Anu Kajamies
anukaja@utu.fi +358 29 450 3613 +358 50 339 4626 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku Office: 374 |
Teacher-student interaction; scaffolding; low achievers; video analysis; early education
Anu Kajamies aims to advance understanding of learning and support by teachers, peers, learning environments, and parents as intertwined, dynamic, and multi‐domain processes. Methodologically, she develops tools to systematically analyze long-term support, learning, and engagement dynamics. With these tools, in her studies interactions are empirically scrutinized to unveil challenges and success in calibrating support elements to student’s needs. Learning outcomes are combined with interaction analyses to explore complex relationships between processes and outcomes of learning. Kajamies promotes teachers’ professional development in adapting support to the needs of their students from different skill levels by developing educational practices with theory-based interventions.
- The role of teachers in guiding student peer interactions: conceptions of pre-service teachers (2025)
- Social Psychology of Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Viestejä lasten neuvottelukunnalta: Miten lasten osallisuutta voidaan vahvistaa kouluyhteisössä? (2025)
- Kasvun tuki -aikakauslehti
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Developing reciprocity between one-year-old children with visual impairment and additional disabilities and their mothers : The effects of bodily-tactile early intervention (2024)
- Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Emerging Teacher Resilience in Practicum Pedagogies: A Reflective Practice Perspective (2024) Pedagogies of Practicum: Post-Pandemic Reflections on Innovation in Practice Teaching Tiilikainen, Mikko; Heinimäki, Olli-Pekka; Kajamies, Anu; Lepola, Janne
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Koronapandemian opit: Kohti parempaa kriiseihin varautumista ja kriisinhallintaa (2024) Sorsa, Ville-Pekka; Vuorelma, Johanna; Ervasti, Kaijus; Issakainen, Mervi; Jalonen, Harri; Karreinen, Soila; Paananen, Henna; Kihlström, Laura; Nykänen, Eeva; Tuovinen, Anna-Kaisa; Tynkkynen, Liina-Kaisa; Frilander, Oona; Brunila, Tuukka; Jokiniemi, Riina; Järvinen, Iina; Ketola, Johanna; Pohjankoski, Pekka; Rainio-Niemi, Johanna; Salminen, Janne; Taskinen, Mari; Vogt, Henri; Värttö, Mikko; Mutanen, Anu; Mölsä, Juho; Nordström, Laura; Heikkinen, Petra; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Pakarinen, Eija; Rautopuro, Juhani; Upadyaya, Katja; Kajamies, Anu; Valtonen, Virve; Vauras, Marja; Ylisaukko-oja, Saara; Enwald, Heidi; Hakosalo, Heini; Hentilä, Helka-Liisa; Hyrkäs-Palmu, Henna; Ikäheimo, Tiina; Kärmeniemi, Mikko; Multas, Anna-Maija; Pyykkönen, Linda; Rönkkö, Emilia; Suorsa, Anna; Eklund, Daniela; Lammi, Anelma; Vasankari, Tuula; Fritze, Hannu; Kangas, Katja; Peltoniemi, Krista; Pennanen, Taina; Korpelainen, Raija; Lankila, Tiina; Puhakka, Soile; Seppänen, Marjo; Kurki, Marjo; Tilander, Heidi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Oikeudellisten reunaehtojen vaikutukset oppilaan oppimisen ja hyvinvoinnin tukemiseen: monikerroksinen näkökulma (2024)
- Focus localis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Teacher candidates' preparedness to address diverse situations that can threaten pupils’ well-being (2024)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Varhaiskasvatuksen työntekijöiden lukemisvuorovaikutusosaamisen kehittäminen: Luetaan jutustellen -interventio (2024)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - OPEN KULMAsta foorumi oman opetuksemme kehittämiselle (2023)
- Kas!-blogi
(E1 Popularised article) - Opportunities to Talk Matter in Shared Reading: The Mediating Roles of Children’s Engagement and Verbal Participation in Narrative Listening Comprehension (2023)
- Early Education and Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



