspectives. Part II presents a series of empirical studies on educational interaction. Together, these show regional differences in cognitive and psychomotor learning outcomes, the importance of academic emotions in learning, cultural aspects in understanding the visual arts, and interactive learning for gifted science students. Part III introduces three programs that promote educational interaction: one enhances teacher education with interdisciplinary integration; another explores the benefits of Finnish-Russian cooperation; and a third uses musical concerts as an interactive tool for special education. All of the chapters contribute to the current research and discussion on learning and interaction. In this field inquiries need to be carried out in different learning domains and in various cultural contexts. In particular, cross-cultural comparisons are useful in validating the findings of empirical studies and testing the culture-dependent and culture-invariant dimensions of educational interaction.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Kirsi Tirri and Elina Kuusisto -- Introduction / Kirsi Tirri and Elina Kuusisto -- International Comparative Research into Educational Interaction: Constructing and Concealing Difference / David Clarke -- Student Transformation and the Interaction between the Epistemological and Ontological Tracks: The Wider Project of Higher Education? / Colin Beard and Kaisu Mälkki -- Semiotics as a Philosophy for Education: From Concepts to Signs / Andrew Stables -- From the Ontology of Interaction to the Semiotics of Education / Eetu Pikkarainen -- Examining the Researcher’s Position Through Its Interaction with Methodological and Ethical Particularities of Religion and Gender / Teija Rantala and Arniika Kuusisto -- The Influence of Local Culture on Students’ Educational Outcomes / Heidi Harju-Luukkainen and Jouni Vettenranta -- Regional and Gender Variation in the Results of Learning Outcomes in Crafts Assessment / Antti Hilmola -- How Are Situational Academic Emotions Related to Teacher Students’ General Learning Profiles? / Elina Ketonen and Kirsti Lonka -- Cultural Aspects in Understanding the Visual Arts / Leena Knif and Seija Kairavuori -- What Kind of Learning is Interactive and Meaningful to Gifted Science Students / Kirsi Tirri , Elina Kuusisto and Maija Aksela -- Interdisciplinary Integration in Teacher Education / Seija Karppinen , Veera Kallunki , Seija Kairavuori , Kauko Komulainen and Sara Sintonen -- Finnish-Russian Cooperation in Teacher Education / Ritva Kantelinen and Victoria Pogosian -- Music for All for Music / Ari Poutiainen , Sanna Kivijärvi and Markku Kaikkonen.