Filosofinen tiedekunta

Uneasy "homecoming" in Alain Mabanckou's Lumières de Pointe-Noire

Toivanen Anna-Leena (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

Alain Mabanckou’s Lumières de Pointe-Noire (2013) is a travelogue in which the celebrated Los Angeles-based author returns to his native Congo-Brazzaville after 23 years of absence. As is typical in postcolonial travel ...

An Internet-based medicine education intervention: Fourth graders' perspectives

Kärkkäinen Sirpa; Keinonen Tuula; Hartikainen-Ahia Anu; Vainio Kirsti; Hämeen-Anttila Katri (MDPI AG, 2017)

Health education, which also includes medicine education, promotes social sustainability in society. Through the context of Internet-based intervention, this study reports on fourth graders’ (N = 51, aged 10–11 years) ...

Cosmopolitanism's new clothes? The limits of the concept of Afropolitanism

Toivanen Anna-Leena (2017)

Despite all the attention it has received, Afropolitanism remains undertheorised. Afropolitanism, inspired by the concept of cosmopolitanism, includes an explicit link to the African continent, which may result in promoting ...

Effect of ICT Skills on the Job Satisfaction of Teacher Educators: Evidence from the Universities of the Sindh Province of Pakistan

Sahito Zafarullah; Vaisanen Pertti (2017)

This research paper is a reflection of the results of collected data from Teacher Educators (TEs) regarding their skills and expertise in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Seven themes were inductively ...

Place and imagined community in jazz

Hytönen-Ng Elina (2017)

This article investigates the concept of imagined community amongst the professional jazz musicians; more closely the way that this imagined community functions within the scene. Through the focusing on the imagined ...

Crafting well-being : meanings and intentions of stay-at-home mothers' craft-based leisure activity

Pöllänen Sinikka; Voutilainen Sinikka (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

The purpose of this study was to explore the meanings of and intentions behind craft-based leisure activities among stay-at-home mothers. The study attempts to shed light on the meanings of craft in relation to the ...

Spaces of in-between-ness and unbelonging : the hotel in short stories by Sefi Atta and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Toivanen Anna-Leena (Informa UK Limited, 2017)

The figure of the migrant has become a paradigmatic representative of globalised postcoloniality. Yet, not all ‘postcolonial’ mobilities can be equated with migration. Cases in point are the travelling African protagonists ...

The diagonal model of job satisfaction and motivation : extracted from the logical comparison of content and process theories

Sahito Zafarullah; Väisänen Pertti (Sciedu Press, 2017)

The purpose of this study is to explore the strongest areas of all prime theories of job satisfaction and motivation to create a new multidimensional model. This model relies on all explored areas from the logical comparison ...

Factors affecting job satisfaction of teacher educators : empirical evidence from the Universities of Sindh Province of Pakistan

Sahito Zafarullah; Väisänen Pertti (2017)

This study determines, explores and examines the factors affecting the job satisfaction of teacher educators of the universities of Sindh. A qualitative research design was employed to collect data from teacher educators ...

Teachers' Time Management and the Performance of Students: A Comparison of Government and Private Schools of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

Sahito Zafarullah; Khawaja Mumtaz; Panhwar Uzma Murad; Siddiqui Abida; Saeed Humera (Sciedu Press, 2016)

Time is a precious and so important thing as well as the blessing of the Creator in the world. It is the time whichmakes, changes, creates, decorates, maintains, develops, strengthens, and successes the present and secures ...

Role of Tuition Centers in the Performance and Achievement of Students: A Case of Hyderabad District, Sindh, Pakistan

Sahito Z; Khawaja M; Siddiqui A; Shaheen A; Saeed H (Redfame Publishing, 2017)

This research is designed to explore the importance of tuition centers in the perception of students. It tries to find out the role, supporting methods, environment and good characteristics of tuition centers, their owners ...

Teaching of Remedial English and the Problems of the Students: A Case of University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan

Sahito Z; Siddiqui A; Khawaja M; Shaheen A; Saeed H; Laghari SH (Sciedu Press, 2017)

The research paper is designed to explore the achievement of the aims and objectives of teaching remedial English. It also aims to know the importance of the course and the problems of the students regarding the teaching ...

Effect of Time Management on the Job Satisfaction and Motivation of Teacher Educators: A Narrative Analysis

Sahito Zafarullah; Väisänen Pertti (Sciedu Press, 2017)

The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between time management, job satisfaction and motivation among teacher educators in university departments, institutes and faculties of education in the Sindh ...

Dimensions of Job satisfaction of Teacher Educators: A Qualitative Study of the Universities of Sindh Province of Pakistan

Sahito Zafarullah; Väisänen Pertti (Sciedu Press, 2016)

This research study examines the job satisfaction level and its dimensions of teacher educators-who are working atthe departments, faculties and institutes of education. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted ...

'Hypocritical bullshit performed through gritted teeth': Authenticity discourses in Nickelback's album reviews in Finnish media

Anttonen Salli (Intellect Ltd., 2016)

The Canadian band Nickelback has faced substantial negative feedback in the media. This article examines discourses constructed in the critiques of the band, focusing on the theme of authenticity, by analysing reviews of ...