Prof Tuula TAMMINEN
tuula.tamminen@pshp.fi
Professor of Child Psychiatry
University of Tampere, Finland
Dr Tamminen is Professor of Child Psychiatry at Tampere University and Chief Medical Officer of University Hospital (since 1989). She is a psychotherapist, family therapist and has published 400 publications. The international posts she has held include President of World Association for Infant Mental Health (2004-2008), Vice-President of European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1999-2007), and she is also active in World Psychiatric Association. She has given lectures all over the world. Her national confidential posts include President of Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (since 1997), Board Member of Aaltonen's Foundation and Finnish Cultural Foundation. She received many honours and awards including Depression Research Award, Golden Honorary Medal of the City of Tampere and the Tanner Academy Award.
Creativity and Multicultural Integration
Creativity is one of the most obvious characteristics of a human mind/function of brain. Its development starts during the first year of life in playful micro-events between parents and infants. In early interaction parents all over the world momentarily pretend things that are not true but fascinating. The door to the unlimited world of play and fantasy open up and new layers into creativity will grow. So, ability to be creative arises and matures through human relationships.
Parenthood and parenting are dependent on both cultural background of parents and cultural circumstances around family. The socialization goals of parents, care-givers and educators are tightly connected with cultural values, especially with the idea of a good/successful human being. Children are raised up by adults full of cultural beliefs and attitudes towards the future world.
In highly complex, knowledge based societies questions about socialization goals for children are increasing. In Western societies economical welfare and progress don't anymore prejudicially produce human well-being, mental problems among children and adolescents are increasing. The future of mankind is now dependent on multicultural integration and non-western countries will play an important role. Also art and arts education will have special tasks.
Tuula Tamminen教授
Tuula Tamminen教授是芬蘭坦佩雷大學兒童心理教授。擁有心理醫生、家庭治療師資格。他曾擔任嬰兒精神健康世界協會主席(2004-8年)。自2007年又擔任芬蘭曼勒海兒童福利聯盟的主席。他曾獲多個獎項，包括抑鬱症研究獎。
「創意及多元文化整合」
創意是人類天生的本領，從兒時和父母玩耍時開始發揮。教子方法與父母的文化背景息息相關，當中包括世界觀和價值觀。在現今複雜的知識型社會我們愈關注兒童的社交目標，西方社會的經濟福利和進步並不能保證人們的精神健康，兒童及青少年的精神問題日趨嚴重。人類的未來依靠多元文化的整合，非西方國家將扮演重要角色，而藝術及藝術教育也有其特別的任務。
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