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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- 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
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Finnish Teachers’ Beliefs About Students' Home Language Use (2021)
- Critical Multilingualism Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kielellisesti vastuullinen pedagogiikka (2021)
- Tempus
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Monikielinen pedagogiikka sosiaalisen oikeudenmukaisuuden edistäjänä – käytännön ideoita opettajille (2021)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Teachers’ beliefs related to language choice in immigrant students’ homes (2021)
- Teaching and Teacher Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - “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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DivED – kohti kieli- ja kulttuuritietoisempaa opettajuutta ja opettajankoulutusta (2020)
- Kieli, Koulutus Ja Yhteiskunta
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - How Finnish teachers understand multilingual learners’ language learning (2020)
- Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kielellisesti vastuullinen kieltenopetus (2020)
- Tempus
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Kielellisesti vastuullista pedagogiikkaa ja oppilaan tukemista: Suomalaisten opettajien käsityksiä kielen merkityksestä opetuksessa (2020)
- Kasvatus : Suomen kasvatustieteellinen aikakauskirja
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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