Lasten luonteenvahvuuksien tukeminen ja Huomaa hyvä! -materiaalin hyödyntäminen Taavinkylän lastentalossa

Tämän toiminnallisen opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli luoda jatkumoa lasten luonteenvahvuuksien tukemiselle Taavinkylän lastentalossa. Työelämäkumppanina toimi Taavinkylän lastentalo. Päiväkodissa on ollut käytössä vuodesta 2016 lähtien Kaisa Vuorisen kehittämä Huomaa hyvä! –pedagoginen menetelmä, jonka tarkoituksena on lasten luonteenvahvuuksien tukeminen. Luonteenvahvuuksien tukemisessa taustalla on ajatus siitä, että jokaisella on omat luontaiset vahvuudet. Kasvattajien tehtävä tässä pedagogisessa menetelmässä on auttaa lapsia tunnistamaan heidän omat luonteenvahvuudet ja ohjaamaan niiden käytössä. Opinnäytetyön toteutuksena Taavinkylän lastentalon työntekijöille luotiin perehdytyskansio ja lasten vanhemmille ohjevihko. Ohjevihko ja perehdytyskansio otettiin käyttöön päiväkodissa tammikuussa 2018. Ohjevihko sisältää päiväkodin lasten vanhemmille tietoa luonteenvahvuuksista sekä ideoita yhteiseen tekemiseen. Työntekijöiden perehdytyskansio suunnattiin etenkin Taavinkylän lastentalon uusille työntekijöille. Perehdytyskansio sisältää myöskin tietoa luonteenvahvuuksista sekä toimintaideoita, joita päiväkodin henkilökunta voi hyödyntää lasten kanssa. Huomaa hyvä! ja luonteenvahvuuksien tukeminen pohjautuvat positiiviseen psykologiaan ja positiiviseen pedagogiikkaan. Tämän opinnäytetyön teoriaosuudessa on kuvattu positiivista psykologiaa, positiivista pedagogiikkaa, resilienssiä sekä hyveitä. Opinnäytetyö toteutettiin varhaiskasvatuksen parissa, joten opinnäytetyössä on kerrottu myös vuoden 2016 Varhaiskasvatussuunnitelman perusteista, joihin Espoolaisten päiväkotien omat varhaiskasvatussuunnitelmat perustuvat. Teoriaosuudessa on kerrottu myös mitä hyvän ohjevihon laatiminen edellyttää. Toiminnallinen prosessi alkoi tutustumisella Huomaa hyvä! -pedagogiseen menetelmään sekä päiväkodin toimintatapoihin. Opinnäytetyössä hyödynnettiin palvelumuotoilun keinoja ohjevihon ja perehdytyskansion tekemisessä. Työn arvioinnissa on hyödynnetty SWOT-analyysiä. Arviointi on tehty työelämäkumppanin palautteiden avulla. Arvioinnissa pohditaan, kuinka hyvin opinnäytetyössä on päästy asetettuihin tavoitteisiin. Päiväkoti ja lasten vanhemmat arvioivat tuotoksia positiivisesti. Perehdytyskansio ja ohjevihko jäivät päiväkodin käyttöön opinnäytetyöprosessin jälkeen.The aim of this functional thesis was to create a continuum for supporting the character strengths of children in Taavinkylän lastentalo (kindergarten) the working life partner. Kaisa Vuorinen has developed Huomaa hyvä! -pedagogical method aimed at supporting the character strengths of children. It has been in use since 2016 in the kindergarten. In supporting the character strengths, the underlying idea is that every child has its own inherent strengths. The role of educators in this pedagogical method is to help children to identify and to instruct them to use their own character strengths. In the implementation of this thesis, an orientation folder was created for the new employees of Taavinkylän lastentalo and a guidebook for the parents. The guidebook and orientation folder were introduced in the kindergarten in January 2018. The guidebook provides parents with information on the character strengths and ideas for joint activities. The orientation folder of the employees is directed especially at the new employees of Taavinkylän lastentalo. The orientation folder also contains information on character strengths as well as the activities that the kindergarten employees use with the children. Huomaa hyvä! and the support of character strengths are based on positive psychology and positive pedagogy. The theoretical part of this thesis describes positive psychology, positive pedagogy, resilience, and virtues. The thesis was carried out in early childhood education, the thesis also contains information on the basics of the Early Childhood Education Plan of 2016, which forms the basis of the early childhood education plans in day care centers in Espoo. The theoretical part also discusses the relevant ideas in compiling a good guidebook. The functional process began with an orientation to Huomaa hyvä! -pedagogical method and the methods of the kindergarten. The thesis utilized the methods of service design in making the guidebook and orientation folder. SWOT analysis was used in the assessment phase of the thesis. The evaluation has been carried out through the feedback from the working life partner. The evaluation focuses on how well the goals of the thesis were achieved. The kindergarten and the children's parents evaluated the orientation folder and the guidebook positively. The orientation folder and the guidebook were left in the kindergarten after the thesis process

KP-LAB Knowledge Practices Laboratory -- External release of end-user applications

deliverablesThis deliverable describes the M24 release of the End user applications for knowledge practices software v2.0.0. The deliverable includes the technical development performed until M24 (January 2008) within WP6 according to Description of Work 2.1 and D6.4 M21 specification of end-user applications. The current release is comprised of two set of tools: 1. Shared Space Tool The shared space and the accompanying support material can be found on the Internet at: http://2d.mobile.evtek.fi:8080/shared-space 2. Map-It. The installer program for Map-It v2.0.0 is available at: http://www.kp-lab.org/intranet/testable-tools/kp-lab-tools/map-it/map-it-2-0.0 Please consult the "Getting Started" Note before installing and using Map-It: http://www.kp-lab.org/intranet/testable-tools/kp-lab-tools/map-it/getting-started-with-map-it 3. Change Laboratory tools The release targeted for the end users participating in the trials planned to be conducted in the CL Working Knot can be accessed via the following link: http://2d.mobile.evtek.fi:8080/shared-space/cl.html Anyone who wishes to try the software out but is not participating in the Change Laboratory trials should use the development deployment on: http://mielikki.mobile.evtek.fi/shared-space/cl.html The M24 release of Semantic Multimedia Annotation tools is still delayed. The release of CASS Memo Client has been postponed to be included in the M28 release in DoW3

