CERLI Seminars

The seminar focuses on learning in a specific domain or topic, for instance, acquiring a specific skill. It may also involve vocational or professional learning either in the context of formal education or the workplace. The supervisors can provide support in the following methods, in particular: experimental research or field experimental research, network analysis, eye tracking, interaction analysis and discourse analyses.

Meetings in spring term 2024:

The seminar meets in general once a month (Monday at 16:15-17:45). Currently the seminar meets in Zoom (link can be asked from the person in charge). The first meeting is on January 8th at 16:15-17:45.

• January 8
• February 5
• March 4
• April 8
• May 5

Language: Finnish/English

Person in charge: Sara Routarinne
Other organisers: Tuire Palonen, Laura Helle, Marjaana Puurtinen, Juli-Anna Aerila

Themes of research in higher education pedagogy and higher education.

Doctoral seminars in spring 2024:

At 13.15-15.30 (please prefer Edu, but also in zoom) + lunch at PikkuMaccia at 12:

• 25.1. 
• 15.2.
• 7.3.  
• 21.3. 
• 18.4. 
• 23.5. 
• 13.6.    

Meetings in Educarium in Edu357b, via Zoom at https://utu.zoom.us/j/68619377279

Please contact the organisers for more information.

Language: Finnish/English

Persons in charge: Mari Murtonen / Hanna Nori

Other organisers: Henna Vilppu, Tuike Iiskala

The research topics discussed at the seminar are related to craft, design and technology and arts education, the assessment and development of functional learning and work environments, and educational institution safety, as well as the pedagogy of arts and skills education broadly. All doctoral researchers in Rauma and students applying for the right to postgraduate studies are welcome to attend the seminar. The contact person is Arttu Korkeaniemi (arttu.p.korkeniemi@utu.fi), with whom the presentation opportunities and schedules will be agreed on.

During the academic year (September-December and January-May), the seminar meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 4 pm to 6 pm. In January, the meeting is on the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Language: finnish/english

Person in charge: Eila Lindfors and Marja-Leena Rönkkö
Other organisers: Other doctoral supervisors participate in the seminars when the doctoral researchers that they supervise present their research.

Research and research methods on mathematical development and instruction (MA and PhD studies, research-related topics in the Mathematical Learning Research Group, guest talks by scholars).1 or 2 presentations and joint discussion in the seminar. Seminar is open for all who work with similar topics.

Seminar schedule for autumn 2023 will be updated.

For further information please contact the person in charge.

Language: English

Person in charge: Minna Hannula-Sormunen
Other organisers: Jake McMullen, Erno Lehtinen

My doctoral students work extensively on the themes of learning and teaching - most do article dissertations. Dissertation supervision focuses extensively on the various stages of article dissertations.

Please contact the person in charge to inquire the meeting dates.

Person in charge: Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann

Themes of the seminar:
- Social competence, loneliness and psychosocial well-being
- Adverse childhood experiences, parenting, mentalisation and child development
- Use of social and health care services
- Social in learning: Support for socio-emotionally and cognitively vulnerable children in the family and school contexts
- Interaction processes in collaborative learning
- Teaching through interaction: Developing teacher support and informal formative assessment of its effect
- Social, cultural, and pedagogical competence of early childhood education teachers
- Enhancing teacher-child interactions in early childhood education settings

More information (in Finnish): Monitieteinen jatkokoulutusseminaari Laituri

Please contact Niina Junttila (niina.junttila@utu.fi) if you would like to participate.

Language: Finnish (English if needed)

Person in charge: Niina Junttila
Other organisers: Miia Tuominen

The themes of the seminar are related to educational psychology, and to general education. The research covers age groups from primary education to adult education focusing on learning and teaching in various learning environments. The research topics cover, for instance, specific questions related to different subject domains, as well as research themes related to motivation and well-being.

Postgraduate students take turns presenting their own work, from data collection plans to the final stage of the dissertation. That is, if necessary, everyone brings their own work to others for comment and discussion at a different stage.

Please contact the person in charge to inquire the meeting dates.

Language: finnish/english

Person in charge: Marjaana Veermans

You are warmly welcome to a collaborative writing workshop. In the workshop, you can work on your article manuscript, grant application, research plan, conference abstract/presentation, blog post or any other text. The idea is to provide an opportunity to focus on writing in a quiet atmosphere.

The invitation is for all staff members (e.g. research and teaching staff, doctoral students) in both campuses (Turku and Rauma). Schedule will be posted in Faculty's e-mail list. If you are interested in the collaborative writing workshop or you have ideas concerning the workshop, please contact Tuike Iiskala (tuike.iiskala@utu.fi) or Pilvi Heinonen (pilvi.heinonen@utu.fi). Welcome!

CERLI Teaching and teacher education -reading circles

The group Teaching and Teacher Education organises reading circles. To attend the events, please contact Mirva Heikkilä (mirva.heikkila@utu.fi).

Welcome!

About attending seminars, please contact Tuike Iiskala (tuike.iiskala@utu.fi) or Pilvi Heinonen (pilvi.heinonen@utu.fi). The working language of the seminar is flexibly Finnish or English. Welcome!

Ohjelma kevät 2024 / programme spring 2024 (pe/Fri 9.00-10.30)

pe/Fri 16.2. Iris Winkler: Teaching quality in L1 literature lessons. An example from the German Gymnasium

pe/Fri 1.3. Anna Eskola: Luokanopettajaksi opiskelevien emotionaalinen kompetenssi ja sen koettu tärkeys opetuksessa nyt ja 15 vuotta sitten / Moving teacher education forward – with focus on the emotional competence of future teachers

pe/Fri 15.3. Yhteistyön ja hoivan rakentuminen aikuisten ja lasten välisissä monen osallistujan herättelytilanteissa varhaiskasvatuksen kontekstissa / Joint waking activities in early childhood education as collaborative configurations of care

pe/Fri 5.4. Erika Österholm: Metakognitiivisen säätelyn rooli ammattien välisessä pienryhmäoppimisessa / The role of metacognitive regluation in interprofessional small group learning

pe/Fri 12.4. Sini Peltokorpi: Näkömonivammaisten lasten ja heidän äitiensä välisen vuorovaikutuksen tutkiminen multimodaalisen litteroinnin avulla / Using multimodal conversation analysis to explore reciprocity between mothers and their children with visual impairment and additional disabilities

pe/Fri 3.5. Amanda Hoskins: Materiality and L2 speaking tasks: Students’ embodied orientations to cut-out pictures and objects

pe/Fri 17.5. Rosa Korpela: Syyllisyyden käsitteleminen alakoulujen opettajajohtoisissa sovitteluissa. / Dealing with culpability in teacher-led mediations at elementary schools

Turku EyeLabs is a community of researchers applying eye-tracking in research on cognition and learning. The multidisciplinary community aims to support eye-tracking research by sharing know-how on designing experiments, use of different equipment, and applications of various types of analytical tools. Turku EyeLabs coordinators and researchers organize open-to-all meetings and method demonstrations. The content of each meeting is based on the needs of the community members – they may include presenting and discussing research plans, asking for method advice, rehearsing conference talks, or the like.

Language: english/ finnish (depending on the participants)

Persons in charge: Marjaana Puurtinen ja Johanna Kaakinen