Marjaana Puurtinen
PhD, Adj. Prof.
marjaana.puurtinen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3636 +358 50 339 4928 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku : 430 : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1972-2268 |
Conceptual change; Expertise in music; Expertise in history; Eye-tracking; Music reading; Text and graphics comprehension
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
- 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.
- 1st supervisor for one completed PhD thesis. 1st supervisor for two and 2nd or 3rd supervisor for two PhD candidates at the Faculty of Education, Univ. of Turku.
- Supervisor for over 70 MA or BA theses at the Dept. of Teacher Education, Univ. of Turku.
- Extensive experience in, e.g., teaching research methods and reporting in educational sciences.
- Reading ahead: adult music students' eye movements in temporally controlled performances of a children's song (2015)
- International Journal of Music Education
- Visual Sources and Historical Thinking in Higher Education (2015)
- Nordidactica : Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education
- Conceptual Change, Text Comprehension and Eye Movements During Reading (2013)
- Research in Science Education
- Nuotinluku ja silmänliikkeet – Lectio Praecursoria (2013)
- Finnish Journal of Music Education
- Piste janalla, pisara meressä – Historianopiskelijoiden käsityksiä ajasta ja historiasta (2013) Relatiivisuuden ylistys: kirjoituksia tieteen ja tieteiden historiasta Penttinen Marjaana
- Silent music reading: Amateur musicians' visual processing and descriptive skill (2013)
- Musicae Scientiae
- Skill Development in Music Reading: the Eye-Movement Approach (2013) Penttinen Marjaana
- Unexpected melodic events during music reading: Exploring the eye-movement approach (2012) Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition and the 8th Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music Penttinen Marjaana, Huovinen Erkki, Ylitalo Anna-Kaisa
- Future Elementary School Teachers' Conceptual Change Concerning Photosynthesis (2011)
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
- The Early Development of Sight-Reading Skills in Adulthood: A Study of Eye Movements (2011)
- Journal of Research in Music Education
- Kognitiivinen konflikti oppikirjatekstin lukuprosessissa ja silmänliikkeissä (2010)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
- The effects of melodic grouping and meter on eye movements during simple sight-reading tasks (2009) Proceesdings of the 7th Triennial Conference of European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) Marjaana Penttinen, Erkki Huovinen
- Yhteyttäminen ja käsitteellinen muutos - interventio luokanopettajaopiskelijoilla (2009)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
- Constructing mental models during learning from science text. Eye tracking methodology meets conceptual change (2008) Understanding models for learning and instruction. Essays in honor of Norbert M. Seel Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Marjaana Penttinen, Erkki Anto, Erkki Olkinuora