Rakkaudella, uutta luksusta

Sinulla on edessäsi Uuden luksuksen palvelusprintti -hankkeen loppujulkaisu. Toivottavasti opas herättää sinussa uusia ajatuksia ja antaa hedelmällisiä esimerkkejä omaan työhösi

Direct and correlated responses to bi-directional selection on pre-adult development time in Drosophila montana

Selection experiments offer an efficient way to study the evolvability of traits that play an important role in insects’ reproduction and/or survival and to trace correlations and trade-offs between them. We have exercised bi-directional selection on Drosophila montana flies’ pre-adult development time under constant light and temperature conditions for 10 generations and traced the indirect effects of this selection on females’ diapause induction under different day lengths, as well as on the body weight and cold tolerance of both sexes. Overall, selection was successful towards slow, but not towards fast development. However, all fast selection line replicates showed at the end of selection increased variance in females’ photoperiodic diapause response and about one hour increase in the critical day (CDL), where more than 50% of emerging females enter diapause. Indirect effects of selection on flies’ body weight and cold-tolerance were less clear, as the flies of the slow selection line were significantly heavier and less cold-tolerant than the control line flies after five generations of selection, but lighter and more cold-tolerant at the end of selection. Changes in females’ diapause induction resulting from selection for fast development could be due to common metabolic pathways underlying these traits, collaboration of circadian clock and photoperiodic timer and/or by the interaction between the endocrine and circadian systems.peerReviewe

Data from: Strength of sexual and postmating prezygotic barriers varies between sympatric populations with different histories and species abundances

The impact of different reproductive barriers on species or population isolation may vary in different stages of speciation depending on evolutionary forces acting within species and through species’ interactions. Genetic incompatibilities between interacting species are expected to reinforce prezygotic barriers in sympatric populations and lead to cascade reinforcement between conspecific populations living within and outside the areas of sympatry. We tested these predictions and studied whether and how the strength and target of reinforcement between Drosophila montana and Drosophila flavomontana vary between sympatric populations with different histories and species abundances. All barriers between D. montana females and D. flavomontana males were nearly complete, while in the reciprocal cross strong postzygotic isolation was accompanied by prezygotic barriers whose strength varied according to population composition. Sexual isolation between D. flavomontana females and D. montana males was increased in long-established sympatric populations, where D. flavomontana is abundant, while postmating prezygotic (PMPZ) barriers were stronger in populations where this species is a new invader and still rare and where female discrimination against heterospecific males was lower. Strengthening of sexual and PMPZ barriers in this cross also induced cascade reinforcement of respective barriers between D. flavomontana populations, which is a classic signature of reinforcement process

Strength of sexual and postmating prezygotic barriers varies between sympatric populations with different histories and species abundances

The impact of different reproductive barriers on species or population isolation may vary in different stages of speciation depending on evolutionary forces acting within species and through species’ interactions. Genetic incompatibilities between interacting species are expected to reinforce prezygotic barriers in sympatric populations and lead to cascade reinforcement between conspecific populations living within and outside the areas of sympatry. We tested these predictions and studied whether and how the strength and target of reinforcement between Drosophila montana and Drosophila flavomontana vary between sympatric populations with different histories and species abundances. All barriers between D. montana females and D. flavomontana males were nearly complete, while in the reciprocal cross strong postzygotic isolation was accompanied by prezygotic barriers whose strength varied according to population composition. Sexual isolation between D. flavomontana females and D. montana males was increased in long‐established sympatric populations, where D. flavomontana is abundant, while postmating prezygotic (PMPZ) barriers were stronger in populations where this species is a new invader and still rare and where female discrimination against heterospecific males was lower. Strengthening of sexual and PMPZ barriers in this cross also induced cascade reinforcement of respective barriers between D. flavomontana populations, which is a classic signature of reinforcement process.peerReviewe

Selection for reproduction under short photoperiods changes diapause-associated traits and induces widespread genomic divergence

Abstract The incidence of reproductive diapause is a critical aspect of life history in overwintering insects from temperate regions. Much has been learned about the timing, physiology and genetics of diapause in a range of insects, but how the multiple changes involved in this and other photoperiodically regulated traits are inter-related is not well understood. We performed quasinatural selection on reproduction under short photoperiods in a northern fly species, Drosophila montana, to trace the effects of photoperiodic selection on traits regulated by the photoperiodic timer and/or by a circadian clock system. Selection changed several traits associated with reproductive diapause, including the critical day length for diapause (CDL), the frequency of diapausing females under photoperiods that deviate from daily 24 h cycles and cold tolerance, towards the phenotypes typical of lower latitudes. However, selection had no effect on the period of free-running locomotor activity rhythm regulated by the circadian clock in fly brain. At a genomic level, selection induced extensive divergence from the control line in 16 gene clusters involved in signal transduction, membrane properties, immunologlobulins and development. These changes resembled those detected between latitudinally divergent D. montana populations in the wild and involved SNP divergence associated with several genes linked with diapause induction. Overall, our study shows that photoperiodic selection for reproduction under short photoperiods affects diapause-associated traits without disrupting the central clock network generating circadian rhythms in fly locomotor activity