Jenni Alisaari
PhD
jenali@utu.fi 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
Research community or research topic
INVEST Research Flagship Center
INVEST Research Flagship Center
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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- Dyk ner i nya språk genom musiken (2022) Glädje i språklärandet: Kunskap och goda modeller för en mångsidigare språkundervisning Heikkola Leena Maria, Alisaari Jenni
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kielellisesti ja kulttuurisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka opettajan ja oppijoiden tukena (pääkirjoitus) (2022)
- Kielikukko
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kielellisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka kielitietoisuuden taustalla – vinkkejä käytäntöön (2022)
- Kielikukko
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Kielikukko 3 / 2022 (2022) Alisaari Jenni, Rakkolainen-Sossa Satu
(E3 Editorial work for a popularised compilation book ) - Kielitietoisuus osana koulun arkea ja laaja-alaista osaamista (2022) Laaja-alainen osaaminen koulussa - Ajattelijana ja oppijana kehittyminen Harju-Autti Raisa, Alisaari Jenni, Yli-Jokipii Maija
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Kotoutuminen, kuuluvuus, kielitaito ja kaverit: Opetushenkilöstön huolenilmauksia maahanmuuttotaustaisten oppilaiden osaamisesta ja mahdollisuuksista (2022)
- Kasvatus ja Aika
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kuuluvuuden tunne ja poissaolot maahanmuuttotaustaisilla oppilailla (2022)
- Psykologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Language Choices at Home and Their Relationship With Educational Outcomes, With a Special Focus on Children With Origins in Former Yugoslavia and Turkey in Six European Countries (2022)
- Frontiers in Sociology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Learning of intercultural competences and languages at school and their influence on global competences and immigrant-origin peers’ sense of belonging (2022)
- Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Linguistically responsive teaching: A requirement for Finnish primary school teachers (2022)
- Linguistics and Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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