Marjaana
Puurtinen
Academy Research Fellow, Department of Teacher Education (Turku)
PhD, Adj. Prof.
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Areas of expertise
Conceptual change
Expertise in music
Expertise in history
Eye-tracking
Music reading
Text and graphics comprehension
Biography
Formerly Penttinen.
Education and degrees
- 2019: Adjunct Professor (title of docent), Faculty of Education, University of Oulu
- 2016: Master of Arts (European and World History), University of Turku
- 2013: PhD (Education), University of Turku
- 2006: Master of Arts (Education), University of Turku
Academic positions
- 2021-2026: Academy Research Fellow, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku
- 2019- (on leave 2021-2026) University Lecturer, Dept. of Teacher Education. Including research duties at the Functional Foods Forum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku
- 2017-2018: Senior Researcher, Dept. of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of Turku (part-time)
- 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2015-2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku.
- 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, grant, Finnish Cultural Foundation.
- 2013-2014: University Lecturer, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2012-2013: Coordinator, Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku. (part-time)
- 2011-2012: Researcher, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku.
- 2007-2011: Doctoral Student, Dept. of Teacher Education, University of Turku.
Selected administrative duties
- Coordinator, Turku Eye-Tracking Laboratories, University of Turku
- Board member, Executive Board of Research development, Faculty of Education
Teaching
- 1st supervisor for one completed PhD thesis; 1st supervisor for two and 2nd supervisor for one PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education, Univ. of Turku; 1st supervisor for 29 finalized MA theses and 35 finalized BA theses at the Dept. of Teacher Education, Univ. of Turku
- Extensive experience in, e.g., teaching research methods and reporting in educational sciences
Research
- PI/Academy Research Fellow, "Eye on history: How experts and novices deal with visual representations of the past". Academy of Finland, 2021-2026.
- Researcher at the Functional Foods Forum, "Senses and Food" team. Academy of Finland (funding for research profiling at Finnish universities), 2019-2021.
- Consortium coordinator and post-doctoral researcher, "Reading music: Eye movements and the development of expertise". Prof. Erkki Huovinen (PI), University of Jyväskylä and Royal College of Music in Stockholm & Prof. Hans Gruber (PI), University of Regensburg and University of Turku. Academy of Finland, 2014-2018.
- PI/Post-doctoral Researcher, "Looking at music: Eye movements and the development of music-reading skill". Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015-2017.
- Co-applicant and post-doctoral researcher, "Visual literacy as part of expertise in history". Prof. Arja Virta (PI), Marjaana Puurtinen and Markus Nivala. Finnish Cultural Foundation, announced in 2013.
- PhD candidate, The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Education and Learning (funding for 4,5 years), announced in 2006.
Publications
Successful approaches to mental practice: A case study of four pianists (2019)
Music Performance Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Prediction as a prerequisite of skilled reading: The cases of source-code and music notation (2019)
Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
When “doing” matters: The emergence of group-level regulation in planning for a music lesson (2019)
Music Education Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Eye on Music Reading: A Methodological Review of Studies from 1994 to 2017 (2018)
Journal of Eye Movement Research
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Early attraction in temporally controlled sight reading of music (2018)
Journal of Eye Movement Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Playing profiles in a mathematics game based on eye movement and game log data (2018)
Journal of Eye Movement Research
(Muu (O2))
Learning on the job: Rethinks and realizations about the use of eye tracking in music-reading studies (2018)
Frontline learning research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
"Epäkonferenssin" keinoin käsiksi ihmistieteiden teoreettisiin ja metodologisiin käänteisiin. [Tackling the theoretical and methodological turns in human sciences with the “unconference” format] (2017)
Yliopistopedagogiikka
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Monitieteinen näkökulma historian asiantuntijuuteen (2016)
Historiallinen Aikakauskirja
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Reading ahead: adult music students' eye movements in temporally controlled performances of a children's song (2015)
International Journal of Music Education
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))