Jenni Alisaari
PhD
jenali@utu.fi +358 29 450 3609 +358 50 338 9860 Assistentinkatu 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4096-1888 |
Areas of expertise
Second language acquisition; linguistically and culturally responsive education; Finnish language learning; singing as a language teaching method; multilingualism, teachers' beliefs and practices
Second language acquisition; linguistically and culturally responsive education; Finnish language learning; singing as a language teaching method; multilingualism, teachers' beliefs and practices
Biography
Jenni Alisaari has been working in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Turku, Finland 2013-2020. She has been teaching pre-service and in-service teachers on linguistically and culturally diverse education. Since fall 2020, she is working as a researcher in INVEST Research Flagship Center.
Jenni Alisaari has been working in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Turku, Finland 2013-2020. She has been teaching pre-service and in-service teachers on linguistically and culturally diverse education. Since fall 2020, she is working as a researcher in INVEST Research Flagship Center.
Her main areas of research include linguistically and culturally responsive teaching, advocating multilingualism, language learning, and especially language learning by singing, the method that can be used especially with illiterate immigrants.
Alisaari has been training teachers and teacher students at different educational levels: early childhood education, primary school, secondary school, upper-secondary school, vocational training and adult education. She has also been involved with curriculum design in national and municipal level in Finland.
Alisaari has been training teachers and teacher students at different educational levels: early childhood education, primary school, secondary school, upper-secondary school, vocational training and adult education. She has also been involved with curriculum design in national and municipal level in Finland.
Publications 
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- Kielitietoisuus osana koulun arkea ja laaja-alaista osaamista (2022) Laaja-alainen osaaminen koulussa - Ajattelijana ja oppijana kehittyminen Harju-Autti Raisa, Alisaari Jenni, Yl-Jokipii Maija
(Refereed article in compilation book (A3)) - Linguistically responsive teaching: A requirement for Finnish primary school teachers (2022)
- Linguistics and Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Lukuiloa kielellisesti ja kulttuurisesti vastuullisella toiminnalla (2022) Suuntaa lukemiseen! Lukutaitoprojekti esittelee: Materiaalia lukutaitotyön tueksi – Rikta dig till läsning! Läskunnighetprojektet presenterar: Material som stöd för läskunnighetsarbete Alisaari Jenni
(Book chapter (B2)) - Quality content teaching for multilingual students: An international examination of excellence in instructional practices in four countries (2022)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Requirements Meet Reality: Finnish Teachers’ Practices in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms (2022)
- Journal of Language, Identity and Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Teaching immigrant students: Finnish teachers' understandings and attitudes (2022)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Alakoululaisten suomenoppijoiden opetusjärjestelyt ja kielitaidon tason yhteys luetun ymmärtämiseen (2021)
- Oppimisen ja oppimisvaikeuksien erityislehti
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Does the language spoken at home matter for the education, wellbeing, and sense of belonging of the children of immigrants? And does the answer depend on how we analyse it? (2021) Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Alisaari Jenni
(Published development or research report or study (D4)) - Finnish Teachers’ Beliefs About Students' Home Language Use (2021)
- Critical Multilingualism Studies
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kielellisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka (2021)
- Tempus
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Monikielinen pedagogiikka sosiaalisen oikeudenmukaisuuden edistäjänä – käytännön ideoita opettajille (2021)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Teachers’ beliefs related to language choice in immigrant students’ homes (2021)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - The Joys of Teaching: Working with Language Learners in Finnish Classrooms (2021)
- Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - “We thought about it together and the solution came to our minds”: languaging linguistic problem-solving in multilingual Finnish classrooms (2021)
- International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - DivED – kohti kieli- ja kulttuuritietoisempaa opettajuutta ja opettajankoulutusta (2020)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - How Finnish teachers understand multilingual learners’ language learning (2020)
- Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kielellisesti vastuullinen kieltenopetus (2020)
- Tempus
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1)) - Kielellisesti vastuullista pedagogiikkaa ja oppilaan tukemista: Suomalaisten opettajien käsityksiä kielen merkityksestä opetuksessa (2020)
- Kasvatus-lehti - Koulutuksen tutkimuslaitos
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1)) - Kielestä koppi – Oppimateriaali kielitietoiseen perusopetukseen (2020) Jenni Alisaari, Emese Jäppinen, Niina Kekki, Riia Kivimäki, Susanna Kivipelto, Kiia Kuusento, Elisa Lehtinen, Anniina Raunio, Elisa Repo, Salla Sissonen, Maria Tyrer, Heli Vigren
(Text book, professional manual or guide or a dictionary (D5)) - #kielitietoisuus #kielellisestivastuullinenopetus #kielellisestivastuullistavaopetus – twiittejä käsiteviidakosta (2020)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(Article in trade journal or blog post (D1))
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