KASVA Newsletter 2014/2
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Annual seminar of KASVA on 20th-21st May in Kulttuurikeskus Sofia, Helsinki – further information and registration
THEME OF THE SEMINAR: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The Finnish Doctoral Training Network on Educational Sciences KASVA and The Subprogramme on Developmental Work Research and Adult Education (DWRAE/KEHTY) organise the annual seminar of KASVA. This year, the seminar will reflect the perennial question of social and educational research, the relationship between theory and practice. The following kinds of questions will be discussed:
- In which way educational theories influence in educational practices and what they learn from practices?
- What kinds of methodologies are able to combine theory and practice in a fruitful way?
- Has the ”practice turn” taken place in educational sciences in the same way as in other social sciences?
- What kinds of options of reflecting the relationship between theory and practice do you have in your dissertation?
Professor Davide Nicolini (Warwick University, UK) gives the first keynote lecture ”Practice-based research: A new phase in studies of work and learning”. Professors Yrjö Engeström, Reijo Miettinen and Jaakko Virkkunen give the second key lecture entitled ”Institutional learning and formative interventions: Toward societally relevant educational research”.
PRE-ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE SEMINAR
Before the seminar, the doctoral students are asked to:
- Write a paper of 5-10 pages (plus the references) of the subject that is important for the dissertation and of which you want to receive feedback from the senior researchers;
- Read a relevant article by Kris D. Gutiérrez and William R. Penuel: “Relevance to Practice as a Criterion for Rigor”. Educational Researcher 2014 43: 19, 19–23. Full text available in http://edr.sagepub.com/content/43/1/19.full.pdf+html;
- Read the texts of the other participants of the same session
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 20th May, 2014
11 - 12 Arrival and check-in to rooms
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch and coffee
13:00 - 13:30 Opening of the seminar, welcome and practical info (Yrjö Engeström / Reijo Miettinen, Risto Rinne & Sanna Niukko)
13:30 - 14:30 First keynote lecture (45 min) and discussion (15 min)
Davide Nicolinia (Warwick University, UK):
”Practice-based research: A new phase in studies of work and learning”
14:30 - 14:45 Break
14:45 - 16:00 Parallel workshops I
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee
16:30 - 18:00 Parallel workshops II / Board meeting
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner and social event
19:30 - 21:30 Option for sauna and swimming
Wednesday 21st May, 2014
7:00 - 8:30 Breakfast
08:30 – 09:30 Second keynote lecture (45 min) and discussion (15 min)
Yrjö Engeström, Reijo Miettinen and Jaakko Virkkunen (University of Helsinki):
”Institutional learning and formative interventions: Toward societally relevant educational research”
09:30 - 09:45 Break
09:45 – 11:15 Parallel workshops III
11:15 - 12:15 Lunch and coffee
12:15 - 13.45 Parallel workshops IV
13:45 - 14:30 Closing discussion (Yrjö Engeström / Reijo Miettinen, Risto Rinne & Sanna Niukko)
IMPORTANTS DATES: REGISTRATION AND THE PRE-ASSIGNMENT
Registration to the KASVA seminar is made by April 4th, 2014 at https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/3D430EA41793803F.par.
The pre-assignment paper should be sent to the coordinator by April 25th.
The programme of the seminar with further information is in the KASVA webpage, see http://www.utu.fi/fi/yksikot/edu/yksikot/kasva/vuosiseminaari/Sivut/home.aspx
Upcoming seminars and conferences
Voices from the North: Calling for Inclusion in Education 10.–11.4.2014 Lapin yliopisto, Rovaniemi. Abstraktit 9.3.2014 mennessä. Deadline for abstracts is by 9 March 2014 in www.ulapland.fi/InclusionInEducation.
Change in the coordinator's financing and work description
The KASVA network has been coordinated until now from the Department of the Education, University of Turku. However, since the beginning of the year 2014, there is no more direct financing for the coordination of the KASVA network. In this way, the coordinator's work contribution cannot focus any more only on the KASVA. In addition, the work of the coordinator now also includes the coordination of the two doctoral programmes of the faculty of education, OPPI and KEVEKO. Thus, the coordination of KASVA Network will be done as a part-time work.
Despite the changes, the director and the coordinator of KASVA, as well as the University of Turku will remain committed for the maintaining and developing of the KASVA network. The plans to strengthen the network and making official are prepared.
Great beginning of spring!
The next FiDPEL Newsletter will be published at the end of March. If you have something that you wish to be communicated to the KASVA members, please notify the coordinator.