The importance of emotions in the process of intercultural learning has been recognised, but
the topic has not been extensively theorised. This theoretical review article synthesises the …

For decades, teacher research, as one form of action research, has been a research
methodology that combines theory, practice and improvement of practices in classrooms …

Around the world, 4.3 million students are engaged in international education each year.
However, there is a paucity in theory and empirical research on teachers' professionalism in …

This dissertation explored transformative way of becoming a teacher in class teacher
education. In this study, transformative learning was defined by Jack Mezirow and Robert …

The aim of this study was to investigate student teachers' agency in their identity
negotiations as first-year students on a path towards becoming teachers. A narrative inquiry …

Teachers are frontline actors in actualising educational innovations. In some contexts,
teachers' professional agency is undervalued. This study investigated teachers' agency and …

The need to improve teachers' abilities to respond to the needs of diverse students has been
widely acknowledged. To acquire these abilities teachers need ongoing reflection and …

In this article, we studied how well teacher education in Finland is able to answer the
changing needs of the contemporary world. More precisely, we focussed on the question of …

Schools in rural places in European societies generally teach the same content and perform
as well as other national schools do on national tests and international comparison …

Tässä väitöstutkimuksessa selvitettiin opettajaopiskelijoiden ammatillisen toimijuuden
rakentumista luokanopettajakoulutuksessa. Väitöstutkimus koostuu kolmesta …