Henna Kevarinmäki
henna.kevarinmaki@utu.fi +358 29 450 4154 +358 50 570 9267 |
physics teaching; physics teacher education; study processes; student departure; transition to higher education
Physics teaching and education research group
I have worked as a university teacher in the department of physics and astronomy since 2022, while working on my PhD research on STEM students' study processes and student departure. My educational background is physics, mathematics, and chemistry teacher, and in addition to my current jobs, I have experience from science communication and education working in the LUMA center of the University of Turku in 2019-2022, and teaching experience from secondary schools working as a substitute teacher in the years 2016-2020.
My main research focus is on my PhD project, which concerns the study processes of university STEM students, and especially the processes leading to dropout or other departure. With longitudinal data collection and mostly person-oriented quantitative and combined methods research I aim to find common patterns behind student departure. See our research group website for more information.
I teach physics teacher students and minor physics students, and supervise theses.
- Ongoing effects of pandemic-imposed learning environment disruption on student attitudes (2023)
- Physical Review Physics Education Research