Interaction in Educational Domains -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- LEARNING DOMAINS IN EDUCATION -- LEARNING AND INTERACTION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE RESEARCH INTO EDUCATIONAL INTERACTION: CONSTRUCTING AND CONCEALING DIFFERENCE -- INTRODUCTION: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAPPY? -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF NARRATIVES OF NATIONAL IDENTITY -- THE CHALLENGE OF LEGITIMATE COMPARISON: THE VALIDITY-COMPARABILITY COMPROMISE -- Dilemma 1: Cultural-Specificity of Cross-Cultural Codes -- Dilemma 2: Inclusive vs. Distinctive -- Dilemma 3: Evaluative Criteria -- Dilemma 4: Form vs. Function -- Dilemma 5: Linguistic Preclusion -- Dilemma 6: Omission -- Dilemma 7: Disconnection -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO STUDYING EDUCATIONAL INTERACTION -- 1. STUDENT TRANSFORMATION AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND ONTOLOGICAL TRACKS: THE WIDER PROJECT OF HIGHER EDUCATION? -- INTRODUCTION -- TOWARD INTEGRATIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING -- THE CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION -- THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND THE ONTOLOGICAL TRACKS -- THE EDGE OF KNOWING -- DEALING WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EDGE -- CROSSING THE PARALLEL TRACK: "WALK THE TALK" -- Initial Epistemological Engagement -- The Parallel Ontological Track -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 2. SEMIOTICS AS A PHILOSOPHY FOR EDUCATION: FROM CONCEPTS TO SIGNS -- INTRODUCTION -- RATIONALISM -- EMPIRICISM -- SEMIOTIC THICK (OR RICH) EMPIRICISM -- THE PLACE OF REASONING IN A NON-DUALIST SEMIOTIC ACCOUNT -- IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION -- TOWARDS A SEMIOTIC RICH EMPIRICISM -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 3. FROM THE ONTOLOGY OF INTERACTION TO THE SEMIOTICS OF EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION.

WHAT THE ONTOLOGY FOR A PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION COULD BE -- AN ONTOLOGICAL TURN IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: ONTOLOGICAL WRITINGS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION -- PRACTICAL PROBLEMS FOR THE ONTOLOGY OF EDUCATION -- PROBLEMS OF UNIVERSALS AND DUALISM IN OUR RECEIVED ONTOLOGY -- The Trap of Dualism -- The Problem of Universals -- C. B. MARTIN'S ONTOLOGY AS AN ALTERNATIVE -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 4. EXAMINING THE RESEARCHER'S POSITION THROUGH ITS INTERACTION WITH METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL PARTICULARITIES OF RELIGION AND GENDER -- INTRODUCTION -- THE RESEARCHER'S POSITION IN INTERPLAY WITH METHODOLOGY -- Methodological and Positional Underpinnings -- Particularities in Studying Gender and Religion -- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE RESEARCHER'S POSITION AND METHODOLOGY -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- PART II: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF EDUCATIONAL INTERACTION -- 5. THE INFLUENCE OF LOCAL CULTURE ON STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES -- INTRODUCTION -- A CULTURAL APPROACH TO EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES -- THE SWEDISH-SPEAKING MINORITY IN FINLAND -- THE PISA 2009 ASSESSMENT AND THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROMOTION STUDY (SHPS) -- Applying the Kriging Method to the Data -- RESULTS -- Contour Maps of Swedish-Speaking Areas in Finland -- Observations from the Contour Maps -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 6. REGIONAL AND GENDER VARIATION IN THE RESULTS OF LEARNING OUTCOMES IN CRAFTS ASSESSMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- REGIONAL AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PREVIOUS LEARNING OUTCOMES -- SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AS AN EXPLANATION FOR DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING OUTCOMES -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATION -- 7. HOW ARE SITUATIONAL ACADEMIC EMOTIONS RELATED TO TEACHER STUDENTS' GENERAL LEARNING PROFILES? -- INTRODUCTION -- LEARNING RESEARCH TRADITIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- DATA AND METHODS -- Participants.

Procedures -- Materials -- RESULTS -- Correlations -- General Learning Profiles -- The Relation of General Learning Profiles to Situational Factors and Learning Outcomes -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 8. CULTURAL ASPECTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS: Pedagogical Perspectives in (Multi)cultural Interaction -- INTRODUCTION -- DEVELOPING VISUAL LITERACY -- CONSTRUCTING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN BASIC EDUCATION -- DATA AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- Under the Yoke -- Lemminkäinen's Mother -- Aino -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 9. WHAT KIND OF LEARNING IS INTERACTIVE AND MEANINGFUL TO GIFTED SCIENCE STUDENTS?: A Case Study from the Millennium Youth Camp -- INTRODUCTION -- GIFTED SCIENCE STUDENTS AS LEARNERS -- MEANINGFUL LEARNING AND INTERACTION -- DATA AND METHODS -- CRITICAL EVENTS IN THE LEARNING HISTORIES OF STUDENTS IN THE ICT GROUP -- Family -- School -- Competitions -- Future career plans -- MEANINGFUL LEARNING AND INTERACTION IN THE MILLENNIUM YOUTH CAMP -- Cooperative and collaborative learning -- Authentic learning -- Constructive learning -- Active learning -- Intentional learning -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- PART III: PROGRAMS PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL INTERACTION -- 10. INTERDISCIPLINARY INTEGRATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- DESIGNING PRACTICES FOR INTEGRATIVE TEACHING -- INTEGRATIVE TEACHING: EDUCATION FOR SHARING AND INTERACTION -- THE PRESENT SITUATION IN INTEGRATIVE TEACHING PRACTICES -- Teacher Educators' Experiences in Integrative Teaching in Teacher Education -- The Potential and the Challenges of Integration -- The Teacher Educator in the Twenty-First Century -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 11. FINNISH-RUSSIAN COOPERATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION: The Joint Study Module "Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Learners" -- INTRODUCTION.

A GLOCAL CONTEXT FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING INTERACTIONS -- Program Participants' Cultural Background and Its Impact -- TEFOLA: A JOINT STUDY MODULE FOR TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO YOUNG LEARNERS -- TEACHER EDUCATORS FIND TEFOLA COLLABORATION CHALLENGING BUT REWARDING -- TEFOLA STUDENTS DESIRE INTERCULTURAL INTERACTION -- Students' Learning Predispositions and Motivation -- The Students' Experiences -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS -- 12. MUSIC FOR ALL FOR MUSICA: Study of the Resonaari Concert Audience and Equalized Interaction -- INTRODUCTION -- RESONAARI AND THE ANNUAL SAVOY CONCERTS -- INTERACTION DURING RESONAARI'S CONCERT -- Audience-Related Interaction -- Interaction on the Stage -- CONCERT EXPERIENCES -- Promoting Equality -- Unity and Compassion -- Passing on Information -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- AFFILIATIONS.