Mari Murtonen
Professor of Higher Education Pedagogy & Leader of the UTUPEDA Centre
Yliopistopedagogiikka marimur@utu.fi +358 29 450 2271 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2381-5731 |
University pedagogy, learning and teaching in different higher education environments, development of scientific and methodological thinking, belief systems in learning, educational theory.
University pedagogy: development of teachers' pedagogical expertise and students' thinking skills.
Professor of Higher Education Pedagogy at the Tampere University 2019-2020. Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki since 2009. PhD 2005 and Master of Education 1997, University of Turku. Researcher posts during 1996-2018 at the Universities of Turku, Helsinki, Jyväskylä and California at Berkeley. Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of University Pedagogy in 2015-2017. Editorial board member of the Educational Research Review. Leader of the UNIPS digital learning solution
project 2017-2019.
Main research areas: 1) Teachers' development of pedagogical expertise in traditional and digital environments, 2) Students' development of scientific thinking and research skills in university education, 3) Conceptions, beliefs and attitudes on knowledge, learning and
teaching, 4) Theoretical questions of education, e.g. the concept of learning outcomes.
Wide experience on university level curriculum planning, organizing education and educational programs, and
teaching in traditional and digital environments.
- Cultivating teacher expertise : The role of pedagogical training in shaping life science university teachers’ professional vision and conceptions of teaching and learning (2025)
- LUMAT
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fitting in or burning out? : Doctoral students' motivations, resources and the demands of academic work (2025) Debates in Doctoral Education : Challenges and Opportunities Nori, Hanna; Filippou, Kalypso; Murtonen, Mari; Vanttaja, Markku
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Jatkuva opetussuunnitelmatyö tiedekunnassamme (2025)
- Kas!-blogi
(E1 Popularised blog post) - Kielet monissa merkityksissä: kielellinen monimuotoisuus vuorovaikutuksessa, tekoälyn kielimallit ja opettajat kielitaitojen edistäjinä (2025)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(Other publication) - Korkeakoulupedagogiikan asema korkeakoulutuksen ja tutkimuksen visiossa 2040 (2025)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(Other publication) - Learning to focus on students: the effect of pedagogical training on university teachers’ visual attention (2025)
- Teaching in Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Metacognitive regulation: emergence, focus, and function in interprofessional collaborative learning (2025)
- Advances in Health Sciences Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Opiskelijoiden kokemuksia generatiivisen tekoälyn hyödyllisyydestä ja luotettavuudesta tutkimustaitojen oppimisessa (2025)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pedagoginen koulutus ja yhteisöllisyys opettajan tukena (2025) Hyvinvoiva ja pedagogisesti osaava korkeakouluopettaja Murtonen, Mari; Vilppu, Henna
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The interaction between professional vision and conceptual change in higher education teaching – self-reports, videos, and eye tracking as study methods (2025) Teacher Professional Vision : Empirical Perspectives Södervik, Ilona; Vilppu, Henna; Heinonen, Neea; Murtonen, Mari
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
