Jenni Alisaari
PhD
jenali@utu.fi |
Second language acquisition; linguistically and culturally responsive education; Finnish language learning; singing as a language teaching method; multilingualism, teachers' beliefs and practices
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.
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- (2025) Teacher Education for Working in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: Nordic Perspectives Alisaari, Jenni; Heikkola, Leena Maria; Harju-Autti, Raisa
- Equipping Teachers with Pedagogical Competencies to Handle and Harness Linguistic DiversityKieltenopetuksen nykytila ja tulevaisuuden visiot / Språkundervisningens nuläge och framtidsvisioner (2024) Family and School Involvement in Multilingual Education and Heritage Language Development Bergroth, Mari; Lompart, Júlia; Alisaari, Jenni; Heikkola Leena Maria
- Osallisuuden ja kuuluvuuden ulottuvuuksia maahanmuuttotaustaisten nuorten elämässä (2024) Alisaari, Jenni; Björklund, Mikaela; Harju-Autti, Raisa; Heikkola, Leena Maria
- Nuorten osallisuuden ympäristöt: Haasteita ja kehittämisen mahdollisuuksia (2024)
- INVEST blog
- (2024) Eriarvoisuuden tila Suomessa 2024 Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina; Alisaari, Jenni; Kimanen, Anuleena
- Vähemmistönuoret osallistuvat yhteiskuntaan monipuolisesti, mutta tarvitsevat siihen myös tukea (2024) Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Alisaari Jenni, Kimanen Anuleena
- Barnets eget modersmål i pedagogernas beskrivningar av goda praktiker för att utveckla språk i finländsk småbarnspedagogik (2023)
- NORDAND
- (2023) O'Neill, Keith; Alisaari, Jenni; Kuusela, Anna; Kimanen, Anuleena; Seger, Aleksi; Khalili, Samaneh
- Finnish pre-service teachers' understandings of the role of language(s) in learning mathematicsMother tongue education in four Nordic countries - problem, right or resource? (2023)
- Language, Culture and Curriculum
- Finnish Teachers’ Perspectives on Creating Multilingual Learning Opportunities in Diverse ClassroomsPakolaistaustaisten oppilaiden tuki koulutoimen hallinnollisissa diskursseissa (2023) Critical and creative engagements with diversity in Nordic education Alisaari Jenni, Bergroth Mari, Harju-Autti Raisa, Heikkola Leena Maria, Sissonen Salla
- Koulutuspoliittinen näkökulma - Pohdintoja valmistavan luokan opettajan pätevyydestä (2023) Vastasaapuneet luokkahuoneissa — Ikkunoita valmistavaan opetukseen ja monikieliseen kouluun Alisaari Jenni, Vigren Heli
- Monikielisen pedagogiikan käytänteitä (2023) Vastasaapuneet luokkahuoneissa Repo Elisa, Kekki Niina, Alisaari Jenni
- (2023)
- Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies
- (2023)
- AFinLan vuosikirjaKielikukko
- Positive stances toward cultural and linguistic diversity in Finnish schools2023
- Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies
- 2023
- Kasvatus ja Aika
- Dyk ner i nya språk genom musiken (2022) Glädje i språklärandet: Kunskap och goda modeller för en mångsidigare språkundervisning Heikkola Leena Maria, Alisaari Jenni
- Kielellisesti ja kulttuurisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka opettajan ja oppijoiden tukena (pääkirjoitus) (2022)
- Kielellisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka kielitietoisuuden taustalla – vinkkejä käytäntöön (2022)
- Kielikukko
- Kielikukko 3 / 2022 (2022) Alisaari Jenni, Rakkolainen-Sossa Satu
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