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.
- What challenges higher education teachers’ teaching-related wellbeing? (2025)
- Teacher Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Exploring the variation of educational developers' teaching-related perceptions in higher education (2024)
- International Journal for Academic Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Importance of regulation and the quality of teacher learning in student-centred teaching (2024)
- Teacher Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Korkeakoulupedagogiikan kehittäjien käsityksiä yhteisöllisyydestä pedagogisen kehittymisen kontekstissa (2024)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effects of Short Online Pedagogical Courses on University Teachers’ Conceptions of Learning and Engaging Students During Lectures (2024)
- Online Learning Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Building a framework of a supportive pedagogical culture for teaching and pedagogical development in higher education (2023)
- Higher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Content Learning in an Interprofessional Environment for Health and Social Care Students: The Role of Learning Activities and Group Work AppraisalsDeveloping Higher Education Pedagogy as a Pioneer (2023)
- Education Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2023) Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces : Leadership Identity in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Murtonen Mari
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Korkeakoulupedagogiikan kouluttajien ja kehittäjien osaamista kehittämässä: Kokko-hankkeen anti ja tulevaisuuden kehitystarpeet (2023)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - OPEN KULMAsta foorumi oman opetuksemme kehittämiselle (2023)
- Kas!-blogi
(E1 Popularised article)



