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View article: Pre-service teachers’ insights on co-designing and implementing digital games to promote children’s outdoor playful learning
Pre-service teachers’ insights on co-designing and implementing digital games to promote children’s outdoor playful learning Open
View article: Comparing the Effects of Playful Pedagogical Activities and Traditional Methods on EFL Vocabulary Learning
Comparing the Effects of Playful Pedagogical Activities and Traditional Methods on EFL Vocabulary Learning Open
This study investigates the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning experiences of Chinese primary school students, aiming to conduct a comprehensive comparison between the impacts of playful pedagogical activities and traditional rev…
View article: 2025 Position statement on active outdoor play
2025 Position statement on active outdoor play Open
Background In 2015, the Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play was released in Canada, emphasizing the critical role of active outdoor play—with its risks—in fostering children’s healthy development. Building on this foundation, a 10-ye…
View article: A systematic literature review of playful learning in primary education: teachers’ pedagogical activities
A systematic literature review of playful learning in primary education: teachers’ pedagogical activities Open
View article: Playful Computation
Playful Computation Open
This paper investigates students’ experiences and teachers’ attitudes towards playful computation: an innovative pedagogy that emphasizes playful learning to teach students information and computing technology. A pilot study was conducted …
View article: Teacher Motivational Scaffolding and Preschoolers’ Motivational Triggers in the Context of Playful Learning of Multiliteracy and Digital Skills
Teacher Motivational Scaffolding and Preschoolers’ Motivational Triggers in the Context of Playful Learning of Multiliteracy and Digital Skills Open
This research focuses on exploring teacher motivational scaffolding and preschoolers motivational triggers in a playful learning project conducted in a Finnish preschool context. The aim of playful learning was to promote preschoolers’ mul…
View article: Editorial: Playfulness, games and playful learning to promote good
Editorial: Playfulness, games and playful learning to promote good Open
EDITORIAL article Front. Educ., 15 December 2023Sec. Educational Psychology Volume 8 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1345428
View article: Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their playfulness and inquisitiveness
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their playfulness and inquisitiveness Open
Recognizing one’s own playfulness is important for early childhood education (ECE) teachers, who are responsible for organizing and implementing child-initiated pedagogy in ECE centers. Playfulness research has focused on children’s play a…
View article: Agentic playful pre-service teachers: positionings from teacher-initiated playful teacher to community-shared playful teacher
Agentic playful pre-service teachers: positionings from teacher-initiated playful teacher to community-shared playful teacher Open
Play and playfulness are understood as basic and vital elements of early childhood education (ECE), and together with playful pedagogies, they perform a central role in Finnish ECE. In multidisciplinary research, children’s learning is gen…
View article: Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelma osana ohjausjärjestelmää: Tieto- ja viestintäteknologian käytön ja digitaalisen osaamisen kontekstointi
Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelma osana ohjausjärjestelmää: Tieto- ja viestintäteknologian käytön ja digitaalisen osaamisen kontekstointi Open
Artikkelissa kuvataan, miten tieto- ja viestintäteknologian käyttö ja digitaalinen osaaminen on kontekstoitu 1.8.2019–31.7.2022 Suomessa käytössä olevissa paikallisissa varhaiskasvatussuunnitelmissa. Lisäksi tutkitaan, millä tavoin varhais…
View article: Työelämän toimeksiantajan osallisuus ammatillisen koulutuksen projektioppimisen käytäntöyhteisöissä
Työelämän toimeksiantajan osallisuus ammatillisen koulutuksen projektioppimisen käytäntöyhteisöissä Open
Työelämän toimeksiantajan osallisuus ammatillisen koulutuksen projektioppimisen käytäntöyhteisöissä Tarkastelemme työelämäorientoitunutta projektioppimista ammatillisen koulutuksen kontekstissa työelämän toimeksiantajan näkökulmasta. Siinä…
View article: Adult Playfulness: Finnish Teachers Evaluating Their Own Playfulness
Adult Playfulness: Finnish Teachers Evaluating Their Own Playfulness Open
Teachers need playfulness when designing teaching and learning processes. Acknowledging their playfulness as a pedagogical competence is important. Playfulness as a personality trait and as a quality of activities is studied in children bu…
View article: AI-Supported Simulation-Based Learning: Learners’ Emotional Experiences and Self-Regulation in Challenging Situations
AI-Supported Simulation-Based Learning: Learners’ Emotional Experiences and Self-Regulation in Challenging Situations Open
View article: Agentic Playful Teachers: The Playful Mindset of Pre-Service Teachers
Agentic Playful Teachers: The Playful Mindset of Pre-Service Teachers Open
Play and playfulness are understood as basic and vital elements of early childhood education (ECE), and together with playful pedagogies, they perform a central role in Finnish ECE. In multidisciplinary research, children’s learning is gen…
View article: Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their playfulness
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ perceptions of their playfulness Open
Recognizing one’s own playfulness is important for early childhood education (ECE) teachers, who are responsible for organizing and implementing child-initiated pedagogy in kindergarten. Playfulness research has focused on children’s play …
View article: Phenomenon-Based learning of multiliteracy in a Finnish upper secondary school
Phenomenon-Based learning of multiliteracy in a Finnish upper secondary school Open
Multiliteracy is one of the central civic skills that should be focused on in the domain of 21st century education. In this case study, our goal was to design and test a pedagogical model for phenomenon-based learning of multiliteracy, and…
View article: Kohti työelämätaitoja — Ammatillinen opiskelija oppijana työelämän projekteissa
Kohti työelämätaitoja — Ammatillinen opiskelija oppijana työelämän projekteissa Open
The article examines the opportunities offered by working life-oriented project learning to support vocational students’ working life skills. In work-oriented project learning, knowhow and competences are acquired under the guidance of a t…
View article: Hiking in the wilderness: Interplay between teachers’ and students’ agencies in outdoor learning
Hiking in the wilderness: Interplay between teachers’ and students’ agencies in outdoor learning Open
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View article: Teacher competencies in game-based pedagogy
Teacher competencies in game-based pedagogy Open
View article: EXPLORING TRIGGERS FOR AROUSING INTEREST IN THE ONLINE LEARNING
EXPLORING TRIGGERS FOR AROUSING INTEREST IN THE ONLINE LEARNING Open
Appears in: INTED2017 Proceedings Publication year: 2017Pages: 9081-9089ISBN: 978-84-617-8491-2ISSN: 2340-1079doi: 10.21125/inted.2017.2150Conference name: 11th International Technology, Education and Development ConferenceDates: 6-8 March…
View article: Learning. Creatively. Together. Educational Change Report 2016
Learning. Creatively. Together. Educational Change Report 2016 Open