Mirva Heikkilä
mirva.heikkila@utu.fi +358 29 450 3877 +358 50 500 4937 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6873-3943 |
higher education, professional development, teaching; teacher education; agency; identities; professional knowledge; embodiment; career transitions; discourse analysis; narrative analysis; sociomaterialism
I work as Senior Researcher at the Department of Teacher Education, at the Centre for Research on Learning and Instruction (CERLI). My degrees are Doctor of Education and Master of Laws.
I am also Communications Officer at the Finnish Society for Research on Adult Education (https://www.aikuiskasvatuksentutkimusseura.fi/)
My previous work experience in the field of education:
- Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Teacher Education
- University Teacher at the Department of Education
- Project Manager at the Department of Teacher Education in OVET/DOORS project (www.sites.utu.fi/ovet)
My research interests include learning and teaching in higher education and professional development in working life, especially from the perspective of professional knowledge, identities and agency. In my PhD, I examined student and primary teachers' agency in integrating theory and practice. I am also interested in career transitions, and affect and embodiment in working life. I mainly focus on in-depth qualitative methods such as discourse, narrative, and sociomaterial analysis.
Currently, I work for the following projects:
FINSCI (Fostering Finnish Science Capital), SRC (Research Council of Finland)
SITE (Student selection and competence development in the continuum of pre-service and in-service teacher education), (Research Council of Finland)
My teaching experience in education consists of the following courses:
LUOT0026 Research Workshop 1: Observation and Interview in Development of Teacher’s Prof. Skills, 5 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/LUOT0026/19931?period=2020-2022
KTL_0111 Introduction to University Studies, Department of Education, 2 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_0111/5554
KTL_0035 Introduction to Working Life, Education and Adult Education, 4 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_0035/2551
KTL_0102 From Schooling to Working Life, Education and Adult Education, 3 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_0102/21209
KTL_0095 Scientific Activity and Academic Literacy in Education, 7 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_0095/2533
AIKK0042 Scientific Activity and Academic Literacy in Adult Education, 7 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/AIKK0042/8431
KTL_3110 Effectiveness and Evaluation of Education, 4 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_3110/2507
AIKK0021 Evaluation of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 5 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/AIKK0021/2604
KTL_0088 Bachelor's Thesis, 8 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_0088/23241
AIKK3087 Gender in Working Life, 4 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/AIKK3087/5609
KTL_3089 Report Seminar, Education and Adult Education, 3 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_3089/5547
KTL_3086 Administration and Development of Education, 4 ECTS
https://opas.peppi.utu.fi/en/course/KTL_3086/10385
- Millaista tiedepääomaa alkuvaiheen luokanopettajaopiskelijoilla on? (2025)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Epistemic Coherence in Teacher Education (2024) Coherence in European teacher education : Theoretical Models, Empirical Studies, Instructional Approaches Heikkilä, Mirva; Hermansen, Hege
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Research-Based Teacher Education : A Finnish Perspective (2024) Enhancing the Value of Teacher Education Research : Implications for Policy and Practice Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija; Heikkilä, Mirva; Iiskala, Tuike; Warinowski, Anu
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Student teachers’ conceptual understanding of biodiversity loss in a multiple-source learning environment (2024)
- Environmental Education Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Teacher competencies in job advertisements for teachers (2024)
- Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ”Aikuinenkin tarvitsee kasvatuskumppanuutta” (2023)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Aikuisopiskelijat olennaisen äärellä (2023)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Epistemic agency in student teachers’ engagement with research skills (2023)
- Teaching in Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Finnish pre-service teachers’ identity development after a year of initial teacher education: Adding, transforming, and defending (2023)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Luokanopettajien toimijuus koronapandemian aikana: Armollisuutta, olennaisuutta ja epävarmuutta (2023)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - ”Moninaisuus työyhteisöissä edistää luovuutta ja innovaatioita” (2023)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - ”On osattava kuunnella vanhempien ihmisten kokemusta ja ääntä” (2023)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Polyphonic agency as precondition for teachers' research literacy (2023)
- Educational Philosophy and Theory
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Teachers’ agency during the Covid-19 lockdown: A new materialist perspective (2023)
- Pedagogy, Culture and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Agency as polyphony: Student and primary teachers' narration embedded in theory and practice (2022) Heikkilä Mirva
(G5 Article dissertation ) - ”Aikuislukiot ja aikuislukiolaiset ovat lähellä sydäntäni” (2022)
- Aikuiskasvatus
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - A multidimensional adapted process model of teaching (2022)
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Exploring the relational nature of teachers’ agency negotiation through master- and counter-narratives (2022)
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Haava metaforana, käsitteenä ja metodologisena lähestymistapana (2022) Haavoilla – käsite ja kokemus : Aikuiskasvatuksen näkökulmia rikkoviin elämäntilanteisiin Sotkasiira Tiina, Heikkilä Mirva, Laakkonen Erja, Lehto Iiris
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Haavoilla – käsite ja kokemus : Aikuiskasvatuksen näkökulmia rikkoviin elämäntilanteisiin (2022) Laakkonen Erja, Sotkasiira Tiina, Lehto Iiris, Heikkilä Mirva
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book)
