Children are Telling
- research and development projects
Monika Riihelä, PhD., Researcher
How do we deal with children's questions? Semantic aspects of
encounters between children and professionals in child
institutions. (1996, in English) The study focused on children's
and professional's questions and conversations in child care
clinic, day care centre, school and library. The study shed light
on the dialogues, initiatives, questions, and answers that
restrain and enhance children's participation.
Monika Riihelä, Playing Researchers (2000, in English)
This publication is a post-doc study published in a form of a
video and a written report. The study focused on children's play
and co-operative group work in day care center. The report
presents a new theoretical model for social action that can be
applied to practice (with children).
Monika Riihelä, Children's Co-construction of Knowledge. The
Contents of Children's Stories.
Liisa Karlsson, PhD., researcher, developer, University of
Helsinki, The Research Unit of Educational Psychology.
Giving Children the Floor. Transition in the Tradition of
Professional Practice. (2000, in Finnish)
The research considered the position of children by clarifying how
they are able to participate actively and on their own initiative
in the activities of an institution. The research analyses the
professionalism and the child as a cultural construct. The study
is phenomena-based and multi-disciplinary. It represents cultural
research and traditional models of thought and action are
questioned. The research are linked to development action.
Liisa Karlsson, Through Storytelling into Children's Culture.
Results of Networking in Somersault Ride. (1999, in Finnish). A
study of the use of "storycrafting" and listening
methods and of a co-operative networking among child care
professionals
Annu Tuovila, MA, violinist, researcher, Sibelius-Academia,
DocMus-institute
Music Studies as Part of Children's Lives.
The study focuses on the meaning of music school teaching in 7- to
13 year-old children's lives and how the motivation to study is
maintained. The study includes longitudinal qualitative data
(1996-2000).
Minna Huotilainen, Ph.D., docent in cognitive science, researcher of the
development of auditory perception and memory in children, researcher at the
Collegium of Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. Research
topics
include fetal and neonatal auditory capabilities, the effect of prematurity
on
auditory perception and memory, disabilities of auditory perception and
their
relationship to preceiving and producing speech, early remediation of speech
perception disabilities.
Reeli Karimäki, MA, researcher, University of Helsinki, The
Department of Folklore Studies.
Children's Play from 7- to 12-Year-Old Children's Point of View. 7
to 12-years-old children's play descriptions in Helsinki and
Tallinn. The material includes children's written descriptions of
their play (over 1100 from Helsinki and over 300 from Tallinn) and
interviews.
Niina Rutanen, MA, researcher, University of Helsinki
Department of Social Psychology / Brazil
The Development of Joint Negotiation among Young Children.
The objective of the study is to analyse the flow of interaction
among 2- to 3-year-old children focusing on the non-verbal and
verbal negotiation, and the co-construction of meanings in
interaction. Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Johanna Höysniemi, Ms.c, researcher, University of Tampere (Department
of
Computer Sciences) and University of Art and Design (Media Lab).
The design and evaluation of children's physical and vocal user
Interfaces.
The aim of the project is to develop new play and user interfaces
for children that can be controlled with body movements and voice.
Kaisu Rättyä, MA, director, The Finnish Institute for
Children's Literature
Children's own Stories from the Narratological Perspective. The
study focuses on 5-year-old children's stories narrated as part of
the story exchange in "Storyride" project. This study
applies narratological perspective to children's stories, and
focuses especially on the structure of the stories, the characters,
and the themes.
Ulla Lipponen, researcher, Finnish Literature Institute
"Hospital" Pretend Play -observations of the Emergence
of Joint Play among Girls and Boys. (1999, in Finnish)
Kaija Kemppainen, Dipl.-Psych., The family advisory clinic of
the municipality of Kotka
Children's Participation in Child Services.
Psychologist in a family advisory clinic examines the visibility
of children's initiatives and children's participation in
municipal services. What does children with special needs tell in
their stories and play?
Inka Alén, MA, University of Helsinki, Department of teacher
training
Childhood Movie Experiences in Students Recollections (2000, in
Finnish)
Riitta Iiskola, MA, Espoo, Pre-school teacher for immigrant
children
Multiculturality and Storycrafting. Developing the storycrafting
method to listen to the children from different cultural
backgrounds.
Elina Jarmas, University of Tampere
Six Year Old Children's Conceptions of Learning and Learning
Environments.
Developing the methods for child interviews.
Anna-Leena Lastikka, Pre-school teacher,
MA, the Department of Applied Sciences of Education, early childhood
education
"Thank you for waking us up!" - increasing child involvement in
play through adult engagement (2004, in Finnish)
Sirkka Leivo, MA, The municipal of Kirkkonummi
Co-operative Pre-School Education Based on Children's Thoughts.
Heidi Myllylä, MA, University of Oulu. Special education
teacher, Kulosaari school, Helsinki
Children's Initiatives during Storycrafting in a Group. (1998, in
Finnish)
Kristiina Rautaheimo, MA. University of Helsinki, Department of
Education
Looking for Child Centered Working Methods. (2000, in Finnish)
Raili Santavuori, MA. University of Helsinki. The director of
the day care services in the municipal of Kirkkonummi. The Puzzle
of Quality -Professionals' Conceptions of the Quality of Day Care
Services. (1999, in Finnish)
Seppo Sarras, The director of a day care centre, the centre for
project learning in the municipal of Imatra
The Centre for Project Learning has Developed and Enhanced Child
Centered Project Learning. A child and the child groups learn to
study the phenomena in their environment and to report the results
of their studies. Children focus in their studies to stories,
play, fairytales, arts and natural phenomena.
Kirsi Tiira, MA, University of Helsinki, Department for teacher
training in Early Childhood Education.
Looking for Shared Language - the Enhancement of Young Children's
Participation in the "Waterproject" (2000, in Finnish)
Birgitta Tunturi, MA, University of Tampere
From subject to personality – stories told by five to eight year
old pupils and analysed from the view point of Martin Buber's
dialogical filosofy. (together with Aila Åkerberg, 2000, in
Finnish)
Sanna Turakka, Master's student, University of Joensuu, Department
of Special Education
Free Narrating among Children with Dysfasia in a School Class.
Taija Wirtavuori, MA, University of Tampere
Looking for the Quality of Day Care Services - Children Telling
about their Needs, who Listens? (1998, in Finnish)
To the top
To the beginning of Children are Telling pages
Contact person:
