I’m a postdoctoral researcher in didactical physics. My research field is teaching and learning in physics teacher education and the aim of the research is to develop and improve the teaching. My research primarily concentrates to rather general and fundamental issues regarding learning. The research, however, is in central role in developing several practical teaching solutions and means to assess their success in achieving goals of physics teacher education. This kind of research helps us to discern most important general aspects that influence learning and specify the background ideas behind new teaching approaches.
Selected publications ORCID: 0000-0003-3737-9918
Nousiainen, M. & Koponen, I. (2017). Pre-service physics teachers’ content knowledge of electric and magnetic field concepts: Conceptual facets and their balance. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (in print)
Koponen I. & Nousiainen, M. (2016). Formation of reciprocated appreciation patterns in small groups: An agent-based model. Complex Adaptive Systems Modeling, 4(24). DOI:10.1186/s40294-016-0035-6
Koponen, I. & Nousiainen, M. (2015). Didaktinen fysiikka opettajankoulutusta suuntaamassa. LUMAT: Research and Practice in Math, Science and Technology Education. 3(6), 729-743.
Koponen, I. & Nousiainen, M. (2014). Concept networks in learning: finding key concepts in learners’ representations of the interlinked structure of scientific knowledge. Journal of Complex Networks, 2(2),187–202.
Mäntylä, T. & Nousiainen, M. (2014) Consolidating Pre-service Physics Teachers’ Subject Matter Knowledge Using Didactical Reconstructions. Science & Education, 23(8), 1583–1604.
Nousiainen, M. (2013) Coherence of Pre-service Physics Teachers’ Views of the Relatedness of Physics Concepts. Science & Education, 22(3), 505–525
Koponen, I. & Nousiainen, M. (2013) Pre-service Physics Teachers’ Understanding of the Relational Structure of Physics Concepts: Organising Subject Content for Purposes of Teaching. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 11(2), 325–357.
See more my publications in TUHAT research database.
Contact information
Physics Teacher Education, Department of Physics
P.O. Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströminkatu 2)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Phone: +358 2941 50656
E-mail: maija.nousiainen (a) helsinki.fi