"With all the spices, please!" : a study of the students in the Finnish study programmes using Finnish as their second language
Järvinen, Tuuli (2009-05-26)
Järvinen, Tuuli
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu JAMK University of Applied Sciences
2009-05-26
Julkaisu on tekijänoikeussäännösten alainen. Teosta voi lukea ja tulostaa
henkilökohtaista käyttöä varten. Käyttö kaupallisiin tarkoituksiin on kielletty.
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jamk-1253523332-4
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jamk-1253523332-4
Tiivistelmä
This development project report describes some of the opportunities and challenges brought to
the learning environment by increasing numbers of students from outside Finland. Interesting
group of people for this report are immigrants with higher educational background, who during
2009 lived in Southern-Savo Municipality. Some of the persons in this framework group are
studying in other educational institutes at the moment, thinking about their further studies, some
of them are studying right now at Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) in Finnish
Bachelor Programmes and some of them have already completed their studies at MUAS. From
this larger group our interest is aimed at S2 -students studying at MUAS at the moment and
their teachers and counsellors.
The counselling system, the recognition of prior studies, the challenges in creating personalised
learning plans for all students at MUAS are being discussed. A part from recent reports on
multicultural issues in education, the materials have been collected from teachers and students
in different study programmes at MUAS by interviews.
The goals of strategy for the internationalisation of Finnish higher education institutions for
2009-2015 is the red threat when describing the study paths of immigrant students, giving
relevant background information as well as describing some practices. Our practical long term
goal is to contribute to the process of integrating the new Finns to the knowledge potential also
in the Southern-Savo -region.
A list of relevant terminology is added in the end to help reading of both Finnish and English
material about this subject.
the learning environment by increasing numbers of students from outside Finland. Interesting
group of people for this report are immigrants with higher educational background, who during
2009 lived in Southern-Savo Municipality. Some of the persons in this framework group are
studying in other educational institutes at the moment, thinking about their further studies, some
of them are studying right now at Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) in Finnish
Bachelor Programmes and some of them have already completed their studies at MUAS. From
this larger group our interest is aimed at S2 -students studying at MUAS at the moment and
their teachers and counsellors.
The counselling system, the recognition of prior studies, the challenges in creating personalised
learning plans for all students at MUAS are being discussed. A part from recent reports on
multicultural issues in education, the materials have been collected from teachers and students
in different study programmes at MUAS by interviews.
The goals of strategy for the internationalisation of Finnish higher education institutions for
2009-2015 is the red threat when describing the study paths of immigrant students, giving
relevant background information as well as describing some practices. Our practical long term
goal is to contribute to the process of integrating the new Finns to the knowledge potential also
in the Southern-Savo -region.
A list of relevant terminology is added in the end to help reading of both Finnish and English
material about this subject.