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.
- Pedagogiset opinnot vai yliopistopedagogiset opinnot? (2021)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Other publication) - Understanding Teacher Education Students' Research Competence Through Their Conceptions of Theory (2021)
- Frontiers in Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - University teachers’ digital stories of sustainable development: A method for learning to teach (2021)
- Ammattikasvatuksen Aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Yliopistopedagogiikan kehittäminen yhä jatkuvan epävarmuuden tilassa – ja opetuksen uusi normaali (2021)
- Yliopistopedagogiikka
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Adult Learners and Theories of Learning (2020) Development of Adult Thinking : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Cognitive Development and Adult Learning Mari Murtonen, Erno Lehtinen
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Challenges in understanding meiosis: fostering metaconceptual awareness among university biology students (2020)
- Journal of Biological Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Change in University Pedagogical Culture – The Impact of Increased Pedagogical Training on First Teaching Experiences (2020)
- International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Digital Technologies and Online Learning in Higher Education (Finland) (2020) Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies Murtonen Mari, Laato Samuli, Hakanurmi Satu, Salmento Heidi, Lehtinen Erno
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Improving Synchrony in Small Group Asynchronous Online Discussions (2020)
- Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Retention of University Teachers and Doctoral Students in UNIPS Pedagogical Online Courses (2020)
- Communications in Computer and Information Science
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )



