Education

2011 PhD, Physics (Didactical Physics), University of Helsinki

• Article-based doctoral thesis ”Didactical reconstructions for organizing knowledge in physics teacher education”
• Physics studies for a Higher Degree, 64 cr

2006 Lic. Phil., Physics (Didactical Physics), University of Helsinki

• Licentiate’s thesis: “From fragmented to structured knowledge in physics teacher education“

2003 MSc, Physics (Didactical Physics), University of Helsinki

• Master’s thesis: “Teaching models of electric current in upper secondary school” (translation from Finnish) Thesis in Finnish
• Major in physics (physics education), 174 cr
• Minor in mathematics, 78 cr
• Minor in pedagogy (pedagogical studies for teachers), 70 cr

Additional academic education

• Advanced studies of pedagogy, 14 cr, 2003-2004, University of Helsinki.
• University Pedagogy I, 10 cr, 2006, University of Helsinki.
• Chemistry, 69 cr, 2008, University of Helsinki.
• ”Teaching and learning in virtual university”, OPE.FI II –training, 10 cr, 2002, University of Helsinki.
• “Director in charge of the safety of using radiation” examination, approved by STUK, lower degree 1997, University of Turku.

• ESERA summer school 2006, 15-22 July 2006, Braga, Portugal
• NSF Summer Institute in Physics and Physical Science for Inservice teachers 2004, special recognition, 19 July to 15 August 2004, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.
• Faculty Development Workshop on Teaching Physics by Inquiry, 12-16 July 2004, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.
• Workshops on Physics Education (in 128th AAPT National Meeting, January 2004): Putting the Plus Into Prisms; Physics by Inquiry; Tutorials in Introductory Physics
• Courses on ICT in education organized by Educational center for ICT of University of Helsinki: Teacher in WebCT, 2002; WWW – what to publish in the web and why? 2002; Using PowerPoint in instruction, 2002; BSCW in Instruction, 2003; Moodle in Instruction, 2010; Constructing knowledge using Prezi, 2013