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Mental well-being at work : Support and protective factors of work engagement and work-life balance in contemporary working life
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-05-19)
Background: The promotion of mental well-being at work, including work engagement and work-life balance, is a top priority for organizations worldwide. Organizations are likely to benefit from prioritizing mental well-being ...
Informal Care in the Light of Well-Being – the Case of Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-05-17)
The societal triumph in terms of increased life expectancy has, in combination with other development, contributed to an increased need for socially and financially sustainable care forms for older adults in Finland, as ...
Misinformation in Encounters : A Qualitative Study of Misinformation as a Social Phenomenon
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-06-16)
Current research tends to see misinformation as a negative type of information in online environments, and fact-checking and improved information literacy are seen as solutions to the problem of misinformation. Considering ...
Elevers matematiska utmaningar i slöjd : Ämnesöverskridande lärande via handens arbete
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 2023-04-14)
The thesis is based on an interest in mathematical learning in the school subject sloyd in the Swedish elementary school. The students come to the sloyd classroom to make sloyd objects, but most students do not reflect ...
Joint Mission or Mission Impossible? : Exploring Conditions for Itinerant Early Childhood Special Education Teachers’ Work
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-06-16)
This thesis aims to examine what conditions enable or constrain itinerant early childhood special education teachers (ECSETs) work with providing support for children with special educational needs in Finnish early childhood ...
Security in the Baltic Sea Region from a Legal Perspective with a Focus on Border Security
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-01-13)
First, inter-state threats and deterrence in a Baltic Sea region context are explored from a legal perspective, for the purpose of examining whether the concept of border security is used in connection with the use of force ...
Digitalisation Meets Home Economics Teachers : A Mixed-Methods Study of the Conditions Related to Finnish Home Economics Teachers’ Use of Information and Communication Technologies
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-10-27)
In Finnish lower secondary education, home economics (HE) is one of the smallest school subjects in terms of teaching hours, yet, its central task is quite comprehensive. Especially in today’s digitised society, HE has a ...
Predictors of Igbo Adolescents’ Well-being and Behavioral Problems in Southeastern Nigeria : Exposure to Armed Conflict and Physical Punishment at Home
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-11-02)
The overall aim of the thesis is to investigate the mental well-being and behavioral problems among Igbo adolescents in Southeastern Nigeria, living in an environment of constant armed conflict in the form of violent attacks ...
Desire for Inclusion : Construction of Professional Identity of Library Students with an Immigrant Background
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 2023-05-12)
The public library is a unique institution that aims to promote social justice which is attached to the concept of social inclusion. Although, multiculturalism is one fundamental principles of public libraries and the ...
Statehood, statelessness, and continuity in a climate-changed world : A worst-case scenario analysis
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 2023-12-08)
The impact of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions is seriously threatening the stability of the earth’s climate. The changes are felt acutely in the oceans of the planet, and one of the key consequences is sea-level ...