Brita
Somerkoski
Senior Researcher, Department of Teacher Education (Rauma)
Adjunct Professor, phD (Education)
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Areas of expertise
school safety
gender equality
well-being
injury prevention
safety promotion
safe communities
digital applications
curriculum research
multi-culturality
Biography
I started my professional career in elementary school as a class teacher. My PhD (Education) was about youth acting against norms and especially juvenile firesetting. After my PhD I have been working at the Injury Prevention Unit in the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Rescue College of Finland, and in the University of Tampere. Currently I work as adjunct professor in the Department of Teacher Education.
At the moment I am involved with the KIDISAFE program at the Department of Teacher Education Rauma. This program aims at developing a safety and security culture for early childhood education in Pikkunorssi kindergarten.
Publications
Developing an Evaluation Model to Assess Prevention Measures (Project EVAPREM Final report) (2018)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Chasing Professional Phronesis in Safety and Well-being: Teacher Education Curriculum as a Case (2018)
International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, Communications in Computer and Information Science
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Perusopetuksen oppilaiden turvallisuusosaamisesta (2017)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Omatoimisen varautumisen auditointi oppilaitoksen turvallisuuskulttuurin kehittäjänä (2017)
Palotutkimuksen päivät, Pelastustieto
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa konferenssijulkaisussa (D3))
Green Cross: Collecting Injury Data at Schools (2017)
GamiFIN2017 GamiFIN Conference, CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Green Cross: Application for analyzing School injuries (2017)
Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))