Wired Minds is now Growing Mind
The former Wired Minds research hub (wiredminds.fi) was built to deliver updates from various actors in the field of education and psychology in Finland. New […]
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Innovative Schools: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Era
Our Mind the Gap -crew produced a report on for the European Parliament, read the abstract below and download the .pdf. The digital revolution is […]
Live stream 8.12.2015: Opening event of Crafting Optimal Learning in Science Environments project
Opening ceremony Crafting Optimal Learning in Science Environments, PIRE collaboration between Michigan State University & University of Helsinki. Tuesday 8 December 2015, at 12. Link to stream: https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/unitube/video/20494
Multitaskers do worse on tasks that require focus
Fresh results from the Mind the Gap -study are starting to flow out. Check out some results by Mona Moisala presented in the Society for […]
A successful transition to adulthood requires agency during an economic recession
The doctoral dissertation by Mette Ranta focused on young Finnish adults’ personal financial situation and individual agency across young adulthood and their concurrent and longitudinal effects on key developmental tasks related to career and social relations as well as life satisfaction development. The separate studies analyzed transitions of 18–25-year-olds in the context of the global economic downturn that has been taking place since 2008.
Passion and Motivation: A new overview about one decade of passion research
If you read this post, might this be because you have a passion for research, or a passion for surfing in the internet, or maybe […]
New Zealand focusing on digital and collaborative learning
We won’t teach you how to use technology. Frances Valintine, CEO of The Mind Lab by Unitec, is opening a postgraduate certificate course by surprising her […]
Supporting young children with low performance in mathematics
According to the doctoral thesis by Riikka Mononen, mathematics interventions can be used successfully to promote the early mathematics skills of children with low performance in mathematics, already before the onset of formal schooling and in the early grades. Identifying low performance in mathematics and providing sufficient support should be emphasised already in early childhood education.
Collective creativity, communal learning and exceeding oneself
Learning researcher, psychologist and professor Kai Hakkarainen wants to shake up the notion of learning as a permanent, intrinsic ability or talent which predetermines the […]
How do teachers benefit from training on social interaction skills?
Markus Talvio (M.Ed), will defend the doctoral dissertation entitled “How do teachers benefit from training on social interaction skills? – Developing and utilising an instrument […]